Question 1

All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture except 
A) pastoral nomadism. 
B) truck farming. 
C) shifting cultivation. 
D) swidden agriculture. 
E) intensive rice farming.

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

All are true regarding contemporary hunting and gathering societies except 
A) their way of life is preserved by many governments
B) they tend to be isolated from societies
C) they provide insight into prehistorics
D) they exist in the Arctic

Accepted Answer

A

Question 3

Humans survived prior to the invention of agriculture by engaging in 
A) shifting cultivation. 
B) hunting and gathering. 
C) pastoral nomadism. 
D) hunting big game animals. 
E) slash and burn cultivation techniques.

Accepted Answer

B

Question 4

Which  statement is most accurate concerning the invention of agriculture? 
A) The process was gradual. 
B) There were multiple hearths throughout the world. 
C) The process was a sudden response to extreme environmental changes.  
E) A and B only.

Accepted Answer

E

Question 5

According to Carl Sauer, what best characterized the invention of plant domestication? 
A) The process was gradual. 
B) A number of independent hearths were established. 
C) Hearths developed in areas with high biodiversity. 
D) All of the above.

Accepted Answer

D

Question 6

According Carl Sauer, why did vegetative planting first start in Southeast Asia? 
B) The humid continental climat
D) The monsoon weather system
E) The region’s high biodiversity allowed people to become more sedentary

Accepted Answer

E

Question 7

. All of the following were vegetative planting (root crop) hearths except 
A) West Africa. 
B) Southeast Asia. 
C) Southwest Asia. 
D) Peruvian Highlands. 
E) All of the above.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 8

What area of the world first incorporated domestication of both plants and animals? 
A) Ethiopian Highlands. 
B) Southwest Asia. 
C) Southeast Asia. 
D) East Asia. 
E) Middle America.

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

Which combination of animals was domesticated in Southwest Asia? 
A) Water buffalo, pig, and chicken. 
B) Llama and alpaca. 
C) Cattle, camel, and goat. 
D) Sheep and goat. 
E) Yak and horse.

Accepted Answer

D

Question 10

Which pairing of animal(s) and region is not correct? 
A) Water buffalo, pig, and chicken – Southeast Asia. 
B) Llama and alpaca – South America. 
C) Cattle – South Asia. 
D) Goat and sheep – Southwest Asia. 
E) All of the above.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 11

. What was the advantage of domesticating animals? 
A) Animals provided meat. 
B) Animals provided milk. 
C) Animals provided furs and skins. 
D) Animals were beasts of burden. 
E) All of the above.

Accepted Answer

E

Question 12

Which famous cultural geographer theorized that the invention of agriculture took place in multiple hearths? 
A) Ester Bosrup. 
B) Carl Sauer. 
C) Henrich von Thunen. 
D) Walter Christaller. 
E) William Burgess.

Accepted Answer

B

Question 13

_____________ did not contain an agricultural hearth. 
A) Europe. 
B) Asia. 
C) Africa. 
D) South America. 
E) Middle America.

Accepted Answer

A

Question 14

Agricultural first diffused to Europe from 
A) North Africa. 
B) South Asia. 
C) Southwest Asia. 
D) West Africa. 
E) Southeast Asia.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 15

Europeans evolved from farming a single field in early medieval times to rotating crops into how many different sections or fields by the 18th century? 
A) One. 
B) Two. 
C) Three. 
D) Four. 
E) Five.

Accepted Answer

D

Question 16

The Enclosure Movement altered the geography and agricultural practices of rural England by 
A) consolidating oddly shaped fields. 
B) encouraging the use of more farm machinery. 
C) displacing farmers. 
D.) all of the above 
E) A and B only.

Accepted Answer

E

Question 17

When comparing the Koppen Climate Regions Map with the Whittlessey Agricultural Regions Map one can conclude that 
A) there is a direct relationship between  patterns 
B) many agricultural regions exist outside their respective climate

Accepted Answer

A

Question 18

Which statement regarding  with respect to Whitttlessey’s Agricultural Regions map is no longer applicable? 
A) Plantation agriculture doesn’t exist in USA anymore.
B) Grain regions  become smaller
C) Mediter agriculture has declined

Accepted Answer

A

Question 19

Shifting cultivation is still practiced in many parts of 
A) South Asia. 
B) East Asia. 
C) South America. 
D) North Africa. 
E) Central Asia.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 20

Shifting cultivation is a threatened form of agriculture because of 
A) competition for resources from logging and mining companies. 
B) population increase. 
C) modern technology makes the practice obsolete. 
D) A and B only.

Accepted Answer

D

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