This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Society > Human > Human Agriculture – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Human Agriculture Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How long did it take for Stone Age people to migrate AROUND THE WORLD? A) 10 years. B) 90, 000 years. C) Hundreds of thousands of years. D) A million years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hundreds of thousands of years. 2. Which of the following is the best example of primary economic activity? A) A lumber mill in Port Angeles, WA that manufactures lumber, wood chips and various timber products from locally fallen trees. B) A freelance marketer who connects logging companies with manufacturers interested in purchasing raw timber to produce lumber and a wide range of paper products. C) A land grant research college in Georgia that has developed an experimental tree farm in an attempt to study sustainable timber harvesting. D) A logger in the Pacific Northwest who risks his or her life falling trees for $ 25, 000 a year before taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A logger in the Pacific Northwest who risks his or her life falling trees for $ 25, 000 a year before taxes. 3. Which sector of the economy tends to have the highest salaries on average? A) Quadrinary. B) Secondary. C) Primary. D) Tertiary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quadrinary. 4. Ester Boserup theorized that when population increased in a subsistence agriculturally-based community the level of technology and labor efforts must A) Decrease due to the high cost of machinery. B) Increase by sending students to technical schools. C) Increase by purchasing new machinery from More Developed Countries (MDCs). D) Increase to meet the demands of increased population pressures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase to meet the demands of increased population pressures. 5. According to the Von Thunen Model which form of Agriculture would be located closest to the city? A) 3 fields. B) Lumber. C) Ranching. D) Dairy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dairy. 6. What is the name of the wise baboon from 'The Lion King'? A) Raffiki. B) Pumbaa. C) Simba. D) Timon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raffiki. 7. Both the growing of food or feed and the raising of livestock are considered what type of economic activity? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) Quinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 8. Why did early humans migrate? A) They wanted a change of scenery. B) The climate changed, and they needed to find new food sources. C) They wanted to meet new tribes. D) They wanted to learn how to make new tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climate changed, and they needed to find new food sources. 9. What materials did early humans use to build more permanent structures? A) Wood, stone, clay, or other materials like bones. B) Wood, straw, leaves, or other materials like plant fiber. C) Rocks, grass, mud. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood, stone, clay, or other materials like bones. 10. When a country does not have physical, social, and economic access to safe and nutritious food, they experience A) Food deficits. B) Food insecurity. C) Food inequalities. D) Food security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food insecurity. 11. What Country would be most likely to feature Terrace Agriculture? A) Germany. B) Brazil. C) China. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 12. What has happened to the number of farmers in the US during the 20th century? A) The number of farmers has declined because of lack of opportunities to make a profit and the pull of higher paying jobs in the city. B) The number of farmers has increased to meet the rising demand of food as the population grows. C) The number of farmers has increased to meet the growing demand for food as high powered economies demand more and more protein and foods from exotic locations. D) The number of farmers has remained the same because the increase in the demand for food has been met with improvements in technology and advanced farming techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of farmers has declined because of lack of opportunities to make a profit and the pull of higher paying jobs in the city. 13. Which statement explains why pastoral nomads move from place to place with their cattle? A) It has proven to be an effective method of subsistence agriculture in the semi-arid region in which they live. B) Green Revolution technologies have made this practice possible since the mid-20th century. C) Recent improvements in refrigeration and transportation have greatly expanded how far milk can be delivered. D) They have been contracted to raise these animals for a multinational corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has proven to be an effective method of subsistence agriculture in the semi-arid region in which they live. 14. What did people use to make tools in the Mesolithic Era? A) Branches. B) Bone and stone. C) Animal hide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone and stone. 15. According to the "Change in Undernourishment" chart, there has been a recent decrease in undernourishment in A) North Africa. B) Dub-Saharan Africa. C) East Asia. D) South Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Asia. 16. The major problem with the world's food supply is that A) There isn't enough food for everyone. B) Food production is decreasing. C) The food is not properly distributed. D) People are unwilling to eat certain types of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The food is not properly distributed. 17. Which sector of the economy has the most workers in the USA today? A) Sector 1. B) Sector 3. C) Sector 2. D) Sector 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sector 3. 18. Commercial farmers often produce more yield than can be sold. What basic economic principle affects prices when crops are overproduced? A) Supply and demand. B) Von Thunen's location theory. C) Costs and profits. D) Buy low, sell high. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply and demand. 19. If there are a lot of houses which are very close together, what is the pattern called? A) Nucleated. B) Linear. C) Don't know. D) Dispersed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleated. 20. Which concept is NOT related to GMO? A) Using science to create the "Perfect" food. B) Using high intensity pesticides to kill any bugs that could damage the food. C) Utilizing local farmers to sell crops to the communtiies that they live close to. D) Utilizing big corporations to help sell and spread GMO products all over the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Utilizing local farmers to sell crops to the communtiies that they live close to. 21. If houses are in a row, what is the pattern called? A) Nucleated. B) Dispersed. C) Linear. D) Don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linear. 22. A ..... is a strip of land that connects two continents. A) Ice age. B) A connector. C) Land bridge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land bridge. 23. The building of the Erie Canal in the 1820s to connect New York with the midwest was paid for by the state of New York. It is an example of A) A supply chain. B) Vertical integration. C) Agribusiness. D) A subsidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A subsidy. 24. The process of changing the genetic material of a crop or organism so as to produce a desired characteristic A) Domestication. B) Cultivation. C) Commercial Farming. D) Genetic Modification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic Modification. 25. Which type of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries? A) Plantation. B) Livestock ranching. C) Mediterranean. D) Truck farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantation. 26. Ranching is practiced in a climate most similar to that of which other type of agriculture A) Mediterranean agriculture. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Pastoral nomadism. D) Grain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pastoral nomadism. 27. Which of the following is NOT a Grain? A) Corn. B) Wheat. C) Rice. D) Lettuce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lettuce. 28. The development of ..... , or farming, changed human society forever. A) Production. B) Towns. C) Agriculture. D) Domestication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 29. The majority of undernourished people in the world can be found in A) North America. B) East Asia. C) South Asia. D) Sub-Saharan Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Asia. 30. Which land survey system is a relic of French cultural influence? A) Township and Range. B) Cadastral. C) Long Lot. D) Mets and Bounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Lot. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSociety QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesHuman Agriculture Quiz 1Human Agriculture Quiz 3Human Agriculture Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books