AESC 2050 Final Kiepper UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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AESC 2050 Final Kiepper UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
Culture is made up of: - CORRECT ANSWER- Rituals and language, Customs and
beliefs, Clothing and food, Thoughts and values
T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops. - CORRECT
ANSWER- True
The hu...
AESC 2050 Final Kiepper UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
Culture is made up of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rituals and language, Customs and
beliefs, Clothing and food, Thoughts and values
T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
The human population of the earth recently passed the _____________ mark. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 7 billion
The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Corn, Rice,
Wheat
The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of _____________ in countries
across the globe. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Malnutrition of children
Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain production? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Africa
The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S., we use more water
irrigating __________ than any other crop: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lawn Grass
Refer to graph for 8 & 9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
T/F: Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference between humans than
Genetics. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 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: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Personal insurance and pensions
The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors against the ____________ . -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Incas
About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists believe was
the first conscious cultural act. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 million / tool making
The separation between "Prehistory" and "History" occurred about ___________ years ago,
with the _________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cultural adaptation
The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Disease
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early emerging hominids: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Male dominated small families
Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the "Fertile Crescent",
which is located in (the) modern... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Middle East
Early hominid males most often took on the dangerous tasks of hunting and defense
because... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- they were expendable
Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be translated to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "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... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
the end of the last Ice Age
Advantages of the emerging Farming Lifestyle over the Nomadic Lifestyle DID NOT
include: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pimas
The Land-Grant College Act of 1862 is also known as the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Morrill Act
Which of the following has stayed relatively stable over the last 100 years in U.S.
agriculture: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Total number of acres farmed
One (1) HECTARE is roughly equal to _____ acres. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2.5
An ACRE is roughly the size of a: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (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. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- $1,000
The biggest difference between the United Nations' and U.S. Department of Agriculture's
definition of a "family farm" is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 90
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