Unit 1 Scope of the Ag Industry

Question 1

What did commercial refrigeration do?

Accepted Answer

Advanced the food system and modernize agriculture

Question 2

Exposure of poor processing of meat and poor production processes cause the development of:

Accepted Answer

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and Meat Inspection ACt of 1986

Question 3

What current free trade agreement is in place between the US, Mexico, and Canada?

Accepted Answer

USMCA

Question 4

China is the largest ____________________ in the world.

Accepted Answer

Agriculture producer

Question 5

What was the number 1 cash crop around the time of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 6

How did the Louisiana Purchase help to expand Agriculture in the United States post-civil war?

Accepted Answer

gave way for cattle production and westward expansion

Question 7

What is 40 percent of the world’s land used for?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 8

Globally, 1 billion people are employed by which industry?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 9

"Produce more with less" is the mindset of what industry?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 10

What two universities in Louisiana are considered land grant universitites?

Accepted Answer

LSU and Southern

Question 11

What parish produces the most hay in Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

Lafourche

Question 12

What is the number one agriculture industry in Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

forestry

Question 13

What is the number two agriculture industry in Lafourche parish?

Accepted Answer

beef

Question 14

When did electricity reach rural farm areas in the US?

Accepted Answer

1950s

Question 15

Who invented the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

Eli Whitney

Question 16

What percent of Americans today live on farms?

Accepted Answer

Less than 2%

Question 17

The invention of the cotton gin and the wheat reaper are examples of:

Accepted Answer

Industrialization of agriculture

Question 18

What is the number two agriculture industry in Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

poultry

Question 19

Approximately 1/3rd of the world’s ____________________ are lost or wasted each year?

Accepted Answer

Food products

Question 20

What did the land on the Louisiana Purchase first look like?

Accepted Answer

Large prairies with native grasses

Question 21

What time period did agriculturist move on from labor intensive crops following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 22

Before the reaper was invented, what device was used to harvest wheat?

Accepted Answer

scythe

Question 23

What did the nomadic people of mesopotamia create without realizing it?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 24

According to the USDA, which country has and estimated GDP of $1 trillion?

Accepted Answer

US

Question 25

The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year is called the __________.

Accepted Answer

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Question 26

What did the Morrill and 2nd Morrill Act establish in the US?

Accepted Answer

Land in each state dedicated to agriculture research

Question 27

Which war destroyed Southern farms and decreased the workforce of the south due to the freeing of slaves?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War

Question 28

Which of the following American products are consumed internationally?

Accepted Answer

Agricultural

Question 29

What is the number one agriculture industry in Lafourche parish?

Accepted Answer

sugar cane

Question 30

What was invented that allowed cattle to be slaughtered in the Midwest and the meat to be sent to the East?

Accepted Answer

Refrigerated Rail Car

Question 31

The art, science, and industry of growing plants, other crops, and livestock is defined as what?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 32

What invention improved the processing time of cotton from 1 pound a day to 1000 pounds a day?

Accepted Answer

Cotton Gin

Question 33

What 3 areas of education did the Smith-Hughes Act set up?

Accepted Answer

Home ec, Ag ed, Industrial Tech

Question 34

Which of the following states produces the most crawfish in the US?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 35

Select the reason for the 2nd Morrill Act:

Accepted Answer

To establish land grant universities for minorities in the south.

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