61) The different areas of the world where Mediterranean agriculture predominates have similar
A) climate.
B) cultural beliefs.
C) broad expanses of flat land along sea coasts.
D) social customs.
E) levels of livestock production with the mixed crop and livestock regions.
62) Which of the following is least likely to be produced in Mediterranean agriculture?
A) butter
B) fruits
C) grapes
D) olives
E) cereals
63) The predominant form of agriculture in the U.S. Southeast is
A) mixed crop and livestock.
B) dairy farming.
C) Mediterranean agriculture.
D) commercial gardening.
E) plantation farming.
64) According to the map of world milk production, more than 100 million metric tons of milk
are produced annually in
A) India.
B) Iraq.
C) Iran.
D) Bolivia.
E) Mexico.
65) According to the map of world milk production, less than 1 million metric tons of milk are
produced annually in
A) Iraq.
B) India.
C) Iran.
D) Peru.
E) Mexico.
66) According to the map of world milk production, between 1 and 9 million metric tons of milk
are produced annually in
A) Iran.
B) Iraq.
C) Mexico.
D) Libya.
E) Bolivia.
67) Which statement correctly describes hunting and gathering?
A) All humans began to obtain their food this way after agriculture was invented.
B) It is a form of nomadism that disappeared in the late 1900s after the fall of the Soviet Union.
C) This form of subsistence disappeared in the mid-1900s owing to industrialization and
modernized agriculture.
D) Hunter gatherers cannot live for long in groups of less than 100 people owing to the necessary
division of labor.
E) This form of subsistence is still practiced despite the modernization of agriculture in some
areas.
68) Which is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?
A) Land is cleared by tractors or large work crews.
B) Debris is mulched to provide the soil with nutrients.
C) A new site is designated every 50 years.
D) Swiddens not under cultivation are used for mining operations.
E) A new site is designated every few years.
69) Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?
A) equipment
B) funds and land
C) labor
D) land
E) funds
70) Farmers in more developed and less developed countries share which of the following
problems?
A) access to fertilizers
B) inadequate income
C) lack of equipment
D) surplus production
E) the declining importance of world markets
71) Farmers in LDCs choose to grow drug crops for export primarily because of
A) their market value in MDCs.
B) their proximity to local markets.
C) their inability to grow maize.
D) their disdain for the freedoms enjoyed by developed countries.
E) their desire to fund terrorist organizations.
72) Afghanistan is important to the world drug trade primarily because
A) it produces about 90 percent of the world’s opium.
B) U.S. troops consume most of the opium grown there.
C) of the inability to grow maize.
D) of the proximity of the Russian market for illicit drugs.
E) of the desire of local farmers to fund terrorist organizations.
73) The type of agriculture practiced near large cities, which includes producing fruits and
vegetables, is called
A) sawah.
B) truck agriculture.
C) subsistence agriculture.
D) truck farming.
E) truck hybridization.
74) Truck farming is a term that derives from the Middle-English word truck, meaning
A) “cart.”
B) “mobility” or “movement.”
C) “subsiding” as in “subsistence agriculture.”
D) “bartering” or “exchange of commodities.”
E) “horse” or “horse-drawn.”
75) In the United States many farms are integrated into a large food production industry. This is
known as
A) agribusiness.
B) commercial farming.
C) food processing.
D) mechanized farming.
E) mixed crop and livestock farming.
76) ________ model is used by geographers to explain the importance of proximity to the market
in the choice of crops to the commercial farm.
A) von Thünen’s
B) Whittlesey’s
C) Iqbel’s
D) McKinley’s
E) von Helsing’s
77) The primary factor in von Thünen’s model for choosing commercial farm products is
A) land price.
B) market location.
C) climate.
D) soil character.
E) labor cost.
78) Von Thünen’s model can best be used to explain the location of which of the following types
of agriculture?
