Where were two of the early hearths of domestication?

Fertile crescent, Central America

What is desertification?

The overuse of a certain plot of land.

What is shifting cultivation?

Agricultural system when a piece of land is used and is altered soon after

What is Market gardening?

The small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops

What is mechanized farming?

The practice of using agricultural machinery to mechanise agriculture.

What are mixed crop/live stock systems?

Production of usually corn and soybeans, and animals on the same farm

The green revolution mostly focused on which crops?

Fast Growing-Cereals such as rice, wheat, grains, oats and barley

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1
Where were two of the early hearths of domestication?
Southeast asia, South America
Fertile crescent, Oceania
Fertile crescent, Central America
2
What is desertification?
Making an icecream sundae.
Taking sand from a desert and moving it to the farmland.
Turning a desert into usable farmland.
The overuse of a certain plot of land.
3
What is shifting cultivation?
Agricultural system where people use certain plots of land at certain times
Agricultural system when a piece of land is used and is altered soon after
agricultural system where land is used for diff seasonal crops over a year
4
Subsistence farming is found in LDCs; it's the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmers' family.
True
False
5
What is Market gardening?
Agriculture done on big open fields in a mixed climate.
The small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops
A large scale production that takes place on open fields
6
Which element affects global food distribution
Infrastructure
Patterns of world trade
All of the above
Political relationships
7
Commercial farming found in LDCs is the production of food primarily for sale of the farm for profit.
True
False
8
Which type of Rural settlement pattern would this be
Linear
Dispersed
Clustered
9
Women produce more than 50% of the worlds food
False
True
10
What is mechanized farming?
The practice of using tools such as rakes,shovels and use of garden hoses.
The focus on increasing human labor.
The practice of using agricultural machinery to mechanise agriculture.
Robots taking over the farming industry.
11
What are mixed crop/live stock systems?
Production of usually wheat and grain, and animals on the same farm.
Production of usually corn and soybeans, and animals on the same farm
Production of strawberries and blueberries, and animals on the same farm.
12
The green revolution mostly focused on which crops?
Slow growing plants like AloeVera, Cactus, Jade Plant, and the Snake plant.
Fast Growing-Cereals such as rice, wheat, grains, oats and barley
Fast Growing-Fruits such as strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.
13
Distribution problems do not affect global feeding challenges.
False
True
14
Infrastructure is the supporting beams and bars holding up a building during construction.
False
True

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