Geography : Agriculture
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Example Question #1 : Agriculture
Which of the following is an example of a cash crop.
Corn
Opium
Rice
Bananas
Opium
A "cash crop" is an agricultural crop that is purposely made strictly to be sold in a market environment for as much money as possible. Most cash crops, which include cotton, opium, grains, and many other products, are grown in a monoculture environment, where they are the only product grown on a piece of land. By their nature, cash crops are not a form of subsistence farming, as they are always produced to be used beyond a grower's own home and family. Opium, for instance, is a great example of a cash crop because its purpose is purely recreational/for the profit of the sellers; there is no nutritional value to the crop.
Example Question #2 : Human Geography
When did the practice of agriculture first develop in human society?
The Bronze Age
The Neolithic Era
The Paleolithic Era
None of these
The Neolithic Era
Agriculture first developed during the Neolithic Era, around 12,000 BCE. The development of agriculture was a key factor in human societies ability to grow and develop into structures that are vaguely recognizable to modern humans.
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