1. The majority of the world's population is supported by which type of agricultural system?
peasant
slash and burn
commercial
nomadism
2. Cultural geographer Carl Sauer suggested that plant domestication originated with
sedentary people in hilly areas
hunters and gatherers in hilly areas
nomadic herders in the grasslands
hungry people in grasslands
3. The main characteristic of nomadic herding is
raising horses and camels as draft animals
raising livestock, such as goats and camels, to sell at market
continued movement of people and their animals in search of forage
maximizing the use of fertile lands
4. Which is true about the U.S. rectangular survey system?
All lines are oriented to the cardinal directions.
Section changes were made to accommodate terrain variations, such as rivers.
Thirty sections comprise a 30 square mile township.
The basic unit is the 450 acre section.
5. In southern Nepal, farmers grow paddy rice and wheat. After harvesting the rice, the paddies are drained, leveled, plowed, and sown with wheat. After the wheat harvest, the paddy fields are prepared for rice again. This is an example of
intertillage
a Green Revolution innovation
double cropping
plantation agriculture
6. You are flying in an airplane over central Europe. The clouds break and the agricultural landscape is revealed. The field pattern you see is
regular
unit-block
fragmented
cadastral
7. If you were to analyze agricultural production based on Von Thünen's model, what spatial pattern would you find?
Less-perishable products are grown closer to the market.
Land values are lower closest to the market.
Investment in non-transport related energy inputs is highest nearest the market.
Intensity of production increases with increasing distances from the markets.
8. Your doctor has ordered you to remove all American Indian food from your diet. Which of the following could you still eat?
pizza with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, and dried chile peppers
pumpkin pie and vanilla ice cream
a corn tortilla and refried beans
lemon pie and coffee
9. According to the Von Thünen model of land use, which of the following would be located farthest from the market?
dairy farms
grain farms
livestock ranches
markets gardens
10. The American rectangular survey system was developed after the Revolutionary War to
parcel out federally owned land to pioneers
administer the newly settled regions west of the Mississippi River
provide each farmer with a relatively equal variation in soil type and terrain
ensure each farmer was of equal distance form the market