AESC 2050 Kiepper Test 1 UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
agriculture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the science of practice farming, including cultivation
of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide humans with food,
clothing, shelter and other products
non-food agricultural crops - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔cotton, tobacco, timber, marijuana
When was nature published - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔April 25, 1953
culture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the unique combinations of customs, beliefs and
practices (including languages, arts, rituals, institutions and technologies) that are transmitted
from one generation to another and distinguishes societies from each other.
How many people live on earth - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔7.4 billion
What is the biggest grain that we eat? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔corn- 1 million tons
produced
Where do we grow our corn? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Eastern USA and Asia (China)
Where do we grow our rice? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Asia- India, Phillipines, China
Where do we grow our wheat? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Europe, France, England, India,
China
How much of our US total household income goes to the purchase of food? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔less than 10 percent
,culture is made up of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔rituals and language, customs and beliefs,
clothing and food
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔overpopulation of the globe
Agriculture only concerns the production of food - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔false
About __ years ago, human invented __ which delineates history from prehistory -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔5000 writing
About __ years ago, humans began to __ which scientist believe was the 1st conscious
cultural act - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2 million, tool making
One of the key factors of early hominids success was - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔mobility
The most devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Disease
One of the main advantages of farming was it meant less work compared to nomadic
traveling - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
There are how many farms in the US - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2 million
The majority of our food in the US is produced by - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A small
number of large farms
In 1800 approximately __% of total US jobs were on the farm, today it is __% - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔90,2
Which of the following has stayed the most STEADy (i.e, static) in terms of number over the
last 100 years: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Number of Acres being farmed
, What percentage of US citizens hold a valid US passport - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔35
Most commercial farming is doe in what climate zones - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Temperate
Most subsistence farming takes place in what climate zone - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Tropical
In the video "How Pigs parts make the wold turn", Christien Meindersma say the Strangest
product she found that included pig was __, and the most Beautiful was __. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔ammunition, a heart valve
In 1979,, Robert R Oltjen, invoked a passage from the __ to argue that scientists should be
free to monitor their own animal research without oversight. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Bible
The term speciesism is associated with the concept of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔human
superiority over animals
The Battle of Cajamarca (In Peru, 1532) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Less than 200
spaniards faced an army of 80,000 Inca soldiers. In the first day, there were 7,000 Incas dead.
When the dust settled, not a single Spaniard was dead.
Why did the culture of the Europeans overwhelm the Incas' culture so easily when they came
together? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What in the Europeans' culture caused them to travel,
invade, and conquer the native cultures in the Americas and no the other way around?
Prehistory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔5 million years to 3000 BC
History - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔3000 BC to nowadays
