Crop farming, livestock and fishing
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
In an atlas find the main regions of wheat, rice and cotton and write one country for each.
Wheat – Ukraine or Canada; rice – Vietnam or Bangladesh; cotton – India or Uzbekistan.
2
The harvest is 150 million t and the area 50 million ha. What is the yield in t/ha?
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3
Write whether 6 products in your family’s food basket come from crop farming or livestock.
For example: bread, rice, vegetables – crop farming; milk, meat, eggs – livestock.
4
Why have cotton and silk-farming been traditional in Uzbekistan? Write 3–4 sentences.
The hot, sunny climate and irrigation suit cotton; mulberry trees and silkworm rearing date back centuries.
5
Write the effects of overfishing and measures to prevent it.
Fish stocks fall; measures: catch quotas, closed seasons, aquaculture.