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What are examples of subsistence agriculture? |
Shifting cultivation and patrol nomadism |
Herding and burning |
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What type of agriculture would be found in LDC's? |
Plantation |
Cotton |
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What region is associated with Slash-and-Burn agriculture |
Tropical regions |
Florida |
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Agriculture |
Domestication of plants and animals |
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Mediterranean agriculture is associated with.... |
Grapes and olives |
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The integration of agriculture into large food producing industry is... |
Agribusiness |
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Seasonal migration of livestock to high to low altitudes is... |
Transhumance |
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Crop rotations is used to... |
Maintain soil fertility |
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The long lot survey system usually divides the land that does what? |
It extends from rivers and canals |
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The Colombian exchange was a time when products were carried |
Across the Atlantic and pacific oceans |
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In which areas is intensive subsistence farming is most commonly used? |
East and South Asia |
Rice |
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Most corn exports come from |
United States |
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The leading export for United States? |
Wheat |
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What type of agriculture involves the greatest amount of people in the world? |
Subsistence agriculture |
It needs more people |
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The mechanical reaper, seed drill and thresher are all part of |
Second agricultural revolution |
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A disadvantage of dairy farming over mixed crop and livestock farming is |
They must purchase feed for all animals |
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Who theorized that the invention of agriculture took place in multiple hearths |
Carl Sauer |
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Which area is most effected by the Green Revolution |
India |
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What increased in wheat production in developed counties in 1950s? |
Pesticides, fertilizer, and machinery |
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What are the most widely produced grains in the world? |
Wheat rice and corn |
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What percentage of labor force in the US is put into agriculture |
2-5% |
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Swidden agriculture is |
Clearing of land using slash and burn techniques |
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The area around the southern border of the Sahara, where desertification is occurring |
Sahel |
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The area around the southern border of the Sahara, where desertification is occurring |
Sahel |
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What is most likely to be grown in plantations? |
Coffee |
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2 leading producers of wheat |
European Union and China |
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2 leading producers of wheat |
European Union and China |
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2 most widely used GMO |
Corn and soybeans |
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Which country was least effected by the green revolution? |
Africa |
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