agriculture wooooo Flashcards

The Second Agricultural Revolution occurred at roughly the same time as the

A) American Civil War
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Green Revolution
D) Boxer Rebellion
E) California Gold Rush

The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as the

A) Green Revolution
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Genetic Revolution
D) Rice Revolution
E) Plantation Revolution

Locations farthest from large bodies of water

A) experience the most natural disasters
B) have the most extreme climates
C) are most suitable for large-scale agriculture
D) need more water to irrigate crops
E) tend to have the highest population density

Dogs, pigs, and chickens were first domesticated in

A) Western Africa
B) Central America
C) North America
D) Southeast Asia
E) Northern India

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture except

A) dairy farming
B) specialized fruit production
C) cattle ranching
D) grain farming
E) pastoral nomadism

A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing

A) subsistence agriculture
B) commercial farming
C) crop rotation
D) slash-and-burn agriculture
E) shifting cultivation