Deck 9: Agriculture: the Primary Concern

Question 1

The world produces enough food to feed its population. Yet, one in five of the people in less developed countries are malnourished. What is the main reason?

A) limited commercialization of agriculture
B) insufficient application of science to agriculture
C) agriculture for foodstuff is underinvested and externally orientated
D) output still does not match population growth

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The most long-lasting land reforms worldwide have encouraged:

A) collective agriculture
B) peasant landholding
C) capitalist agriculture
D) plantations

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which factor of production has made Sub-Saharan African agriculture most distinctive relative to that of Asia and Latin America?

A) land
B) capital
C) labor
D) technology

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The term "hamburger connection" was coined to refer to what?

A) the spread of American cuisine worldwide
B) the beef boom in Central America in the 1980s
C) deforestation in Brazil because of cattle farming
D) US tariffs favouring hamburger imports

Question 5

International agribusiness has become most heavily involved in agriculture worldwide but is particularly invested in one world region:

A) Asia
B) Latin America
C) Central America
D) the Middle East