AGR1110 Final Exam - Guelph
University questions well answered
2025/2026
subsistence farmers - correct answer ✔✔farmers who only grow enough to feed their families
Number of poor farmers/Families - correct answer ✔✔about 2 million
85% of subsistence farmers have how many hectares of land - correct answer ✔✔less than 2,
about 387 million farms
1 ha = - correct answer ✔✔2.5 acres
Average ontario farm size - correct answer ✔✔90 Ha (220 acres)
2Ha farm will produce 25,000 healthy cobs of corn, and will feed a family of three for 1 year.
Corn fed cattle needs 8kg a day/100 days, using what percent of the families corn? - correct
answer ✔✔10%
Uganda collects $900 million USD in tax revenue to build schools roads etc., and their federal
budget is 10.8billion USD. (about 60% is foreign aid).
Canada's federal budget alone is $330 billion CAD or, ____ USD - correct answer ✔✔$250 Billion
_____, (AMH), evolved in east Africa 2 million years ago - correct answer ✔✔anatomically
modern humans
- left Africa 40,00-80,000 yrs ago
,Africa has the most ____________ out of every continent, because every human evolved from
Africa - correct answer ✔✔Genetic Diversity
Making up 1/3 of all human languages, there are over _______ languages in Africa - correct
answer ✔✔2000
(Nigeria having around 250 alone)
T/F: Disease Pathogens can jump from primates to humans, which are more than 99%
genetically similar - correct answer ✔✔True
eg. HIV
Most African nations are the size of ______ or bigger - correct answer ✔✔Ontario
T/F: Africa is overpopulated - correct answer ✔✔False
eg.
(Europe= 10million km2 w/ 741million people)
(Africa= 30million km2 w/ 1.3 billion)
T/F: Africa has potential for arable land, and pasture land. - correct answer ✔✔True
733milllion Ha of arable land
arable land - correct answer ✔✔land suitable for growing crops
Where is Africa located in respects to the equator - correct answer ✔✔Dead centre
,Issue with Africa being in the centre of the equator - correct answer ✔✔Middle of Africa is too
wet, top and bottom are too dry
Order of land type from top to bottom of Africa - correct answer ✔✔Desert, Savanna,
Rainforest, Savanna, Desert
Consequence of too much rain - correct answer ✔✔Insects reproduce and spread diseases
eg. Malaria
Most populated country in subsaharan (west) Africa - correct answer ✔✔Nigeria
Many people farm in mountains in Africa, located where? - correct answer ✔✔East (Rift Valley
& Ethiopian Highlands)
& North West (Atlas mountains)
80% of people who live in the Highlands live in ______ - correct answer ✔✔Ethiopia
Benefit of living in mountains - correct answer ✔✔Cooler Temp
The locations of mountains dictates where Africans live in the dry subtropics due to presence of
________ - correct answer ✔✔Rivers
As a consequence of Africas equatorial location (too much/too little rain), and its population
living/farming on hillsides, Africa's soils are _______ and _____ _______ - correct answer
✔✔degrading and nutrient poor
Why did Africa have Slavery - correct answer ✔✔Africa is located next to Europe
- Europe had high power weapons and ships
, - Africans are black, Europeans are white
- Africa had rich and large area with warm climate for farming
- New world (Southern USA, Brazil) needed labour
How many slaves were exported from 1600-1800 for agriculture - correct answer ✔✔12-20
million
In colonization from 1700's-1900's, Tiny European nations 'owned' Africa, except for ____ -
correct answer ✔✔Ethiopia
Africa only recently became liberated.
When Belgium left Congo, how many Congolese had a University Education? - correct answer
✔✔3
As a result of 400 years of turmoil and and poverty a lot of Indigenous agricultural knowledge,
practices and crops were _____ or _____ - correct answer ✔✔lost or devalued
This African nation's population is exploding - correct answer ✔✔Nigeria
What caused population explosion in some African nations since 1960's - correct answer
✔✔Reduction in childhood morality (death) caused by;
- childhood vaccinations
- healthcare
- better sanitation and improved drinking water
as morality rates decrease, birth rates _______ - correct answer ✔✔decline
University questions well answered
2025/2026
subsistence farmers - correct answer ✔✔farmers who only grow enough to feed their families
Number of poor farmers/Families - correct answer ✔✔about 2 million
85% of subsistence farmers have how many hectares of land - correct answer ✔✔less than 2,
about 387 million farms
1 ha = - correct answer ✔✔2.5 acres
Average ontario farm size - correct answer ✔✔90 Ha (220 acres)
2Ha farm will produce 25,000 healthy cobs of corn, and will feed a family of three for 1 year.
