Exam 11: Origins of Agriculture

One early hypothesis on the origin of agriculture states that it was an unknown ancient genius who realized that plants found at dumpsites had grown from discarded seeds.

How did domestication efforts in the New World differ from the Old World?

There is evidence of hunter-gatherer settlements from nearly 18,000 years ago,suggesting that such settlements were actually present much earlier.

The Tehuacan Valley is an early site of agriculture currently located in which country?

Tools of the hunt provide information on the size of the animals hunted and how they were killed.

Which one of the following statements is(are)correct about the Far East as it pertains to the domestication of plants?

________ is believed to be the first major food crop to have been domesticated.

In the Near East our first cultivated plants were which of the following?

The Far East is the center of origin for corn.

Which of the following centers of plant domestication is not paired correctly with its principle crops?

Natural selection shapes domesticated plants to suit human needs.

Which of the following is correct about the "Paleo Diet?"

Coprolites are fossilized ________ from both invertebrates and vertebrates.

Coffee was first domesticated in the mountains of

Many hunter-gathering societies have a significant knowledge of botany in the areas they inhabit.

Phytoliths