A) dairying in the Northeast United States
B) ranching in the dry lands of North Africa
C) shifting cultivation in the tropics of South America
D) intensive subsistence in South China
E) mediterranean agriculture in central Chile
79) To increase crop yields, farmers in South China commonly practice
A) double cropping.
B) transhumance.
C) threshing.
D) pastoral nomadism.
E) shifting cultivation.
80) Which of the following is not a strategy for increasing food supply?
A) expanding arable land area
B) ensuring sustainable land productivity for future generations
C) identifying new food sources
D) increasing tariffs on grain exports
E) increasing exports of surplus production
81) According to the graph on the growth in human consumption of fish, in about the year 2005,
the amount of fish consumed by developing countries exceeded
A) 80 million metric tons.
B) 20 million metric tons.
C) 60 million metric tons.
D) 100 million metric tons.
E) 70 million metric tons.
82) According to the graph on the growth in human consumption of fish, in about the year 1985,
the amount of fish consumed by developing countries was approximately
A) 40 million metric tons.
B) 35 million metric tons.
C) 50 million metric tons.
D) 55 million metric tons.
E) 60 million metric tons.
83) According to the map of major world fishing regions, the northwestern Pacific Ocean
annually contributes
A) more than 20 million tons of aquatic catch.
B) 10 to 20 million tons of aquatic catch.
C) 5 to 10 million tons of aquatic catch.
D) 1 to 5 million tons of aquatic catch.
E) less than 1 million tons of aquatic catch.
84) According to the map of major world fishing regions, the Antarctic section of the Pacific
Ocean annually contributes
A) less than 1 million tons of aquatic catch.
B) 10 to 20 million tons of aquatic catch.
C) 5 to 10 million tons of aquatic catch.
D) 1 to 5 million tons of aquatic catch.
E) more than 20 million tons of aquatic catch.
85) According to map of major world fishing regions, between 10 and 20 million tons of aquatic
catch are taken annually from the
A) northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
B) northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
C) southeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
D) Antarctic section of the Atlantic Ocean.
E) eastern central part of the Pacific Ocean.
86) According to the graph on world population and food production, by the year 2010 the world
population was nearly
A) 11 billion.
B) 6.5 billion.
C) 7.5 billion.
D) 7.3 billion.
E) 7 billion.
87) The best way to block Asian carp from moving into the Great Lakes from the Illinois River
would be the closing of locks and dams in and near Chicago; however, these waterways are not
being closed because
A) Republicans in the U.S. Congress are concerned about taxes on the rich.
B) as major transportation links for the region, they are important for the economy of St. Louis.
C) too many Asian carp are already clogging the locks and dams and cannot be removed.
D) as major transportation links for the region, they are important for Chicago’s economy.
E) the economies of neighboring states depend on the Chicago-area locks and dams.
88) In Maryland, soil preservationists produced a new composite map by combining in their GIS
A) soil quality, environmental, and economic maps.
B) maps on soil quality and proximity to market.
C) dry harvest climate, wet harvest climate, climate change, and soil maps.
D) maps on habitat for endangered species.
E) soil quality, environmental, and political maps.
89) What is the purpose of crop rotation?
A) maintaining fresh products for market
B) maintaining price supports
C) maintaining the fertility of fields
D) responding to shifting consumer preference
E) reducing transportation costs
90) A principal practice of sustainable agriculture is
A) agribusiness-oriented land management.
B) a “green revolution” in the use of chemicals.
C) the preference for livestock over crops.
D) the use of pesticide-resistant seed.
E) careful land management
91) A major practice of sustainable agriculture is
A) agribusiness.
B) an increased “green revolution” use of chemicals.
C) the lack of integration of crops and livestock.
D) use of pesticide resistant seed.
E) limited use of chemicals
92) Farming varies around the world because of ________ across space.
A) cultural and environmental factors
B) cultural and economic factors
C) farmers’ personal preference and environmental factors
D) weather and climate
E) climate change
93) Ranching is practiced in the dry lands of more developed and less developed countries.