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