AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 10, SECTIONS 2b and 3a
INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, PLANTATION FARMING,
AND MIXED CROP AND LIVESTOCK FARMING
Directions: Choose the best answer.
1.
Which type of agriculture is practiced by the largest percentage of the world's people?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
The largest proportion of farmers in Asia practice
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.
smaller farms
higher agricultural density
greater use of animal power
more diversified cropping
all of the above
Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
5.
hunting and gathering.
intensive subsistence.
pastoral nomadism.
shifting cultivation.
plantation agriculture.
Compared to shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence agriculture is characterized by
which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4.
hunting and gathering
shifting cultivation
pastoral nomadism
intensive subsistence
plantation
equipment
funds
labor
land
C and D
Intensive wet rice farming is the dominant type of agriculture in
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Southeast China.
East India.
most of Southeast Asia.
A and B
all of the above.
6.
Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
7.
To increase crop yields, farmers in South China commonly practice
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
8.
d.
e.
distribute the workload of the crops and livestock evenly throughout the year.
generate 3/4ths of their income from the sale of livestock.
create a system where crops provide food for livestock and the livestock provide
manure for crop fertilization.
all of the above.
none of the above.
After corn, the most important crop in the U.S. mixed crop and livestock region is
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
11.
cultural preference.
tradition.
climate.
soil.
harvesting wet rice requires expensive machinery.
Mixing crops and livestock allows farmers to
a.
b.
c.
10.
double cropping.
transhumance.
threshing.
pastoral nomadism.
shifting cultivation.
The most important reason why most farmers in northeast China grow crops other than
wet rice is
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
9.
preparing fields with a plow drawn by oxen
flooding the plowed field with water
growing seedlings in a nursery
transplanting seedlings into the flooded field
all of the above
wheat.
soybeans.
barley.
fruits and vegetables.
sugar beets.
What is the purpose of crop rotation?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
maintaining fresh products for market
maintaining price supports
maintaining the fertility of fields
responding to shifting consumer preference
reducing transportation costs