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1. Bio-genetic engineering now allows the growing of new strains of soy beans in more arid regions of the Plains States to meet the demand of the _____ industry. a) cattle feed b) bio-diesel fuel c) tofu/organic food d) grain export

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b) bio-diesel fuel

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2. Organic food in the United States now constitutes _____ percent of the total food production. a) 50 b) 25 c) 10 d) 4

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d) 4

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3. Organic food is found in _____ areas. a) core b) semi-periphery c) periphery d) all

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d) all

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4. Demand for organic foods is greatest in _____ a) core regions. b) semi-periphery regions. c) periphery regions. d) spread equally among all regions.

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a) core regions.

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5. The best-selling organic crops in the United States, with a 43% share of sales, are a) dairy products b) fruits and vegetables c) grains d) packaged food products

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b) fruits and vegetables

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6. Which is NOT an example of a primary economic activity? a) corn flake production b) iron ore production c) lobster fishing d) forestry

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a) corn flake production

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7. Guatemala's agricultural sector produces 26% of the country's GDP and employs more than _____% of the labor force. a) 10 b) 22.7 c) 25 d) 50

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d) 50

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8. The ratio of percent of labor force to percent of GDP in the agricultural sector of Canada (3% of labor force: 2.3% of GDP) indicates that Canada's agricultural sector is _____ intensive. a) labor b) machine c) subsistence d) small scale

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b) machine

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9. Hunter-gatherers living in the vicinity of the Pacific Ocean specialized in _____ a) salmon fishing. b) bison hunting. c) deer hunting. d) acorn collection.

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a) salmon fishing.

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10. According to Carl Sauer, the earliest plant domestication _____ a) was prompted by scarcity. b) probably involved planting root crops. c) was associated with seed crops. d) was occurred in tropical middle America.

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b) probably involved planting root crops.

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11. Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (First Agricultural Revolution) occurred in _____ a) Asia. b) the Fertile Crescent. c) tropical Africa. d) the Nile Valley.

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b) the Fertile Crescent.

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12. According to Spencer and Thomas, each agricultural hearth was associated with a local grouping of plants. For example, taro, yams, and bananas are associated with the _____ hearth. a) Meso-American b) Southeast Asian c) Southwest Asian d) Ethiopia-East African

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b) Southeast Asian

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13. Often crops are associated with regions other than the one in which they were developed. For example, the "Irish" or "Idaho" potato originated in the Andean Highlands. Corn of the American "Corn Belt" originated in _____ a) West Africa. b) the Fertile Crescent. c) Central America. d) Southeast Asia.

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c) Central America.

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14. Goats were domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Zagros Mountain region of _____ a) Southeast Asia. b) North Africa. c) the Fertile Crescent. d) Greece.

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c) the Fertile Crescent.

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15. Cattle were domesticated in and came to be an important feature of _____ a) Southeast Asia. b) Central Asia. c) South Asia. d) North Africa.

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c) South Asia.

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16. Of the 148 species of large herbivores (over 100 lbs.) _____ have been domesticated and all of these were domesticated over 4,500 years ago. a) 75 b) 52 c) 26 d) 14

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d) 14

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17. The source region for the domestication of hemp, eggplants, and mangoes is _____ a) the upper southeast Asian midland. b) eastern India and western Burma. c) southwest Asia d) Meso-America.

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b) eastern India and western Burma.

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18. Which area does NOT provide a good example of the diversity of hunter-gatherers? a) oak forests in parts of North America b) colder climates in North America c) the Great Plains d) none of the above

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d) none of the above

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19. A form of tropical subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated after short periods of crop production is _____ a) subsistence rice cultivation. b) subsistence wheat cultivation. c) shifting cultivation. d) nomadic herding.

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c) shifting cultivation.

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20. Milpa agriculture involves the _____ method of clearing fields. a) use of natural herbicides. b) intensive hoeing c) burning d) use of bulldozers

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c) burning

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21. Shifting agriculture developed primarily _____ a) in tropical and subtropical zones. b) where soils cleared for farming quickly lose their nutrients. c) where traditional farmers had to abandon land after the soil became infertile. d) all of the above.

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d) all of the above.

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22. In areas of shifting cultivation the population _____ a) increases significantly. b) cannot have a high density. c) must be large enough to provide surplus labor. d) never lives in permanent settlements.

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b) cannot have a high density.

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23. Colonial powers would make subsistence farmers _____ a) grow cash crops only. b) farm on plantations in addition to farming their own land. c) grow cash crops in addition to food crops the farmer needed to survive. d) buy commercial fertilizer at fixed prices.

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c) grow cash crops in addition to food crops the farmer needed to survive.

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24. _____ have changed as rural residents cope with shifting economic, political, and environmental conditions. a) Land-use patterns b) Land ownership arrangements c) Agricultural labor conditions d) All of the above

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d) All of the above

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25. The Second Agricultural Revolution can generally be traced to Europe within what time frame? a) nineteenth and twentieth century. b) twelfth and thirteenth century c) fourteenth and fifteenth century d) seventeenth and eighteenth century

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d) seventeenth and eighteenth century

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26. Which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen's model? a) beef b) firewood c) wheat d) milk

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d) milk

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27. In von Thunen's model there was a concentric circle of forest around the city because _____ a) it would provide lumber and firewood. b) it would filter out pollution. c) it provided a recreation area. d) it would contain the growth of the city.

