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Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 2 Subsistence Strategies, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

True or false: Subsistence strategies are fixed stages that every society passes through in the same order.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
Choose one
1 point

A community repeatedly cultivates the same fields and uses irrigation to increase harvests. Which subsistence strategy best describes this cultivation?

  1. A

    Foraging

  2. B

    Agriculture

  3. C

    Horticulture

  4. D

    Pastoralism

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

Food produced beyond immediate household needs is called .

04
Written response
1 point

What subsistence strategy obtains food from wild plants and animals rather than relying primarily on domesticated crops or herds?

05
True or false
1 point

True or false: In industrial production, workers generally receive wages rather than directly keeping the goods they produce.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

06
Choose one
1 point

A household's livelihood centers on caring for domesticated herds, which provide food and materials and may also represent wealth. Which strategy is this?

  1. A

    Horticulture

  2. B

    Foraging

  3. C

    Pastoralism

  4. D

    Industrialism

07
Fill in the blank
1 point

When herders move their animals according to a regular seasonal cycle to find pasture and water, this practice is called .

08
Written response
1 point

What is the term for small-scale crop cultivation commonly done with hand tools on plots that may be left fallow before being cultivated again?

09
Choose all
1 point

Select all outcomes that agricultural surplus can support.

  1. A

    It can support population growth.

  2. B

    It can make storage possible.

  3. C

    It guarantees that wealth differences disappear.

  4. D

    It can support trade.

  5. E

    It can support people specializing in crafts or administration.

10
Choose one
1 point

A workplace uses machines to produce goods for a wide market, and its workers receive wages instead of keeping the products. Which subsistence strategy does this describe?

  1. A

    People obtain most food from wild plants and animals.

  2. B

    Households cultivate small plots using hand tools and sometimes allow them to lie fallow.

  3. C

    Workers use machines to make goods at large scale for wider markets and receive wages.

  4. D

    Herders raise domesticated animals and move seasonally to find pasture.

11
Choose all
1 point

Select all aspects of social life that subsistence strategies can influence.

  1. A

    How labor is divided

  2. B

    How people relate to land and animals

  3. C

    Whether households move or remain settled

  4. D

    Exactly how every society organizes its social life

  5. E

    How wealth is accumulated

12
Open ended
1 point

Why might one community use more than one subsistence strategy rather than fitting exclusively into a single category? Give one example of how strategies could be combined.

13
Choose one
1 point

Which example best illustrates exchange between pastoralists and farming communities?

  1. A

    Herders exchange animal products for crops from nearby farmers.

  2. B

    Herders exchange crops with farmers for domesticated herds.

  3. C

    Farmers trade crops only with industrial workers because herders do not exchange goods.

  4. D

    Herders rely primarily on intensive cultivation of crops rather than raising animals.

14
Choose one
1 point

A community cultivates small garden plots with hand tools and lets some plots lie fallow before using them again. Which subsistence strategy best describes this practice?

  1. A

    Intensive agriculture

  2. B

    Horticulture

  3. C

    Pastoralism

  4. D

    Industrial production

15
Choose one
1 point

Workers operate machines in a factory, receive wages, and produce goods for customers far beyond their own households. Which subsistence strategy is most directly illustrated?

  1. A

    Foraging for wild plants and animals

  2. B

    Raising herds of domesticated animals

  3. C

    Using wage labor and machines to produce goods for wider markets

  4. D

    Cultivating small plots that are periodically left fallow

16
Written response
1 point

A herding community moves its animals between pastures on a regular seasonal cycle to find grazing and water. What is this pattern of movement called?

17
True or false
1 point

A community's subsistence strategy determines its social organization, leaving little room for variation or change.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

18
Choose one
1 point

A herding household has animal products but needs crops that it does not grow. Which exchange would best fit the subsistence arrangements described for pastoralists?

  1. A

    Trade animal products with farmers in exchange for crops

  2. B

    Sell only crops grown on their own fields

  3. C

    Avoid exchange because herds provide every needed good

  4. D

    Receive wages for producing goods in factories

19
Choose one
1 point

A foraging community has limited ways to store or transport food, and the availability of wild resources changes. Why might sharing and reciprocal exchange help households?

  1. A

    It guarantees that food supplies will never vary

  2. B

    It allows households to avoid all movement as seasons change

  3. C

    It replaces the use of wild plants and animals with domesticated crops

  4. D

    It helps households manage uncertainty when resources are hard to store or carry

20
Written response
1 point

What term describes the set of practices, technologies, and social arrangements people use to obtain the necessities of life?