The % of people in Canada and the USA that are farmers.
A-2 B-5 C-25 D-40
What is 2%?
100
This type of LDC Ag. is often controlled/owned by people or businesses from MDCs.
A-intensive subsistence B-dairy farming
C-plantations D-grain farming
What are plantations?
100
King Corn was filmed mostly in this state where corn is king.
What is Iowa?
100
Corn and wheat are examples of this agriculture type.
A-grain B-commercial gardening and fruit farming
C-plantation D-slash and burn
What is grain farming?
100
Von Thunen's model was based on agriculture in this country.
A-England B-Spain C-USA D-Germany
What is Germany?
200
People did this for a living prior to farming.
What is hunting and gathering?
200
Slash and burn techniques are used to put this into the soil.
A-pesticides B-herbicides C-fertilizer D-shimfin
What is fertilizer?
200
The two college grads planted corn on this many acres.
A-1 B-2 C-5 D-10 E-100
What is 1?
200
This is done in order to maintain the fertility of the field soil.
A-double cropping B-pesticide use
C-crop rotation D-split dropping
What is crop rotation?
200
The end of the Civil War in the U.S. signaled a huge decline in this type of agriculture.
A-livestock ranching B-intensive subsistence
C-plantations D-grain farming
What are plantations?
300
This type of farming is done primarily for consumption of the crop by the producer.
What is subsistence agriculture?
300
Pastoral nomads generally live and practice their agriculture in this climate.
A-tundra B-temperate C-arid/dry D-tropical
What is arid/dry?
300
The majority of corn grown in Iowa ends up going here.
A-ethanol plants B-exported C-animal feed
D-human consumption
What is animal feed?
300
This region, stretching from the Dakotas to Ohio, of the U.S. is known for producing corn.
A-King Corn B-Corntopia
C-The Corn Range D-Corn Belt
What is the Corn Belt?
300
The 4 main types of animals used in pastoral nomadism.
What are camels, horses, goats, and sheep.
400
Iowa is located within this type of climate.
A-subtropical B-tundra C-humid continental
D-Mediterranean
What is humid continental?
400
This crop is the most popular grain produced by intensive subsistence agriculture in SE Asia.
What is rice?
400
The explosion of corn syrup production in the last 30 years has led to the dramatic increase in this disease.
A-heart disease B-diabetes C-leukemia
D-mad cow disease
What is diabetes?
400
This famous explorer first brought cattle to the Americas.
A-Columbus B-Ves Pucci C-Magellan D-Cortes
Who is Columbus?
400
Large agribusiness farms that have been taking over small family farms are also known as. . .
A-multinationals B-factory farms
C-sustainable farms D-traditional farms
What are factory farms?
500
This grain is the world's leading export crop.
A-corn B-oranges C-wheat D-cocaine
What is wheat?
500
Shifting cultivation occupies about this % of the earth's land surface.
A-5 B-10 C-25 D-50
What is 25%?
500
Former Secretary of Agriculture Henry Butz created a _________ of corn starting in the 1970s with his new corn policies.
A-shortage B-dislike C-surplus
What is surplus?
500
This machine combines the tasks of reaping, threshing, and cleaning grains while moving over a field.
What is a combine?
500
The Meatrix was a series of cartoons aimed at supporting this type of farming practice.
A-agribusiness B-factory farming
C-sustainable farming D-shifting cultivation