Geog: 321 Agricultural Geography Question Paper
Geog: 321 Agricultural Geography
Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KABARAK
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
GEOG: 321 AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
DAY: FRIDAY
DATE: 12/4/2013
TIME: 8.00 – 11.00 A.M.
STREAM: Y3S2
INSTRUCTIONS:
? ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO
1. (a) What is agricultural? Geography?
(2 marks)
(b) Explain the following terms
(i) Domestication
(2 marks)
(ii) Agriculture
(2 marks)
(iii) Herding
(2 marks)
(c) Identify five criteria employed by whittlesey to classify agricultural regions in the
World
(5 marks)
(d) Distinguish between subsistence and commercial agriculture (2 marks)
(e) State five uses of domesticated species.
(15 marks)
(f) Briefly explain slash and both method of agriculture.
(5 marks)
(g) Outline five roles of agriculture in economic development of Kenya. (5 marks)
2. (a) Examine domestication of plants and animals.
(15 marks)
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(b) Evaluate the effects of domesticating plants and animals in humans. (5 marks)
3. Discuss the role of agriculture in economic development of developing countries.
(20 marks)
4. (a) Explain the history of agriculture
(15 marks)
(b) Outline 5 factors that constrain agricultural sector.
(15 marks)
5. (a) State 5 characteristics of each of the following agriculture systems.
(i) Shifting cultivation
(5 marks)
(ii) Livestock ranching
5 marks)
(iii) Nomadic herding
(5 marks)
(iv) Intensive subsistence with wet Rice Not Dominant (5 marks)
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