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AGRONOMY SUGAR

Question 1 of 32

1

What crop brought slavery to the Americas?

Select one of the following:

  • sugarcane

  • cottom

  • bananas

Explanation

Question 2 of 32

1

The plantation economies of the New World were built on

Select one of the following:

  • slave labor

  • sugarcane production

Explanation

Question 3 of 32

1

Of the enslaved people brought to the new world were used to produce ____________ the most labor-intensive crop

Select one of the following:

  • sugar

  • coffee

  • tobacco

  • cotton

Explanation

Question 4 of 32

1

Most enslaved people were taken to _________________ to work as unpaid labor on sugar, coffee, cocoa and cotton plantations, in gold and silver mines, in rice fields, or in houses to work as servants.

Select one of the following:

  • North and South America

  • Europe

  • Africa

  • China

Explanation

Question 5 of 32

1

For thousands of years people have used the sap and juice extracted from plants to obtain sweet syrups. Examples include ____________________

Select one of the following:

  • wild date palm, sugar palm, sorghum, and sugar maple

  • wild date palm, sugarcane, sorghum, and sugar maple

Explanation

Question 6 of 32

1

Today only two plant sources provide most of the natural sweeteners:

Select one of the following:

  • sugar beet and sugar cane

  • sugar palm and sugar cane

  • sugar beet and sugar maple

Explanation

Question 7 of 32

1

_________________ is the home of a cultivated form of sugarcane

Select one of the following:

  • New Guinea

  • North America

  • Singapore

Explanation

Question 8 of 32

1

Tropical products such as __________________ have had major impact on slavery and colonialism.

Select one of the following:

  • sugar, tea, and bananas

  • sugar, sugar cane, and bananas

  • apples, oranges, and tea

Explanation

Question 9 of 32

1

noble canes

Select one of the following:

  • Saccharum officinarum

  • Saccharum canofficianarum

Explanation

Question 10 of 32

1

Sugar cane had become the crop of choice in _______________________

Select one of the following:

  • Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba (caribbean islands)

  • Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Belize (south america)

Explanation

Question 11 of 32

1

International trading companies moved goods—and people— across the Atlantic Ocean in a pattern known as the

Select one of the following:

  • triangular trade

  • square trade

Explanation

Question 12 of 32

1

The slaves were shipped to the West Indies where they were sold. The profits bought ________________________ which were sent back to Europe

Select one of the following:

  • sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco

  • sugar, coffee, cotton, and maple

Explanation

Question 13 of 32

1

England would sell slaves to the americas and bought

Select one of the following:

  • rum and sugar

  • tobacco and sugar cane

  • cotton and tobacco

Explanation

Question 14 of 32

1

This is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation

Select one of the following:

  • Rum

  • Alcohol

  • Brandy

Explanation

Question 15 of 32

1

The ______________________ was the acquisition in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France’s claim to the territory of Louisiana. It doubled the size of the United States.

Select one of the following:

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Louisiana Constitution

Explanation

Question 16 of 32

1

__________ is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in every fruit and vegetable

Select one of the following:

  • Sugar

  • Cotton

  • Meat

Explanation

Question 17 of 32

1

Sugar occurs in greatest quantities in ___________________ from which it is separated for commercial use.

Select one of the following:

  • sugarcane and sugar beets

  • sugar beets and sugar maple

Explanation

Question 18 of 32

1

Photosynthesis

Select one of the following:

  • 6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2

  • 6H2O + 6O2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2

  • 6O2 + 6O2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2

  • 6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6CO2

Explanation

Question 19 of 32

1

Fruit sugar is called

Select one of the following:

  • fructose

  • lactose

  • maltose

  • glucose

Explanation

Question 20 of 32

1

milk sugar is called

Select one of the following:

  • lactose

  • fructose

  • maltose

  • glucose

Explanation

Question 21 of 32

1

malt sugar is called

Select one of the following:

  • maltose

  • lactose

  • fructose

  • glucose

Explanation

Question 22 of 32

1

sugar from honey or sweet fruits is called

Select one of the following:

  • glucose

  • lactose

  • maltose

  • fructose

Explanation

Question 23 of 32

1

Sucrose:

Select one of the following:

  • glucose

  • glucose + fructose

  • maltose + fructose

  • lactose + fructose

Explanation

Question 24 of 32

1

Top agricultural product:

Select one of the following:

  • Sugar Cane

  • Wheat

  • Sugar Beet

Explanation

Question 25 of 32

1

A ton (2000 lbs.) of cane yields ____________ of raw sugar.

Select one of the following:

  • 170 – 255 lbs.

  • 100 – 255 lbs.

  • 200 – 255 lbs.

  • 500 - 550 lbs.

Explanation

Question 26 of 32

1

_____________ is the fibrous matter that remains after sugarcane are crushed to extract their juice

Select one of the following:

  • Bagasse

  • Molasses

Explanation

Question 27 of 32

1

___________ is a viscous by-product of the refining of sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar.

Select one of the following:

  • Molasses

  • Bagasse

Explanation

Question 28 of 32

1

Top Sugarcane Producer

Select one of the following:

  • India

  • China

  • Colombia

  • Brazil

Explanation

Question 29 of 32

1

Sugar Beet

Select one of the following:

  • beta vulgaris

  • beta begaris

Explanation

Question 30 of 32

1

Top Sugar Beet Producers

Select one of the following:

  • France

  • Germany

  • United States

Explanation

Question 31 of 32

1

40% of the sugar we consume is in _______________

Select one of the following:

  • sugar beets

  • sugar canes

  • soft drinks

Explanation

Question 32 of 32

1

Stevia rebaudiana


Select one of the following:

  • sweet leaf

  • sweat tea

Explanation

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