1. Jeopardy

2. Final Jeopardy Question
Agriculture
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Final Jeopardy Question

3. 500 pts Most cereal grains produced in the Untied States are
A. given away as foreign aid.
B. exported to developing countries
C. turned into processed foods such as breakfast cereals and breads.
D. sold to food processing industries.
E. fed to livestock. E
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4. 400 pts
What type of business practice significantly reduces the commodity chain for an agricultural product such as chocolate.
Sustainable agriculture.
B. Organic farming.
C. Integrated management.
D. Fair trade movement.
E. Wholesale shopping. A.
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5. 300 pts
What is the difference between farms in an LDC and farms in an MDC that grow the same crop?
$$$ vs. Consumption
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6. 200 pts
The trend whereby large corporations buy and control many different steps in a food-processing industry is commonly referred to as
A. agribusiness.
B. commercial agriculture.
C. biotechnical revolution.
D. industrial agriculture.
E. all of the above.
A. Agribusiness
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7. 100 pts
What sector of the economy is agriculture?
Primary
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8. 500 pts
How do pastoral nomads end up hurting the environment and help lead to the desertification of some areas?
Overgrazing
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9. 400 pts
In which region/continent is shifting cultivation is still practiced the most?
A. South Asia.
B. East Asia.
C. North Africa.
D. Central Asia.
E. South America.
F. Australia
G. Eastern Europe
E. South America
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10. 300 pts
All of the following are types of subsistence agriculture EXCEPT
A. pastoral nomadism.
B. truck farming.
C. shifting cultivation.
D. swidden agriculture.
E. intensive rice farming. B
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11. 200 pts
Provide at least 2 reasons that people first domesticated animals
Animals provided meat.
Animals provided milk.
Animals provided furs and skins.
Animals were beasts of burden.
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12. 100 pts
What is the practice of herders moving their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys?
Transhumance
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13. 500 pts
What two crops do farmers usually rotate between in the Midwest and why do they rotate those two crops?
Corn and Soybeans to maintain soil fertility
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14. 400 pts
In Mediterranean agriculture farmers derive most of their income from
A. sheep and goats.
B. dairy products for various types of cheeses.
C. wheat grown for bread and pasta production.
D. fruits and vegetables.
E. tomatoes. D
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15. 300 pts
 All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture EXCEPT
A. A heavy reliance on machinery.
B. the product is consumed off the farm.
C. there is little relationship to other businesses.
D. a small percentage of the workforce is engaged directly in agriculture.
E. the average size of farms is hundreds of acres. C
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16. 200 pts
Dairy farmers specialize in other products rather than fresh milk because
A. of the low profit margin of milk.
B. they are located outside the milkshed.
C. of the high cost of feed.
D. of the high cost of land. B
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17. 100 pts
All of the following are examples of intensive commercial agriculture EXCEPT
A. dairy.
B. truck farming.
C. mixed crop and livestock.
D. horticulture.
E. paddy rice farming. E
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18. 500 pts
The process by which people engaged in shifting cultivation plant crops of varying heights in order to protect lower crops is called
Intertillage
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19. 400 pts
The biotechnical agricultural revolution is best characterized by
A. the integration of crop rotation systems with technology.
B. the use of remote sensing in determining irrigation levels.
C. the incorporation of genetically modified crops.
D. the use of integrated pest management.
E. the development of more palatable grains.
C. GMOs
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20. 300 pts All of the following are major wheat producing states EXCEPT
A. North Dakota.
B. Nebraska.
C. Kansas.
D. Iowa.
E. Montana.
Iowa - Corn
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21. 200 pts
What was the invention in the late 1800s that changed the geography of cattle ranching (in the Great Plains)?
A. the harvester.
B. barbed wire.
C. the steel tipped plow.
D. the John Deere tractor.
E. the McCormick combine.
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22. 100 pts
Which agricultural practice from the Von Thunen model is NO LONGER needed close to the city?
A. Dairy.
B. Forestry.
C. Grazing.
D. Mixed crop and livestock.
E. Horticulture.
B. Forestry
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23. 500 pts
What type of tillage is pictured?
Intertillage
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24. 400 pts What type of farming is represented in this image? Back
Plantation
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25. 300 pts Image the farmer owns ALL the land pictured.
What type of farming is represented in this image?
Mixed crop and livestock
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26. 200 pts What type of farming is done in the regions pictured below?
Mediterranean
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27. 100 pts What type of farming is represented in this image? Back
Slash and Burn farming
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28. Final Jeopardy Time is up! You have 1 minute!
Name at least two reasons GMOs are good and two reasons GMOs are bad.
Time is up!
You have 1 minute!
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