MSU AGR 100 Final questions with
correct answers 2025/2026
People who criticized the Green Revolution did so for the following reason(s). - correct answer
✔✔-Changed local food growing patterns
-Reduced the number of local varieties being grown
-Encouraged some farmers to grow crops for sale instead of being for own use
-Correct All answer options
Missouri had important tobacco growing regions along the Missouri River. - correct answer
✔✔True
The Green Revolution originally affected China and India. - correct answer ✔✔False
What war created the high demand for crops leading to major over plowing and latter over
production? - correct answer ✔✔WWI
Early Native Americans utilized tobacco for providing endurance during wars. - correct answer
✔✔True
Which crop originating in the Ònew worldÓ was instrumental in breaking the famine cycle in
Europe? - correct answer ✔✔Potato
What Soviet scientist pioneered the effort to collect genetic breeding material from throughout
the world? - correct answer ✔✔None of the given
What is thought to be the early ancestor to corn? - correct answer ✔✔Teosinte
,"Given that the most people live in Urban areas in the United States, agriculture careers are
very limited in America." - correct answer ✔✔False
Philosophers agree that the development of agriculture has allowed an increase in the number
of people that Earth can sustain. - correct answer ✔✔True
The original potato had such high concentration of toxins that it was poisonous to people and
animals. - correct answer ✔✔True
Plants domesticated in the Americas include: - correct answer ✔✔Corn
What two types of corn were crossed in ReidÕs field? - correct answer ✔✔-CaverÕs corn and
Profit maker
-Profit maker and Round-up ready
-Mortgage lifter And CaverÕs corn
-Correct None of the given
"Tobacco, Corn, Potatoes, and Tomatoes are all crops that were found in the New World but not
found in Europe and Asia." - correct answer ✔✔True
Federal Land policy that provides for citizens to be able to own/manage land use is highly linked
with its food security. - correct answer ✔✔True
What year would be within the golden age of agriculture? - correct answer ✔✔1915
The first tools used in agriculture were made from - correct answer ✔✔Wood
,What founding father(s) was/were heavily involved in agriculture? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas
Jefferson and George Washington
The historic dust storms in the Great Plains were stimulated by what? - correct answer
✔✔Plowing of unsuitable lands to obtain high production for WWI
The development of improved types of corn and potatoes was only achieved after Mendel
discovered the science of genetics. - correct answer ✔✔False
Cooperatives were an important form of business allowed by government action to - correct
answer ✔✔allow the common producer or consumer to join together into a business
arrangement and allow for one vote for each person regardless of the amount of money spent
"When growing the three sister crops, the squash primarily provided the fat." - correct answer
✔✔True
"Tobacco, like cotton, is a very labor intensive crop to grow." - correct answer ✔✔True
The plow has been described as the most important invention for allowing civilization to grow.
Why? - correct answer ✔✔It turns the soil upside-down to kill the growing crop so a new crop
can be planted and it allows for a good soil environment for the seed to germinate and grow.
What program run by the extension service is considered to have been one of the most
beneficial to educate farmers? - correct answer ✔✔None of the given
Who is famous for developing the steel plow - correct answer ✔✔John Deere
What major nutritional ingredient was provided by the bean for the Native Americans? - correct
answer ✔✔Proteins
, "As early as the 1700s, the use of tobacco was reported to cause cancer of the lips." - correct
answer ✔✔True
Early Spanish explorers where outstanding Agriculturalist. - correct answer ✔✔False
Wild rice was a grain the Native Americans in the Great Lakes region used for a food crop. -
correct answer ✔✔True
What invention made it more profitable to raise cattle further from the population centers and
where forages were plentiful? - correct answer ✔✔refrigerated rail car
To what do we attribute the exceptionally fertile soils in Iowa? - correct answer ✔✔Glacier
What are the two most important world food plants that originated in the Americas? - correct
answer ✔✔Potatoes and corn
Which piece of legislation gave land to develop colleges of agriculture? - correct answer
✔✔Morrell Land Grant College Act 1862
The US Government directly affecting the farmers sactions during the 1930s by Secretary
Wallace was through ______. - correct answer ✔✔Paying farmers to take land out of
production
Tobacco has little use in the world outside of the United States. - correct answer ✔✔False
In the days before the railroad it was hard for farmers to get their corn crop to the markets. The
solution to this problem was to turn the corn into which product then take to market? - correct
