Agriculture Quiz!

Question1

The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia?

• A. 10,000 years ago
• B. 100,000 years ago
• C. 1.1 million years ago
• D. 1,000 years ago

Question2

Seed agriculture probably reached Europe from?

• A. Western India
• B. Northern China
• C. Ethiopia
• D. Southwest Asia

Question3

Which type of agriculture is found primarily in less developed countries?

• A. Mediterranean
• B. Planation
• C. Truck farming
• D. Commercial gardening

Question4

Which is not a form of subsistence agriculture?

• A. Mediterranean
• B. Shifting cultivation
• C. Pastoral nomadism
• D. Intensive

Question5

Which type of agriculture is found primarily in less developed countries?

• A. Push/pull ecomonic factors
• B. Urban sprawl
• C. Climate change
• D. Demographic transition

Question6

Which of the following is an example of physical or mechanical pest management?

• A. Applying chemical pesticides
• B. Using predator insects
• C. Setting up traps or barriers
• D. Modifying the environment

Question7

Lowering humidity to reduce pest reproduction rates is an example of?

• A. Biological control
• B. Cultural practices
• C. Physical/environmental modification
• D. Chemical contorl

Question8

Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies of pests is an example of which type of control?

• A. Cultural control
• B. Chemical control
• C. Exclusion
• D. Biological control

Question9

Sealing cracks and using screens to prevent pests from entering is an example of?

• A. Cultural control
• B. Physical control
• C. Exclusion
• D. Chemical control

Question10

Cultural control practices in pest management aim to do which of the following?

• A. Directly eliminate pests
• B. Create physical barriers
• C. Alter the environment to make it less hospitable for pests
• D. Apply biological agents to combat pests