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Agriculture and Non-Food Crops - Definition of agriculture:
️ The science and practice of farming, including the cultivation of soil for growing crops and the
rearing of animals to provide humans with food, clothing, shelter, and other products...
✔️ The science and practice of farming, including the cultivation of soil for growing crops and the
rearing of animals to provide humans with food, clothing, shelter, and other products.
- Non-food agricultural crops:
✔️ Cotton, tobacco, timber, marijuana.
Historical Context
- When was Nature published?
✔️ April 25, 1953.
- Definition of culture:
✔️ The unique combination of customs, beliefs, and practices (including languages, arts, rituals,
institutions, and technologies) transmitted from one generation to another, distinguishing societies
from one another.
Global Demographics and Agriculture
- How many people live on Earth?
✔️ 7.4 billion.
- What is the biggest grain that we eat?
✔️ Corn - 1 million tons produced.
- Where do we grow corn?
✔️ Eastern USA and Asia (primarily China).
,- Where do we grow rice?
✔️ Asia - India, Philippines, China.
- Where do we grow wheat?
✔️ Europe (France, England), India, China.
- How much of the total household income in the US goes to food purchases?
✔️ Less than 10 percent.
Culture and Agricultural History
- Culture is made up of:
✔️ Rituals and language, customs and beliefs, clothing and food.
- In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of:
✔️ Overpopulation of the globe.
- Agriculture only concerns the production of food:
✔️ False.
- About ___ years ago, humans invented ___ which delineates history from prehistory:
✔️ 5,000 years - writing.
- About ___ years ago, humans began to ___ which scientists believe was the 1st conscious cultural act:
✔️ 2 million years - tool making.
Evolution and Human Adaptation
- One of the key factors in the early hominids' success was:
, ✔️ Mobility.
- The most devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was:
✔️ Disease.
- One main advantage of farming was that it meant less work compared to nomadic traveling:
✔️ False.
- There are how many farms in the US?
✔️ 2 million.
- The majority of food in the US is produced by:
✔️ A small number of large farms.
- In 1800, approximately ___% of total US jobs were on farms; today it is ___%:
✔️ 90% in 1800, 2% today.
- Which of the following has stayed the most steady in terms of number over the last 100 years?
✔️ Number of acres being farmed.
Demographic Statistics and Farming
- What percentage of US citizens hold a valid US passport?
✔️ 35%.
- Most commercial farming is done in what climate zones?
✔️ Temperate.
- Most subsistence farming takes place in what climate zone?
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