Higher geography Rural quick quiz

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Higher geography Rural quick quiz
This was a multiple- choice test!
If you changed your mind, you made the tick into
a cross and made a new tick in the correct box.
Note the detailed knowledge of Extensive
Commercial is not being tested here.
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Higher geography Rural quick quiz

• 1. In the figure the physical influences on
  farming are-
• U,X and Z.
• U,W and Z.
• W,Y and Z.
• X and Z.

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Higher geography Rural quick quiz

• 2. In the figure the human influences on farming
  are-
• V,Y and Z.
• U,X and Z.
• W,Y and Z.
• V,X and Y.

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Higher geography Rural quick quiz

• 3.Extensive farming is-
• Large scale farming using small amounts of
  labour.
• Any farming which uses large amounts of labour.
• Farming which only produces enough food for
  farmers and their families.
• Farming which only involves raising animals.

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• 4. Subsistence farming is-
• Farming for profit.
• Farming which only produces enough food for
  farmers and their families.
• Farming using large amounts of labour and
  capital.
• Large scale farming involving staying in the one
  location.

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• 5.The figure refers to-
• Commercial arable farming.
• Shifting agriculture.
• Intensive subsistence farming.
• Pastoral farming.

This type of farming takes place in places where
rainfall is heavy and temperatures are hot. It is
seldom found outwith Asia.
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Higher geography Rural quick quiz

• 6. The figure shows a farming system in which-
• X are processes, Y are inputs and Z are outputs.
• Y are processes, X are inputs and Z are outputs.
• Y are processes, Z are inputs and X are outputs.
  
• Z are processes, X are inputs and Y are outputs.

machinery
fertilising
wheat
Z
X
Y
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Higher geography Rural quick quiz

• 7. For intensive rice farming, an example of an-
• Input is machinery, output is milk, process is
  irrigation.
• Input is fertiliser, output is rice, process is
  ploughing.
• Input is wheat, output is meat, process is
  irrigating
• Input is rice, output is fertile soil, process is
  harvesting.

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• 8.Shifting farming is associated with areas which
  have-
• Low population density.
• Moderate population density
• High population density.
• Very high population density.

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• 9. Shifting farming means moving on to another
  area because-
• Trees have started to grow in the farming area.
• The farmers want to grow different crop types.
• The soil has become infertile.
• Diseases have affected the crops.

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• 10. Which of these is typical of shifting
  farming?-
• Surplus crops sold in local markets.
• Irrigation required in the dry season.
• Cassava and maize are grown.
• Crop yields are high

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• 11.Shifting farming is criticized for-
• Destroying some valuable plants and trees.
• Polluting rivers.
• Using harmful chemicals on the soil.
• Creating ugly dams.

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• 12.There has been a recent decline in shifting
  farming because-
• Of changes in international food markets.
• The increased costs of the practices.
• It is causing too much pollution.
• Large areas of rainforest are being exploited by
  others.

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• 13. Intensive subsistence rice farming is mainly
  found in-
• South-east Asia.
• Central America.
• Northern part of South America
• Southern Europe.

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• 14. The ideal conditions for growing rice are-
• Cool and wet.
• Hot and wet.
• Cool and dry.
• Hot and dry.

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• 15.The figure describes an example of-
• An irrigation scheme to store water for future
  use.
• Rice-planting process in the floodplain of a
  river.
• Terracing to make full use of available land.
• A commercial farming process.

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• 16. The floodplain of the river Ganges is an
  ideal location for growing rice because-
• W and X are correct only.
• W and Z are correct only.
• W, Y and X are correct only.
• W,Y,Z and X are correct.

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• 17.Which is not a consequence of the Green
  Revolution?-
• Higher crop yields.
• More crop experts.
• Increased use of fertilisers.
• Less pollution.

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• 18. The statement shown in the figure describes-
• Intensive farming.
• Extensive farming.
• Shifting farming
• Pastoral farming.

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• 19. Shifting farming is mainly found in-
• Indonesia and China.
• Northern USA.
• Turkey and Bulgaria.
• Cameroon and Amazonia.

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• 20. Shifting farming is also called-
• Clear and burn.
• Slash and clear.
• Cut and burn.
• Slash and burn.