Explain and evaluate: “Industry complains of the higher taxes it must pay to finance subsidies to agriculture. Yet the trend of agricultural prices has been downward, while industrial prices have been moving upward, suggesting that on balance agriculture is actually subsidizing industry.”

What were the main differences between hunter-gatherer societies and those based primarily in agriculture?

Some proponents of GM agriculture argue that GM crops are safer than others. Explain what they mean.

Using a chart like the one below, fill in details about agriculture and industry in the Soviet command economy and in the Russian market economy. Then explain how these two sectors of the economy have been transformed.

$$\begin{matrix} & \text{Soviet Command Economy } & \text{Russian Market Economy }\\ \text{Agriculture}\\ \text{Industry}\\ \end{matrix}$$

DYNAMITE : DEMOLITION

a. food : agriculture

b. fog : atmosphere

c. oil : heating

d. lumber : forest

e. temperature : refrigeration

On the lines provided, correctly capitalize the following words and phrases. Write $C$ if a word or phrase is already correctly capitalized.

Example 1. department of Agriculture $\underline{\text{Department of Agriculture}}$

2. santa maria high school $\underline{\phantom{\text{The horse with the sllvery mane and white tall was chosen by the photographer.}}}$

In the United States, most water is used for (a) agriculture. (b) households. (c) industry. (d) transportation. (e) hydroelectric plants.

How does the compound nitrapyrin benefit both agriculture and the environment?

What are the challenges of balancing the need for water in agriculture with the need for water to protect endangered species?

How did improvements in agriculture in the countryside likely affect the lives of townspeople?

On a separate sheet of paper, explain the following term by using it correctly in a sentence. slash-and-burn agriculture

Explain why the over-exploitation of land for agriculture in less developed countries may pose a threat to sustainability.

What does industrialized agriculture in highly developed countries require?

Refer to an economy that is divided into three sectors-manufacturing, agriculture, and services. For each unit of output, manufacturing requires .10 unit from other companies in that sector, .30 unit from agriculture, and .30 unit from services. For each unit of output, agriculture uses .20 unit of its own output, .60 unit from manufacturing, .10 unit from services. For each unit of output, the services sector consumes .10 unit from services, .60 unit from manufacturing, but no agricultural products. Determine the production levels needed to satisfy a final demand of 20 units for manufacturing, 20 units for agriculture, and 0 units for services.