Agriculture in the Pacific West Region
Activity 5
1.
What is Oregon’s
leading industry?
2.
Oregon leads the
nation in the production of what?
3.
Oregon is also a
major producer of what?
4.
What percent of
Oregon farms use irrigation?
5.
What
Pacific West state has the largest food and agricultural economy in the nation?
6.
California
is the nations #1 producer of what?
7.
How
many billion pounds are produced?
8.
California
is the nations #2 producer of what?
9.
What
percent of the nations fruits, vegetables and nuts are grown in California?
10.
What
are California’s top 10 farm products?
11.
How
many different crops come from California?
12.
What
products come exclusively (only) from California?
13.
What is
Washington’s #1 industry?
14.
Only one
state exceeded Washington in agriculture. What is it?
15.
What
products come from Washington?
16.
What makes
Washington such a successful agricultural state?
17.
Where are the
world’s best apples grown?
18.
How many orchards
are there? Where in Washington?
19.
What is a major force in
the economy of Hawaii?
20.
Where are most of the
agricultural products grown?
21.
Why can they grow crops
year-round?
22.
What
are some of the agricultural commodities in Hawaii?
23.
Hawaii’s
most important crop is sugarcane. What does it make?
24.
When was
the first successful sugarcane plantation?
25.
On what
island?
26.
How many
tons of raw sugar did it produce?
27.
What
were some of the early problems for sugar planters?
28.
For
nearly a century, what was the leading economic activity in Hawaii?
29.
What
industry took over in 1959? Is sugarcane still grown?
30.
Where in
Hawaii is sugarcane grown?
31.
How
long have pineapples been in Hawaii?
32.
How
many pineapple companies are in Hawaii? What are they?