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AESC EXAM 1 KIEPPER UGA Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Agriculture only concerns the production of food. - answer✔False
The human population of the earth recently passed the _______ mark. - answer✔7.5 Billion
The average % of annual income spent on food in the US is: - answer✔less than 10%
About ____ years ago, humans invented ______ which delineates History from Prehistory. -
answer✔5,000 and writing
About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists believe was the
first conscious cultural act. - answer✔2 million and tool making
One of the key factors of early hominids success was: - answer✔Mobility
Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the "Fertile Crescent", which
is located in (the) modern.... - answer✔Middle East
Who defines "family farms" as those managed and operated by a family, with the family
providing MOST of the farm labor - answer✔United Nations
There are approximately ______ farms in the USA. - answer✔2 million
Which of the following has stayed the most STEADY (i.e. static) in terms of number over the
last 100 years:
a. Average SIZE of farms
b. Total number of ACRES being farmed
c. Total number of farms
d. Average farm INCOME. - answer✔b. Total number of ACRES being farmed
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What does culture do? - answer✔Essential to our survival, makes species strong, and connects
species
Agriculture - answer✔Science or practicing of farming to produce crops into food and others.
In agriculture terms, what are crops that aren't food? - answer✔Cotton, tobacco, and timber
What are considered the BIG THREE agriculture crops? Hint: non-perishable, storable grains. -
answer✔Corn, rice and wheat
How much of Americans income is spent on food? - answer✔Less than 10%
What is a major factor when determining income? - answer✔Personal insurance
What date in history marks the period where prehistory became history? - answer✔3,000 BC
Why did prehistory become history? - answer✔Writing
How many homo species were around when humans arrived? - answer✔SIX HOMO SPECIES
When did we start manufacturing tools? not using. - answer✔2.5-3 million years ago
When did the genus homo sapient species emerge? - answer✔200,000 years ago
biological adaptation - answer✔a physical adaptation that allows an organism to survive better in
its environment
cultural adaptation - answer✔new people adapt to the culture of the previously existing people
foragers - answer✔a group of people who survive by hunting and gathering over a large region
What was the key to foragers success? - answer✔mobility
What was the result of foragers? - answer✔small groups that were family central
Who was the most important person in the family from prehistoric time? - answer✔Adult
females
When did the agriculture revolution occur? - answer✔10,000 years ago.
Why did the agriculture revolution happen? - answer✔End of the last ice age brought warm
climates
Advantages of mobility: - answer✔small groups, few kids, few possessions
10/7/2024 11:03AM
AESC EXAM 1 KIEPPER UGA Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Agriculture only concerns the production of food. - answer✔False
The human population of the earth recently passed the _______ mark. - answer✔7.5 Billion
The average % of annual income spent on food in the US is: - answer✔less than 10%
About ____ years ago, humans invented ______ which delineates History from Prehistory. -
answer✔5,000 and writing
About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists believe was the
first conscious cultural act. - answer✔2 million and tool making
One of the key factors of early hominids success was: - answer✔Mobility
Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the "Fertile Crescent", which
is located in (the) modern.... - answer✔Middle East
Who defines "family farms" as those managed and operated by a family, with the family
providing MOST of the farm labor - answer✔United Nations
There are approximately ______ farms in the USA. - answer✔2 million
Which of the following has stayed the most STEADY (i.e. static) in terms of number over the
last 100 years:
a. Average SIZE of farms
b. Total number of ACRES being farmed
c. Total number of farms
d. Average farm INCOME. - answer✔b. Total number of ACRES being farmed
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
10/7/2024 11:03AM
What does culture do? - answer✔Essential to our survival, makes species strong, and connects
species
Agriculture - answer✔Science or practicing of farming to produce crops into food and others.
In agriculture terms, what are crops that aren't food? - answer✔Cotton, tobacco, and timber
What are considered the BIG THREE agriculture crops? Hint: non-perishable, storable grains. -
answer✔Corn, rice and wheat
How much of Americans income is spent on food? - answer✔Less than 10%
What is a major factor when determining income? - answer✔Personal insurance
What date in history marks the period where prehistory became history? - answer✔3,000 BC
Why did prehistory become history? - answer✔Writing
How many homo species were around when humans arrived? - answer✔SIX HOMO SPECIES
When did we start manufacturing tools? not using. - answer✔2.5-3 million years ago
When did the genus homo sapient species emerge? - answer✔200,000 years ago
biological adaptation - answer✔a physical adaptation that allows an organism to survive better in
its environment
cultural adaptation - answer✔new people adapt to the culture of the previously existing people
foragers - answer✔a group of people who survive by hunting and gathering over a large region
What was the key to foragers success? - answer✔mobility
What was the result of foragers? - answer✔small groups that were family central
Who was the most important person in the family from prehistoric time? - answer✔Adult
females
When did the agriculture revolution occur? - answer✔10,000 years ago.
Why did the agriculture revolution happen? - answer✔End of the last ice age brought warm
climates
Advantages of mobility: - answer✔small groups, few kids, few possessions
