Farming Cattle Drive & Dust Bowl Harvesting & Technology Matching True or False
100
2%
What percentage of the population are truly farmers?
A. 2%
B. 17%
C. 38%
D. 52%
100
Eastern
Where were cattle shipped to get more money?
A. eastern states
B. western states
C. southern states
D. oversees
100
Texas to Canada
What area is known as the Wheat Belt?
A. Texas to Florida
B. Texas to Canada
C. California to Florida
D. Kansas to Tennessee
100
Shocks
piles of bundles of grain stalks
A. export
B. import
C. migration
D. synthetic
E. reaper
F. shocks
100
F
Agriculture is a fairly new industry in the world.
200
143
It is estimated that one farmer can feed _____ people
A. 10
B. 77
C. 143
D. 239
200
Railheads
In order to ship cattle, they had to be driven to _____.
A. railheads
B. slaughter houses
C. transport lanes
D. processing plants
200
Harvesting could be done by a few people
Which statement is not true about the wheat harvest in the early 1900s?
A. It took many hours to harvest wheat crops.
B. Harvesting could be done by a few people.
C. Ripe grain had to be gathered quickly.
D. Harvesting on the Wheat Belt was dangerous
200
Synthetic
created by chemicals; not natural
A. export
B. import
C. migration
D. synthetic
E. reaper
F. shocks
200
T
Less than 2% of America’s population is involved in production agriculture.
300
India
Which country spends the largest percentage of their income on food?
A. Japan
B. India
C. Mexico
D. United States
300
All of the Above
Which was a contributing factor to the dust bowl?
A. tilling native grasses
B. strong winds
C. drought
D. all of the above
300
Mechanization
What ended the Great Wheat Belt Migration?
A. World War II
B. stock market crash
C. mechanization
D. globalization
300
Migration
movement from one location to another
A. export
B. import
C. migration
D. synthetic
E. reaper
F. shocks
300
F
Celluloid was the first plastic made from chemicals found in the soil.
400
Taxation on Agricultural Goods
What was the reason for many historical conflicts?
A. taxation on agricultural goods
B. gun control of farmers
C. need for better equipment
D. decrease in farm subsidies
400
Arkansas
Which state was not directly affected by the dust bowl?
A. Oklahoma
B. Kansas
C. Colorado
D. Arkansas
400
Agriculture in the 21st century will depend more on technology to produce larger amounts of
crops on smaller areas of land. As the population continues to increase, pollution and waste will
as well. Agriculture will need to continue to develop more efficient methods.
What ended the Great Wheat Belt Migration?
400
Export
product sent to another country from the U.S.
A. export
B. import
C. migration
D. synthetic
E. reaper
F. shocks
400
T
The most famous cattle trail was the Chisholm Trail.
500
Tenant
What type of farmer receives a share of the crop in payment for working the land?
A. split
B. dividend
C. resident
D. tenant
500
.All of the Above
The dust bowl taught farmers to _____.
A. till less
B. plant trees
C. rotate crops
D. all of the above
500
Before the days of combines and steel plows, farming was hard, laborious work. With the
invention of these machines, farming has become more productive and profitable for farmers.
Work can be done in much less time when compared to earlier methods.
Explain how mechanization has changed agriculture
500
Import
product brought into the U.S. from another country
A. export
B. import
C. migration
D. synthetic
E. reaper
F. shocks
500
T
The Dust Bowl took place in the 1930s






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