Practice Quiz Chapter 09

. A normative theory typically focuses on _________.

a) what ought to be

b) what actually is

c) explaining economic location

d) rational individual action

e) reality

. _________ is the ongoing process of selectively breeding plants and animals for specific characteristics.

a) Genetic modification

b) Domestication

c) Landrace

d) Subsistence agriculture

e) Commercial agriculture

. Commercial agriculture consists of _________.

a) a system in which products are consumed by the farmer's household

b) a production system that does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides

c) an agricultural system in which production is primarily for sale

d) competition among land uses according to rent-paying abilities

e) government-subsidized farms

. Location theory is based on _________.

a) agricultural practices as defined by distance from the market

b) the premise that there is competition between different land uses according to rent-paying abilities

c) the premise that agricultural products are consumed by the farmer's household

d) the idea that there is one central market

e) the idea that elevation affects agricultural activity via variations in temperature

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The _________ is allowed to vary in von Thünen's agricultural location theory.

a) "physical environment"

b) "number of central markets"

c) "distance between market and city"

d) "mode of transportation"

e) "profit maximization of farmers"

. The crop theory states that _________.

a) dairy and vegetable products will be produced closer to market than forestry products

b) product location is affected by perishability and weight, as these affect transport cost

c) the intensity of production decreases with increasing distance from the market

d) both A and B

d) all of the above

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Von Thünen's intensity theory states that _________.

a) product location is affected by perishability and weight, as these affect transport cost

b) dairy and vegetable products will be produced closer to market than forestry products

c) for any given product, intensity of production decreases with increasing distance from the market

d) the economic operator responds immediately to any price changes and aims to maximize profit

e) there is competition between different land uses according to rent-paying abilities

. Until recently, most societies did not need to increase food supplies because _________.

a) they had no nitrogen fertilizers

b) the world population was stable at one billion

c) they had strategies to keep population below carrying capacity

d) all of the above

e) none of the above

. The green revolution is _________.

a) the development and adoption of genetically modified organisms

b) the rapid development of improved plant and animal strains and their introduction to the less-developed world

c) the widespread use of no-till agricultural practices

d) the rejection of brown agricultural practices

e) the widespread use of machinery and nitrogen fertilizers

. _________ restricts the import of genetically modified foods.

a) The Free Trade Area of the Americas

b) MERCOSUR

c) Canada

d) The European Union

e) ASEAN

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