ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 1 In the 4th millennium B.C., the invention that marked the beginning of agricultural civilization was a device drawn by oxen. Name this device.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 2 Which agricultural commodity must be imported to the continental United States? A. rice B. wheat C. sugar D. coffee E. lettuce
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 3 This description from the year 1612 concerns what crop? "The money rolled in. Before long, Virginia settlers were growing the "stinking weed" on every patch of ground they could find, including the streets of Jamestown itself."
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 4 What fuel can be produced by fermenting sugar cane, sawdust, corn, or wood chips? A. peat B. alcohol C. uranium D. kerosene E. hydrogen
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 5 Whose work paved the way for improving crops through genetics? A. Louis Leakey B. Edwin Hubble C. Gregor Mendel D. Francis Beaufort E. J. Robert Oppenheimer
ndmmxiaomayi SG U.S. Agriculture Question 6 The greatest percentage of which state is occupied by cropland? A. Iowa B. Idaho C. Arizona D. Washington E. New Jersey
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 7 Sugar can be commercially extracted from two different plants. One is sugar cane. The other is the sugar is... Hint: Starts with letter B
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 8 Fallow cropland is ... A. irrigated B. highly acidic C. rich bottomland D. tilled but unseeded E. high in clay content Students who had at least secondary school education and can't answer this, please go bang the wall.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 9 The African farmer produces most of what his family needs. This kind of farming is called ... A. communal B. marginal C. corporate D. cooperative E. subsistence The answers can be found in this particular Geography textbook: Our World: a closer look
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 10 If they were all planted at the same time, which garden product would be first to ripen? A. corn B. chilies C. radishes D. pumpkins E. tomatoes Common sense. Don't know use google.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 11 What is the modern name for the practice suggested in this passage from the first century A.D.? "The earth neither grows old nor wears out if it be dunged." Hint: Look at the word dunged. What does it reminds you? The answer is one word and starts with the letter F. Not a vulgar word.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 12 What is the collective name for the fruit of such cereal grasses as sorghum, millet, rye, barley, oats, wheat, and rice? Students with at least primary school education and don't know the answer can bang the wall.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 13 Which is not a forage crop? A. corn B. clover C. potato D. alfalfa E. bluegrass
poon cho tang SG Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi: [b]Question 1 In the 4th millennium B.C., the invention that marked the beginning of agricultural civilization was a device drawn by oxen. Name this device.[/b]plough?
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 14 A mixture of sand and clay that also contains humus is called ... A. loam B. caliche C. parent matter D. residual soil E. transported soil Read your Geography textbook for answer.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 15 What is the name for the soil conservation technique by which farmers plow sideways across hillsides instead of up and down the slopes?
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 16 What are the chemical elements of the primary nutritional elements in a complete fertilizer?
Pitot SG Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi: [b]Question 15 What is the name for the soil conservation technique by which farmers plow sideways across hillsides instead of up and down the slopes?[/b]terracing..
ndmmxiaomayi SG Question 17 The insect that devastated cotton crops in the South in the late 1890s was the ... A. caddis fly B. boll weevil C. sphinx moth D. Japanese beetle E. Mediterranean fruit fly
