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Question 1 of 20

1. Question
Which of the following has the least amount of arable land compared to total area?
- Brazil
- Canada
- Egypt
- Netherlands
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Question 2 of 20

2. Question
Subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture differ in all the following ways except
- The amount of food produced
- The importance of the crop to the farmer
- The income derived from the crop
- The technology used to grow the crop
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Question 3 of 20

3. Question
What was the earliest way in which humans acquired food?
- Hunting and gathering
- Pastoral nomadism
- Shifting cultivation
- Slash-and-burn agriculture
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question
Which of the following are closest in meaning?
- Pastoral nomadism and plantation agriculture
- Pastoral nomadism and shifting cultivation
- Plantation agriculture and shifting cultivation
- Shifting cultivation and slash-and-burn agriculture
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question
Which of the following is true of shifting cultivation?
- It was conducted in a space of less than one hundred acres
- The soil was good for ten years or more
- It lasted only a few generations
- It required frequent movement
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question
Subsistence agriculture
- Is no longer practiced
- Did not involve animals
- Traditionally occurred over large areas
- Traditionally occurred over isolated areas
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question
The agricultural revolution occurred during the
- Paleolithic Age
- Neolithic Age
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question
Which of the following was not an agricultural hearth?
- East Africa
- South Asia
- Southwest Asia
- Western Europe
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question
Central Mexico was probably the hearth for
- Barley
- Corn (maize)
- Rice
- Wheat
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question
Southwest Asia was probably the hearth for
- Millet
- Rice
- Sorghum
- Wheat
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question
Rice was probably first domesticated in
- North America
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- Southwest Asia
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question
The earliest civilizations watered their crops through
- Aqueducts
- Buckets
- Canals
- Floods
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question
In which of the following countries would you least likely find terracing?
- Nepal
- Peru
- The Philippines
- Turkey
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question
Which of the following climates would most likely support pastoral nomadism?
- Arid
- Semi-arid
- Temperate
- Tropical
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question
The most common agricultural settlement pattern across the Great Plains is the
- Clustered rural settlement
- Dispersed rural settlement
- Linear system
- Long-lot system
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question
A long-lot system would likely provide equal access to all but which of the following?
- Canals
- Rivers
- Roads
- Wells
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question
Which of the following was not a reason that New Englanders followed the clustered rural settlement pattern?
- To protect themselves from Native Americans
- To reinforce a common identity
- To maintain a sense of community
- To farm communally
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question
Which of the following is in the first ring outside a market, according to Von Thünen?
- Animals
- Dairy and horticulture
- Forestry
- Grain
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question
According to Von Thünen land in the last ring around the market will be __________ compared to the first ring and transportation costs __________ compared to the first ring.
- about the same, less expensive
- about the same, more expensive
- less expensive, more expensive
- more expensive, less expensive
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question
According to Von Thünen, why were animals in the last ring?
- Animals are less important than diary and horticulture
- Animals could be walked to market, thus reducing transportation costs
- Meat does not spoil as fast as dairy products, so it can be transported from a greater distance
- Meat generates more revenue than other agricultural products, which enables farmers to pay down expensive transportation costs
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1. Question

Which of the following has the least amount of arable land compared to total area?

2. Question

Subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture differ in all the following ways except

3. Question

What was the earliest way in which humans acquired food?

4. Question

Which of the following are closest in meaning?

5. Question

Which of the following is true of shifting cultivation?

6. Question

Subsistence agriculture

7. Question

The agricultural revolution occurred during the

8. Question

Which of the following was not an agricultural hearth?

9. Question

Central Mexico was probably the hearth for

10. Question

Southwest Asia was probably the hearth for

11. Question

Rice was probably first domesticated in

12. Question

The earliest civilizations watered their crops through

13. Question

In which of the following countries would you least likely find terracing?

14. Question

Which of the following climates would most likely support pastoral nomadism?

15. Question

The most common agricultural settlement pattern across the Great Plains is the

16. Question

A long-lot system would likely provide equal access to all but which of the following?

17. Question

Which of the following was not a reason that New Englanders followed the clustered rural settlement pattern?

18. Question

Which of the following is in the first ring outside a market, according to Von Thünen?

19. Question

According to Von Thünen land in the last ring around the market will be __________ compared to the first ring and transportation costs __________ compared to the first ring.

20. Question

According to Von Thünen, why were animals in the last ring?

According to Von Thünen land in the last ring around the market will be compared to the first ring and transportation costs compared to the first ring.