Introduction to Agriculture (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

9 mins9 questions
11 mark

What is not an example of an intensive farming practice?

  • Market Gardening

  • Plantation agriculture

  • Nomadic herding

  • Mixed crop systems

  • Mixed livestock systems

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21 mark

Which of the following is not a climate type? 

  • Mediterranean

  • Tropical

  • Mid-tropical

  • Warm mid-latitude

  • Grasslands/Steppe

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31 mark

Where might you find a warm mid-latitude climate?

  • The Caribbean 

  • Australia

  • The West of the US

  • The South of the US

  • Eastern Europe

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41 mark

What do grasslands/steppe climates produce? 

  • Wheat

  • Cotton

  • Sugar

  • Olives

  • Cattle ranching

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51 mark

Which of the following is not an example of intensive commercial agriculture?

  • Truck farming 

  • Dairy farming

  • Slash and burn

  • Plantation agriculture

  • Mediterranean agriculture

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61 mark

Where is the Dairy Belt located?

  • The US South and West areas

  • Around the Great Lakes in the United States

  • North European Plain

  • Manchuria

  • New Zealand

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71 mark

Which of the following is not an example of a cash crop? 

  • Coffee

  • Cocoa

  • Sugar

  • Cotton

  • Wheat

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81 mark

The seasonal migration of livestock is known as

  • Transhumance

  • Slash and burn

  • Perishable

  • Shifting cultivation

  • Feedlots

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91 mark

Which of the following is not a characteristic of intensive agriculture?

  • Small farms

  • High manual labor

  • High yields

  • High population density

  • Low labor intensity

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