Agriculture on the West Coast
Agriculture in the Midwest
Agriculture in the South
Native American and Colonial Agriculture
General Agriculture Statistics
100
Which state has the largest output of total agricultural products?
California
100
What is the most concentrated agricultural region in the United States?
The Midwest
100
What was the 'king' of antebellum Southern economy?
Cotton
100
What crop, brought to the colonies by John Rolfe, formed the foundation of Jamestown's economy?
Tobacco
100
What is the #1 food crop grown in the United States?
Corn
200
Which state produces 98% of the hazelnuts grown in the US?
Oregon
200
What invention made the Great Plains croppable?
The plow
200
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
200
The white hide of which animal that later became endangered was considered sacred to the Native Americans?
Buffalo
200
Which crop is grown in every single state and commonwealth of the US?
Corn
300
What cultivar of blackberry was developed by Oregon State University researchers in Marion county, Oregon?
Marionberries
300
Since the 1950's, which legume crop has been gradually replacing wheat and oats?
Soybeans
300
Which crop, cultivated in the old South, was in high demand as a dye?
Indigo
300
What were the "three sisters" crops grown by natives in the Southwest?
Corn, beans, and squash
300
Which breed of cattle makes up 90% of the US dairy herd?
Holsteins
400
Immediately after World War II, which Asian country became the second largest trading partner with the United States, mainly with the West Coast?
Japan
400
Who invented barbed wire, which ended the legendary Long Drive of cattle?
Joseph Glidden
400
Which state has the highest output of ginned cotton today?
Texas
400
Which colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies because of their high grain output?
The middle colonies
400
Who owns 43% of the nation's rangeland?
The federal government
500
What is the cause of Oregon's high soil acidity?
A large amount of annual rainfall
500
40% of upper Midwest land is: a) forested b) federal reserve land c) intensively farmed
a) forested
500
Which state had the largest number of slaves directly prior to the Civil War?
Virginia
500
Which act of congress in 1887 provided for the allotment of land to individual Native American tribal members?
General Allotment Act or the Dawes Act
500
In order to officially be considered Angus beef, what percent of the hide must be black?
51%
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