AESC 2050 Kiepper Test 1 Questions With Verified Answers.
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AESC 2050 Kiepper Test 1 Questions With
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Agriculture - answerthe 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 - a...
AESC 2050 Kiepper Test 1 Questions With
Verified Answers.
Agriculture - 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
culture - 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 - answer✔7.4 billion
What is the biggest grain that we eat? - answer✔corn- 1 million tons produced
Where do we grow our corn? - answer✔Eastern USA and Asia (China)
Where do we grow our rice? - answer✔Asia- India, Phillipines, China
Where do we grow our wheat? - answer✔Europe, France, England, India, China
How much of our US total household income goes to the purchase of food? - answer✔less than
10 percent
culture is made up of - answer✔rituals and language, customs and beliefs, clothing and food
In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of - answer✔overpopulation of
the globe
Agriculture only concerns the production of food - answer✔false
About __ years ago, human invented __ which delineates history from prehistory - answer✔5000
writing
About __ years ago, humans began to __ which scientist believe was the 1st conscious cultural
act - answer✔2 million, tool making
One of the key factors of early hominids success was - answer✔mobility
The most devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were - answer✔Disease
One of the main advantages of farming was it meant less work compared to nomadic traveling -
answer✔False
There are how many farms in the US - answer✔2 million
The majority of our food in the US is produced by - answer✔A small number of large farms
In 1800 approximately __% of total US jobs were on the farm, today it is __% - answer✔90,2
Which of the following has stayed the most STEADy (i.e, static) in terms of number over the last
100 years: - answer✔Number of Acres being farmed
What percentage of US citizens hold a valid US passport - answer✔35
Most commercial farming is doe in what climate zones - answer✔Temperate
Most subsistence farming takes place in what climate zone - 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 __. -
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. - answer✔Bible
The term speciesism is associated with the concept of - answer✔human superiority over animals
The Battle of Cajamarca (In Peru, 1532) - 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? - 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 - answer✔5 million years to 3000 BC
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