answer ✔✔Whiskey
correct answers 2025/2026
People who criticized the Green Revolution did so for the following reason(s). - correct answer
✔✔-Changed local food growing patterns
-Reduced the number of local varieties being grown
-Encouraged some farmers to grow crops for sale instead of being for own use
-Correct All answer options
Missouri had important tobacco growing regions along the Missouri River. - correct answer
✔✔True
The Green Revolution originally affected China and India. - correct answer ✔✔False
What war created the high demand for crops leading to major over plowing and latter over
production? - correct answer ✔✔WWI
Early Native Americans utilized tobacco for providing endurance during wars. - correct answer
✔✔True
Which crop originating in the Ònew worldÓ was instrumental in breaking the famine cycle in
Europe? - correct answer ✔✔Potato
What Soviet scientist pioneered the effort to collect genetic breeding material from throughout
the world? - correct answer ✔✔None of the given
What is thought to be the early ancestor to corn? - correct answer ✔✔Teosinte
,"Given that the most people live in Urban areas in the United States, agriculture careers are
very limited in America." - correct answer ✔✔False
Philosophers agree that the development of agriculture has allowed an increase in the number
of people that Earth can sustain. - correct answer ✔✔True
The original potato had such high concentration of toxins that it was poisonous to people and
animals. - correct answer ✔✔True
Plants domesticated in the Americas include: - correct answer ✔✔Corn
What two types of corn were crossed in ReidÕs field? - correct answer ✔✔-CaverÕs corn and
Profit maker
-Profit maker and Round-up ready
-Mortgage lifter And CaverÕs corn
-Correct None of the given
"Tobacco, Corn, Potatoes, and Tomatoes are all crops that were found in the New World but not
found in Europe and Asia." - correct answer ✔✔True
Federal Land policy that provides for citizens to be able to own/manage land use is highly linked
with its food security. - correct answer ✔✔True
What year would be within the golden age of agriculture? - correct answer ✔✔1915
The first tools used in agriculture were made from - correct answer ✔✔Wood
,What founding father(s) was/were heavily involved in agriculture? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas
Jefferson and George Washington
The historic dust storms in the Great Plains were stimulated by what? - correct answer
✔✔Plowing of unsuitable lands to obtain high production for WWI
The development of improved types of corn and potatoes was only achieved after Mendel
discovered the science of genetics. - correct answer ✔✔False
Cooperatives were an important form of business allowed by government action to - correct
answer ✔✔allow the common producer or consumer to join together into a business
arrangement and allow for one vote for each person regardless of the amount of money spent
"When growing the three sister crops, the squash primarily provided the fat." - correct answer
✔✔True
"Tobacco, like cotton, is a very labor intensive crop to grow." - correct answer ✔✔True
The plow has been described as the most important invention for allowing civilization to grow.
Why? - correct answer ✔✔It turns the soil upside-down to kill the growing crop so a new crop
can be planted and it allows for a good soil environment for the seed to germinate and grow.
What program run by the extension service is considered to have been one of the most
beneficial to educate farmers? - correct answer ✔✔None of the given
Who is famous for developing the steel plow - correct answer ✔✔John Deere
What major nutritional ingredient was provided by the bean for the Native Americans? - correct
answer ✔✔Proteins
, "As early as the 1700s, the use of tobacco was reported to cause cancer of the lips." - correct
answer ✔✔True
Early Spanish explorers where outstanding Agriculturalist. - correct answer ✔✔False
Wild rice was a grain the Native Americans in the Great Lakes region used for a food crop. -
correct answer ✔✔True
What invention made it more profitable to raise cattle further from the population centers and
where forages were plentiful? - correct answer ✔✔refrigerated rail car
To what do we attribute the exceptionally fertile soils in Iowa? - correct answer ✔✔Glacier
What are the two most important world food plants that originated in the Americas? - correct
answer ✔✔Potatoes and corn
Which piece of legislation gave land to develop colleges of agriculture? - correct answer
✔✔Morrell Land Grant College Act 1862
The US Government directly affecting the farmers sactions during the 1930s by Secretary
Wallace was through ______. - correct answer ✔✔Paying farmers to take land out of
production
Tobacco has little use in the world outside of the United States. - correct answer ✔✔False
In the days before the railroad it was hard for farmers to get their corn crop to the markets. The
solution to this problem was to turn the corn into which product then take to market? - correct
answer ✔✔Whiskey
