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Culture, Agriculture, and Food - Culture is made up of: - Rituals and language - Customs and beliefs - Clothing and food - Thoughts and values - Agriculture only concerns the production of food:
False. - The human population of the Ear...
- Agriculture only concerns the production of food:
✓ False.
- The human population of the Earth recently passed the:
✓ 7 billion mark.
- The Mayan culture in Central America believed that the gods mixed their blood with:
✓ Corn flour.
- About half of the average American diet of vegetables is made up of:
✓ Potatoes and tomatoes.
- The average percentage of annual income spent on food in the US is:
✓ Less than 10%.
Historical Context and Impact
- The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were:
✓ Disease.
, - Which of the following new human cultural concepts did NOT emerge with the growth of early
agricultural practices?
✓ Increased status of women.
- Why were Red Jungle Fowl (ancestors to the modern chicken) first domesticated in SE Asia?
✓ Cockfighting.
- In the U.S. today, it takes approximately ____ acre(s) to feed one person:
✓ 1 acre.
- Globally over the last decade, farmland acreage has DECREASED in:
✓ Canada, Australia, U.S., and Russia.
- In recent years, how many U.S. states LOST agricultural land?
✓ All 50 states.
- The majority of farmland lost in the U.S. in the last 50 years is in which region?
✓ East Coast (Maine through Florida).
- What portion of every dollar spent at the grocery store for key food items like milk, eggs, and meat
goes to the farmer?
✓ 15 cents.
Energy, Trade, and Farm Policy
- The U.S. Energy Policy Acts of 2005 and 2007 weighed in significantly in the "Food vs. Fuel" debate by:
✓ Requiring a specific amount of renewable fuel by specific time frames.
- The "Food vs. Fuel" debate in the U.S. is focused on the use of:
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