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a) it would provide lumber and firewood.

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28. Geographer Lee Liu studying the spatial patterns of agriculture in parts of China, found soils in intensively used fields near villages were _____ a) polluted. b) overused and of poor fertility. c) fertile and productive. d) not used.

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c) fertile and productive.

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29. By 1992, the most widely grown crop variety on Earth was a product of the Green Revolution called IR36, which was a variety of _____ a) rice. b) wheat. c) maize. d) potatoes.

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a) rice.

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30. In the 1940s, American philanthropists funded research on this crop. By 1960, Mexico no longer depended on imports as production had risen dramatically. The crop is: _____ a) coffee. b) corn (maize). c) wheat. d) tomatoes.

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b) corn (maize).

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31. The average size of a family farm in China is _____ acres. a) 75 b) 10 c) 5 d) 0.5

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d) 0.5

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32. The rectangular land division scheme in the United States adopted after the American Revolution is quite unique. Its correct name is: _____ a) long-lot system. b) metes and bounds system. c) township-and-range system. d) Franklin's system.

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c) township-and-range system.

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33. The basic unit of the township-and-range system, the section, has an area of _____ a) 1 acre. b) 160 acres. c) 1 square mile. d) 36 square miles.

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c) 1 square mile.

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34. The township-and-range system is to the American Plains as the long-lot survey system is to _____ a) French America. b) Japan. c) Germany. d) South Africa.

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b) Japan.

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35. The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is _____ a) dispersed. b) nucleated. c) spaced. d) hierarchical.

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b) nucleated.

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36. The form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that are reminders of a turbulent past is _____ a) walled. b) linear. c) round. d) grid.

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a) walled.

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37. More modern villages, notable planned rural settlements may be arranged in a _____ pattern. Examples include Ancient Rome and Greece as well as ancient cities in China and Mexico. a) round b) grid c) linear d) oval

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b) grid

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38. According to Koppen-Geiger climate classification, the UK has a _____ a) humid cold climate with no dry season. b) humid temperature climate with no dry season and a cool summer. c) humid temperature climate with a dry winter. d) humid temperature climate with a dry summer.

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b) humid temperature climate with no dry season and a cool summer.

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39. _____ have the same Koppen-Geiger classification. a) New York and Lima b) Paris and Moscow c) Cairo and Riyadh d) Tokyo and Capetown

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c) Cairo and Riyadh

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40. Mediterranean agriculture is found in _____ a) eastern Spain, northern Italy, and northern Egypt. b) eastern Italy, Greece, northern Tunisia, and eastern Brazil. c) southern coastal California, central Chile, and Italy. d) along the northern shore of the Mediterranean and northern Egypt.

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c) southern coastal California, central Chile, and Italy.

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41. Examples of luxury crops include: _____ a) wheat and sugar. b) coffee and tobacco. c) cacao and corn. d) tobacco and potatoes.

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b) coffee and tobacco.

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42. In villages everywhere, social stratification is reflected by _____ a) the dress of the population b) the street pattern. c) the range and quality of village houses. d) commercial buildings.

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c) the range and quality of village houses.

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43. The functional differentiation of buildings in farm villages world-wide is greatest in _____ a) traditional cultures. b) Asian cultures. c) African cultures. d) Western cultures.

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d) Western cultures.

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44. Poorer countries, producing such cash crops as sugar, _____ a) set the market price themselves. b) are at the mercy of the purchasing countries that set the prices. c) plant less in order to drive up the prices. d) cooperate with each other in order to determine global prices and demand.

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b) are at the mercy of the purchasing countries that set the prices.

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45. Twenty-five percent of world sugar production takes place outside of the tropical plantation region (U.S.A., Western Europe, Russia) and is produced from _____ a) genetically-modified, cold-tolerant sugar cane. b) sugar beets. c) wood cellulose. d) artificial food chemical processes.

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b) sugar beets.

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46. Cotton-growing former colonies must now compete with cotton grown in _____ a) Northeastern China. b) the United States. c) Central Asia. d) all of the above.

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b) the United States.

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47. Rubber plantations have outlasted the period of decolonization in _____ a) Southern Florida. b) Southeast Australia. c) Southeast Asia. d) Northeastern China.

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b) Southeast Australia.

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48. An agrarian reform program begun in the 1940s and 1950s by the Guatemalan government was stopped when multinational pressure and the United States government _____ a) rented landless citizens land at a low appraised value. b) supported the overthrow of the Guatemalan government. c) encouraged subsistence farmers to mechanize. d) certified Guatemalan farmers as Fair Trade producers.

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b) supported the overthrow of the Guatemalan government.

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49. Coffee was domesticated in Ethiopia. Today, 70% of production is in _____ a) Southeast Asia. b) South Asia. c) East Africa. d) Middle and South America.

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d) Middle and South America.

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50. Coffee growers certified as Fair Trade producers have the following characteristics: a) they form democratically run cooperatives b) they are guaranteed a higher price for their coffee c) they are connected to fair trade certified producer organizations worldwide d) all of the above

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d) all of the above

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51. Which of the following agricultural activities is widespread in the northwestern U.S. and northwestern Europe? a) dairying b) cotton growing c) citrus protection d) sugar beet production

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a) dairying

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52. Which of the following fairly small areas of wheat production still have major export trade? a) Canada and United States b) Ukraine and Kazakhstan c) Russia and Canada d) Argentina and Australia

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d) Argentina and Australia

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