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Questions from Chapter 10

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Hunting and gathering societies   E) Are characterized by large concentrations of people  
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The cultivation of plants by cutting stems and dividing roots is...   C) Subsistence agriculture  
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Vegetative planting probably originated in...   D) Southwest Asia  
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In the Eastern Hemisphere, seed agriculture probably originated in which of the following?    
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The first group to integrate seed ariculture with domestication of herd animals was probably in...   A) Southwest Asia  
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Seed agriculture probably reached Europe from...   C) Western India  
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Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region?   C) Humid low-latitude  
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Which type of agriculture occupies the largest percentage of the world's land area?   B) Intensive subsistence  
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Defenders of shifting cultivation say it is the best approach for the topics because...    
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Only about 15 million people are nomads, but they sparsely occupy...    
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Compared to shifting cultivation, intesnive subsistence agriculture is characterized by which of the following?    
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Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?    
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Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia?   E) All of the above (Floding the plowed field with water, growing seedlings in a mursery, transplanting seedlings into the flooded field, preparing fields with a plow drawn by oxen)  
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The most important reason why most people in North China grow crops other than wet rice is...    
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Pastoral nomadism is the most ommonly found in which climate region?    
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Pastoral nomads...    
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To increase crop yields, farmers in southeastern China commonly practice...    
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A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is...   E) A, B, and C (Limited us of chemicals, sensitive land management, better integration of crops and livestock)  
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Which of the following is the most common form of commercial agriculture in Europe?   E) Mixed crop and livestock farming  
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After corn, the most important crop in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region is...   C) Soybeans  
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Which of the following is NOT a strategy for increasing food supply?    
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In the winter wheat area, the crop is planted in...    
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Ranching has declined in the southwestern United States primarily because...    
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A good bottle of wine is most likely to come from...    
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Farmers in more developed and less developed countries share which of the following problems?    
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Less devoped countries generate funds to promote development through...    
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the predominant form of agriculture in the U.S. Southeast is...    
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Unlike other forms of commercial agriculture, plantations are...    
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