Inventions
Acts and Stuff
Nevada's Commodities
Agriculture Eras
ALL OF THE ABOVE
100

What invention was created in 1874?

What is BARBED WIRE.

100

What year was the Morrill Land Grant Act established?

What is 1862

100

What is Nevada's #5 commodity and how much money does it bring in a year?

What is ONIONS AND $8.98 MILLION.
100

What era was based on having members of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and gathering plants to eat rather than by growing crops and raising animals.

What is the HUNTER AND GATHER ERA.

100

What is the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock?

What is AGRICULTURE

200

What year was the Cotton Gin invented and who invented it?

What is 1793 by ELI WHITNEY

200

What act provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics? 

What is the SMITH HUGHES ACT 

200

What is Nevada's #8 commodity and how much money does it bring in a year?

What is WHEAT AND $4.06 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR

200
What is another term for the Neolithic Revolution?
What is the AGRICULTURE REVOLUTION
200

What percentage of Americans are directly involved in production agriculture?

What is 2%

300

What invention was created in 1831?

What was the MECHANICAL REAPER?

300
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

What was to GIVE PUBLIC LAND TO PERSONS WILLING TO FARM IT. 

300

What is Nevada's #1 commodity and how much money does it bring in a year?

What is CATTLE AND CALVES AND $375 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
300

Today less than 2% of the population farms. On average 1 farmer can produce enough to feed and clothe how many people?

What is 165 PEOPLE.

300

How many steps are involved in producing an Agricultural Product?

What is 8 STEPS

400

Who is credited for inventing the plow?

Who is JOHN DEERE

400

When was the Homestead Act Established?

What was 1862

400

What is Nevada's #3 commodity and how much money does it bring in a year?

What is HAY AND $113 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

400

Today the number of farms in the U.S. has _______________, all while the size of the farms based on acreage has ____________________.

What is DECREASED and INCREASED

400

From the years of 1800's-1850's what percentage of the population still farmed? 

What is 92%

500

When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

What is 1890.

500

When was the Smith Hughes Act established?

What was 1917

500

What is Nevada's #10 commodity and how much money does it bring in a year?

What is TROUT AND $1.14 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 


500

When and where did the Agriculture Revolution start?

What is 10,000 B.C. IN THE FERTILE CRESENT.

500

The average farm size is how many acres?

What is 446 ACRES.

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