This document contains a series of true/false questions and short answer questions about different types of agriculture around the world. It addresses topics like the percentage of populations involved in farming, the origins of agriculture, dominant crops and practices in various regions, and how agriculture has changed over time and differs between developed and developing areas. Key agricultural practices and crops discussed include subsistence farming, rice in East Asia, slash-and-burn cultivation, pastoral nomadism, livestock ranching, and mixed crop-livestock farming with corn and soybeans in the US Midwest.

1. Another review

2. True or False
• About two-thirds of the people in the
world are farmers.

3. True

4. • Most of the wheat grown in the American
grain region is consumed by animals

5. False

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

7. False

8. • There is consensus among scientists that
hunters/gatherers converted to agriculture
because of the domestication of animals
roughly 12,000 years ago

9. False

10. • Railroads and highways have had a
positive impact on 20th century farming in
MDCs.

11. True

12. • Subsistence agriculture is designed mainly
to generate products for sale off the farm.

13. False

14. • Mediterranean farming is so named
because it is practiced only on land
bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

15. False

16. • Pastoral nomads primarily live in an arid
climate region that stretches from Central
Asia to North Africa.

17. True

18. • The green revolution has allowed
agricultural production to increase at a
rate equal to population growth

19. False

20. • Most people in Asia, Africa, and Latin
America have become commercial
farmers.

21. False

22. • Hunting and gathering is still practiced by
isolated groups in Africa, Australia, and
South America.

23. True

24. • Shifting cultivation can support large
population concentrations in East and
South Asia.

25. False

26. • The type of agriculture practiced on a
commercial farm depends more on access
to markets rather than on the suitability of
land for particular crops.

27. False

28. • Developing countries are responsible for a
small percentage of the world's milk
production.

29. True

30. • Ranching is practiced in the dry lands of
both more developed and less developed
countries.

31. • True

32. • Crops grown in the mixed crop and
livestock region are used primarily to feed
animals.
• True

33. • ) Despite its location far from world
markets, New Zealand is a major dairy
producer.
• Answer: TRUE

34. • Most commercial farms in the United
States are owned by large corporations
rather than individual families.
• Answer: FALSE

35. • The one type of commercial agriculture
found in developing countries rather than
more developed countries is mixed crop
and livestock.
• Answer: FALSE

36. • Vegetative planting originated in
Southeast Asia.
• Answer: TRUE

37. Short Answer
• What is the distinctive type of agriculture
practiced in the population concentrations
of East and South Asia?
• Answer: intensive subsistence

38. • What is the most important crop grown in
East Asia? Why is this crop grown
extensively in the southern part of the
region but not in the northern part?
• Answer: rice; milder climate

39. • In shifting cultivation, how do farmers clear
their fields for planting?
• Answer: slash and burn

40. • What is the distinctive type of agriculture
practiced in the dry lands of less
developed countries?
• Answer: pastoral nomadism

41. • What is the distinctive type of agriculture
practiced in the dry lands of the
southwestern United States?
• Answer: livestock ranching

42. • What type of agriculture is dominant in the
U.S. Midwest, from Ohio to Iowa?
• What are the two most important crops in
this region?
• Answer: mixed crop and livestock; corn;
soybeans

43. • What type of agriculture would you expect
to find in the northeastern United States?
• Answer: dairying

44. • To raise money for development, what
kind of crops are farmers in less
developed countries encouraged to grow?
• Answer: luxury crops for export, cash
crops, and items for consumption abroad
(may also answer drug crops encouraged
by financial incentives)

45. • Prior to the invention of agriculture, how
did most people obtain their food?
• Answer: hunting and gathering