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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)

Geog: 321 Agricultural Geography Question Paper

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