Chapter 10: Agriculture and Food

1. Which statement correctly describes hunting and gathering? 	
A) Before the invention of agriculture all humans obtained their food by hunting and gathering.
B) They are ways of nomadic existence.
C) This form of subsistence is still practiced in some remote areas.
             D) All of the above are true.	
2. An important agricultural hearth is
A) Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley.
B) the Indus River region. 
C) Mesoamerica.
             D) All of the above are important agricultural hearths.
3. The term subsistence, when it relates to farming, refers to
A) growing food only to sustain the farmers themselves and their families.
B) less mechanized agriculture.
C) a very high percentage of workers engaged directly in farming.
D) All of the above.
4. Shifting cultivation can successfully support only low population densities as a result of rapid depletion 
    of soil fertility.
A) True.
B) False.
5. In densely populated regions, one is more likely to find 
A) shifting cultivation. 
B) intensive subsistence agriculture.
6. Commercial agriculture, generally practiced in core countries outside the tropics, is developed 
    primarily to generate products for sale to food processing companies.
A) True.
B) False.
7. Currently, over 60 countries around the world require labeling of genetically modified foods. The USA 
    has 
A) no labeling requirements.
B) strict labeling requirements.
8. According to the FAO, food security exists
A) when all people, communities, and countries have the right to define their own agricultural policies. 
B) when all people, at all times, have access to food for an active and healthy life.
C) when agriculture increasingly influences more at the national level than at the regional or global levels.
             D) when double cropping is the generalized method in agriculture.
9. Organic farming	
A) has already become a growing force alongside the dominant conventional farming. 
B) puts small-scale farmers at the center of food production.
C) does not use genetically modified seeds, synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers.
             D) All of the above.
10. Sustainability in agriculture is the increased commitment to organic farming.
A) True.
B) False.

 Answers: 1/D, 2/D, 3/D, 4/A, 5/B, 6/A, 7/A, 8/B, 9/D, 10/A