AESC 2050 Final Kiepper Questions And Answers
With Verified Solutions
Culture is made up of: ANS ✅ Rituals and language, Customs and beliefs, Clothing and food, Thoughts and values
T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops. ANS ✅ True
The human population of the earth recently passed the _____________ mark. ANS ✅ 7 billion
The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are: ANS ✅ Corn, Rice, Wheat
The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of _____________ in countries
across the globe. ANS ✅ Malnutrition of children
Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain production? ANS ✅ Africa
The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S., we use more water
irrigating __________ than any other crop: ANS ✅ Lawn Grass
Refer to graph for 8 & 9 ANS ✅
T/F: Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference between humans than Genetics. ANS ✅ True
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of: ANS ✅ Overpopulation of the globe
The biggest difference between the Upper 20% and Lower 20% of U.S. income earners in
terms of average annual expenditures, is that the Upper 20% are able to spend significantly
more of their income on: ANS ✅ Personal insurance and pensions
The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors against the ____________ . ANS ✅ Incas
About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists believe was
,the first conscious cultural act. ANS ✅ 2 million / tool making
The separation between "Prehistory" and "History" occurred about ___________ years ago,
with the _________________. ANS ✅ 5,000 / invention of writing
Instead of just using Biological Evolution to adjust to their environment, early human also
developed through _____________________, using intellectual and social skills. ANS ✅ Cultural adaptation
The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were... ANS ✅ Disease
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early emerging hominids: ANS ✅ Male dominated small
families
Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the "Fertile Crescent",
which is located in (the) modern... ANS ✅ Middle East
Early hominid males most often took on the dangerous tasks of hunting and defense
because... ANS ✅ they were expendable
Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be translated to: ANS ✅ "Wise Humans"
Many scientists believe that the reason agriculture developed independently in many places
around the globe was that it happened around the same time as... ANS ✅ the end of the last Ice Age
Advantages of the emerging Farming Lifestyle over the Nomadic Lifestyle DID NOT
include: ANS ✅ less work
The "Thrifty Gene" Hypothesis, in which humans biologically adapt to retain fat has become
a health disadvantage for __________ living in the U.S. ANS ✅ Pimas
The Land-Grant College Act of 1862 is also known as the: ANS ✅ Morrill Act
, Which of the following has stayed relatively stable over the last 100 years in U.S.
agriculture: ANS ✅ Total number of acres farmed
One (1) HECTARE is roughly equal to _____ acres. ANS ✅ 2.5
An ACRE is roughly the size of a: ANS ✅ (American) Football Field
For U.S. Government tax purposes: A farm is any establishment which produced and sold, or
normally would have produced and sold, ________ or more of agricultural products during
the year. ANS ✅ $1,000
The biggest difference between the United Nations' and U.S. Department of Agriculture's
definition of a "family farm" is: ANS ✅ Labor (whether the family provides most of the farm labor or not)
Based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's definition of a "family farm", approximately
what percentage (%) of U.S. farms are "family farms"? ANS ✅ 90
The average size farm in the U.S. is about _________ acres. ANS ✅ 430
Too often, we associated "family owned" with "small", but that is a misconception. What
company is the largest "family owned" private employer in the U.S. ANS ✅ Walmart
Most of the small farms in the U.S. are in the: ANS ✅ East
The first "We Are What We Eat" National Geographic Live! video we watched in class
focused on the traditional hunting and gathering diet of native people in what country? ANS ✅ Africa
Subsistence farming (extensive and intensive) is NOT a dominate farming type in: ANS ✅ Northern Asia
What is the meaning of the term "intensive subsistence" farming? ANS ✅ when a subsistence farmer concentrates
his efforts on small plots of farm land
With Verified Solutions
Culture is made up of: ANS ✅ Rituals and language, Customs and beliefs, Clothing and food, Thoughts and values
T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops. ANS ✅ True
The human population of the earth recently passed the _____________ mark. ANS ✅ 7 billion
The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are: ANS ✅ Corn, Rice, Wheat
The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of _____________ in countries
across the globe. ANS ✅ Malnutrition of children
Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain production? ANS ✅ Africa
The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S., we use more water
irrigating __________ than any other crop: ANS ✅ Lawn Grass
Refer to graph for 8 & 9 ANS ✅
T/F: Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference between humans than Genetics. ANS ✅ True
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of: ANS ✅ Overpopulation of the globe
The biggest difference between the Upper 20% and Lower 20% of U.S. income earners in
terms of average annual expenditures, is that the Upper 20% are able to spend significantly
more of their income on: ANS ✅ Personal insurance and pensions
The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors against the ____________ . ANS ✅ Incas
About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists believe was
,the first conscious cultural act. ANS ✅ 2 million / tool making
The separation between "Prehistory" and "History" occurred about ___________ years ago,
with the _________________. ANS ✅ 5,000 / invention of writing
Instead of just using Biological Evolution to adjust to their environment, early human also
developed through _____________________, using intellectual and social skills. ANS ✅ Cultural adaptation
The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were... ANS ✅ Disease
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early emerging hominids: ANS ✅ Male dominated small
families
Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the "Fertile Crescent",
which is located in (the) modern... ANS ✅ Middle East
Early hominid males most often took on the dangerous tasks of hunting and defense
because... ANS ✅ they were expendable
Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be translated to: ANS ✅ "Wise Humans"
Many scientists believe that the reason agriculture developed independently in many places
around the globe was that it happened around the same time as... ANS ✅ the end of the last Ice Age
Advantages of the emerging Farming Lifestyle over the Nomadic Lifestyle DID NOT
include: ANS ✅ less work
The "Thrifty Gene" Hypothesis, in which humans biologically adapt to retain fat has become
a health disadvantage for __________ living in the U.S. ANS ✅ Pimas
The Land-Grant College Act of 1862 is also known as the: ANS ✅ Morrill Act
, Which of the following has stayed relatively stable over the last 100 years in U.S.
agriculture: ANS ✅ Total number of acres farmed
One (1) HECTARE is roughly equal to _____ acres. ANS ✅ 2.5
An ACRE is roughly the size of a: ANS ✅ (American) Football Field
For U.S. Government tax purposes: A farm is any establishment which produced and sold, or
normally would have produced and sold, ________ or more of agricultural products during
the year. ANS ✅ $1,000
The biggest difference between the United Nations' and U.S. Department of Agriculture's
definition of a "family farm" is: ANS ✅ Labor (whether the family provides most of the farm labor or not)
Based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's definition of a "family farm", approximately
what percentage (%) of U.S. farms are "family farms"? ANS ✅ 90
The average size farm in the U.S. is about _________ acres. ANS ✅ 430
Too often, we associated "family owned" with "small", but that is a misconception. What
company is the largest "family owned" private employer in the U.S. ANS ✅ Walmart
Most of the small farms in the U.S. are in the: ANS ✅ East
The first "We Are What We Eat" National Geographic Live! video we watched in class
focused on the traditional hunting and gathering diet of native people in what country? ANS ✅ Africa
Subsistence farming (extensive and intensive) is NOT a dominate farming type in: ANS ✅ Northern Asia
What is the meaning of the term "intensive subsistence" farming? ANS ✅ when a subsistence farmer concentrates
his efforts on small plots of farm land