Corn fed cattle needs 8kg a day/100 days, using what percent of the families corn? - correct
answer ✔✔10%
Uganda collects $900 million USD in tax revenue to build schools roads etc., and their federal
budget is 10.8billion USD. (about 60% is foreign aid).
Canada's federal budget alone is $330 billion CAD or, ____ USD - correct answer ✔✔$250 Billion
_____, (AMH), evolved in east Africa 2 million years ago - correct answer ✔✔anatomically
modern humans
- left Africa 40,00-80,000 yrs ago
,Africa has the most ____________ out of every continent, because every human evolved from
Africa - correct answer ✔✔Genetic Diversity
Making up 1/3 of all human languages, there are over _______ languages in Africa - correct
answer ✔✔2000
(Nigeria having around 250 alone)
T/F: Disease Pathogens can jump from primates to humans, which are more than 99%
genetically similar - correct answer ✔✔True
eg. HIV
Most African nations are the size of ______ or bigger - correct answer ✔✔Ontario
T/F: Africa is overpopulated - correct answer ✔✔False
eg.
(Europe= 10million km2 w/ 741million people)
(Africa= 30million km2 w/ 1.3 billion)
T/F: Africa has potential for arable land, and pasture land. - correct answer ✔✔True
733milllion Ha of arable land
arable land - correct answer ✔✔land suitable for growing crops
Where is Africa located in respects to the equator - correct answer ✔✔Dead centre
,Issue with Africa being in the centre of the equator - correct answer ✔✔Middle of Africa is too
wet, top and bottom are too dry
Order of land type from top to bottom of Africa - correct answer ✔✔Desert, Savanna,
Rainforest, Savanna, Desert
Consequence of too much rain - correct answer ✔✔Insects reproduce and spread diseases
eg. Malaria
Most populated country in subsaharan (west) Africa - correct answer ✔✔Nigeria
Many people farm in mountains in Africa, located where? - correct answer ✔✔East (Rift Valley
& Ethiopian Highlands)
& North West (Atlas mountains)
80% of people who live in the Highlands live in ______ - correct answer ✔✔Ethiopia
Benefit of living in mountains - correct answer ✔✔Cooler Temp
The locations of mountains dictates where Africans live in the dry subtropics due to presence of
________ - correct answer ✔✔Rivers
As a consequence of Africas equatorial location (too much/too little rain), and its population
living/farming on hillsides, Africa's soils are _______ and _____ _______ - correct answer
✔✔degrading and nutrient poor
Why did Africa have Slavery - correct answer ✔✔Africa is located next to Europe
- Europe had high power weapons and ships
, - Africans are black, Europeans are white
- Africa had rich and large area with warm climate for farming
- New world (Southern USA, Brazil) needed labour
How many slaves were exported from 1600-1800 for agriculture - correct answer ✔✔12-20
million
In colonization from 1700's-1900's, Tiny European nations 'owned' Africa, except for ____ -
correct answer ✔✔Ethiopia
Africa only recently became liberated.
When Belgium left Congo, how many Congolese had a University Education? - correct answer
✔✔3
As a result of 400 years of turmoil and and poverty a lot of Indigenous agricultural knowledge,
practices and crops were _____ or _____ - correct answer ✔✔lost or devalued
This African nation's population is exploding - correct answer ✔✔Nigeria
What caused population explosion in some African nations since 1960's - correct answer
✔✔Reduction in childhood morality (death) caused by;
- childhood vaccinations
- healthcare
- better sanitation and improved drinking water
as morality rates decrease, birth rates _______ - correct answer ✔✔decline
