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    This document contains a 15 question vocabulary quiz about various topics in agriculture. The questions cover different types of agriculture like intensive subsistence farming, shifting cultivation, plantation agriculture and pastoral nomadism. They also cover agricultural innovations and technologies like the Green Revolution, biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and the Blue Revolution related to aquaculture. Finally, some questions address issues like desertification, integrated agribusiness systems, and the advantages of biotechnology.

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    This document contains a 15 question vocabulary quiz about various topics in agriculture. The questions cover different types of agriculture like intensive subsistence farming, shifting cultivation, plantation agriculture and pastoral nomadism. They also cover agricultural innovations and technologies like the Green Revolution, biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and the Blue Revolution related to aquaculture. Finally, some questions address issues like desertification, integrated agribusiness systems, and the advantages of biotechnology.

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    Vocabulary Quiz for Agriculture QUIZ B


    1. Which is NOT a form of commercial 7. The seasonal migration of livestock
    agriculture? between mountains and lowland pastures is
    a. Mediterranean a. transhumance
    b. extensive grain farming b. shifting cultivation
    c. pastoral nomadism c. pastoral nomadism
    d. plantation agriculture d. oasis herding
    d. all of the above are forms of commercial e. all of the above
    agriculture
    8. In the U.S. many farms are integrated into a large
    2. Which type of agriculture is found food production industry. This is known as
    primarily in developing countries? a. agribusiness
    a. Mediterranean b. commercial farming
    b. plantation c. food processing
    c. truck farming d. conglomerative agriculture
    d. livestock ranching e. mechanized farming
    e. milkshed dairying
    9. Desertification is the
    3. Shifting cultivation is most commonly a. expansion of desert-like conditions caused by
    found in which climate region? human actions
    a. Tropical b. increase in productivity of agriculture in desert
    b. Dry regions
    c. Warm temperate c. invention and diffusion of irrigation practices
    d. Continental d. rise in groundwater level due to inadequate
    e. Polar drainage
    e. lowering of reliance on irrigation agriculture
    4. Which type of agriculture occupies the
    largest percentage of the world’s land area? 10. Intensive subsistence agriculture
    a. dairying A) is used primarily in parts of the world with small
    b. intensive subsistence populations.
    c. plantation B) involves more human labor than swidden
    d. shifting cultivation agriculture.
    e. Mediterranean C) usually achieves only low productivity.
    D) is most commonly practiced in areas with little
    5. Which type of agriculture is practiced by rainfall.
    the largest percentage of the world’s people? E) relies on chickens and geese as draft animals.
    a. dairying
    b. intensive subsistence
    c. plantation 11. To increase crop yields, farmers in
    d. shifting cultivation southeastern China commonly practice
    e. Mediterranean a. double cropping
    b. transhumance
    6. The Green Revolution innovations in c. threshing
    agriculture are based on a package of inputs d. pastoral nomadism
    including all of the following except
    A) high yielding seed varieties.
    B) synthetic fertilizers.
    C) chemical pesticides.
    D) irrigation.
    E) natural fertilizers (compost, green manure,
    animal manure).
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    Vocabulary Quiz for Agriculture QUIZ B


    B) second agricultural revolution.
    12. The shaded areas and diffusion arrows on C) third agricultural revolution.
    the above world map indicate the most prominent D) Green Revolution.
    regions of the ) Industrial Revolution.
    A) first agricultural revolution.
    13. An organism that has had its DNA modified
    in a laboratory rather than through cross-pollination
    or other forms of evolution is known as a(n)
    A) GMO.
    B) DDT.
    C) HBO.
    D) GOP.
    E) CSA

    14. From the following, the most characteristic


    product of the Blue Revolution is
    A) fish.
    B) poultry.
    C) dairy products.
    D) berries.
    E) wine.

    15. The advantage(s) of biotechnology is (are)


    that it
    A) has improved environments through reduced use
    of agricultural chemicals.
    B) enabled the development of plants outside of
    their natural/most suitable habitats.
    C) provides small farmers with the means to sustain
    their livelihoods.
    D) isn't more susceptible to disease.
    E) both isn't more susceptible to disease and has
    improved environments through reduced use of
    agricultural chemicals.

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