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Von Thünen's model can best be used to explain the location of which of the following types of agriculture?


A) dairying in the Northeast United States
B) ranching in the dry lands of North Africa
C) shifting cultivation in the tropics of South America
D) intensive subsistence in South China
E) mediterranean agriculture in central Chile

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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If peasant rice farmers in China were offered genetically modified rice at an extremely low price, what positive and negative outcomes might they foresee as they debate whether or not to accept the change?

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________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the market in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.


A) von Thünen's
B) Whittlesey's
C) Iqbel's
D) McKinley's
E) von Helsing's

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is


A) agribusiness-oriented land management.
B) a "green revolution" in the use of chemicals.
C) the preference for livestock over crops.
D) the use of pesticide-resistant seed.
E) careful land management

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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Geographer Derwent Whittlesey divided the world into ________ agricultural regions (not including his area of nonexistent agriculture) .


A) 11
B) 12
C) 5
D) 3
E) 16

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Afghanistan is important to the world drug trade primarily because


A) it produces about 90 percent of the world's opium.
B) U.S. troops consume most of the opium grown there.
C) of the inability to grow maize.
D) of the proximity of the Russian market for illicit drugs.
E) of the desire of local farmers to fund terrorist organizations.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region?


A) humid low-latitude
B) dry
C) warm mid-latitude
D) cold mid-latitude
E) highlands

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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-The map of crop hearths indicates that A) yams, sorghum, coffee, and cowpeas were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa. B) maize, potatoes, squash, and taro were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa. C) potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and sorghum were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa. D) coconuts, pigeonpeas, cowpeas, and coffee were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa. E) soybeans, rice, squash, coconuts, and sorghum were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa. -The map of crop hearths indicates that


A) yams, sorghum, coffee, and cowpeas were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.
B) maize, potatoes, squash, and taro were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.
C) potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and sorghum were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.
D) coconuts, pigeonpeas, cowpeas, and coffee were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.
E) soybeans, rice, squash, coconuts, and sorghum were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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Pastoral nomadism is most commonly found in which climate region?


A) humid low-latitude
B) dry
C) warm mid-latitude
D) cold mid-latitude
E) polar

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture predominates have similar


A) climate.
B) cultural beliefs.
C) broad expanses of flat land along sea coasts.
D) social customs.
E) levels of livestock production with the mixed crop and livestock regions.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Lima beans were domesticated in


A) Southeast Asia.
B) Southwest Asia.
C) Ethiopia.
D) northern China.
E) the Americas.

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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The first people to domesticate lentils and olives were in


A) western India.
B) northern China.
C) Ethiopia.
D) Southwest Asia.
E) South America.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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What is the distinctive type of agriculture practiced in the population concentrations of East and South Asia, and how does this relate to concerns over the world's growing population and environmental problems?

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-Judging from the map of agricultural regions, which type of agriculture occupies the largest percentage of central Africa? A) mixed crop and livestock B) shifting cultivation C) pastoral nomadism D) intensive subsistence E) plantation -Judging from the map of agricultural regions, which type of agriculture occupies the largest percentage of central Africa?


A) mixed crop and livestock
B) shifting cultivation
C) pastoral nomadism
D) intensive subsistence
E) plantation

F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Imagine that a government official wishes to build a new road close to a village that practices shifting cultivation. What specific arguments might the villagers make against the road construction, and why? What counter-arguments might the government make, and why? What ulterior motives might also be at work?

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Imagine that you are the leader of an island-state where 90 percent of the people practice subsistence agriculture. Given that your country's population has continued to grow rapidly, what strategies might you propose for future changes to your island's farming economy? Why?

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Which of the following is the most common form of commercial agriculture in Europe?


A) mixed crop and livestock farming
B) dairy farming
C) grain farming
D) livestock ranching
E) Mediterranean agriculture

F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

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While 40% of the world's population overall are farmers, only 10% of the United States' population are farmers.

A) True
B) False

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Developing countries are home to about 97 percent of the world's farmers.

A) True
B) False

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-The map of animal hearths indicates that A) llamas, alpacas, and turkeys were domesticated in the Americas. B) animals can be raised only in and near specific hearths, owing to the limited number of climates in the world. C) pigs, goats, and sheep were domesticated in the Americas. D) chickens were domesticated in the Americas. E) horses were domesticated in the Americas. -The map of animal hearths indicates that


A) llamas, alpacas, and turkeys were domesticated in the Americas.
B) animals can be raised only in and near specific hearths, owing to the limited number of climates in the world.
C) pigs, goats, and sheep were domesticated in the Americas.
D) chickens were domesticated in the Americas.
E) horses were domesticated in the Americas.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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