Exam 5: The Neolithic Revolution: The Domestication of Plants and Animals

What was most significant about the Oasis Theory?

V. Gordon Childe's hypothesis remains the most accurate explanation for the origins of food production.

When did Neolithic agricultural villages become common in the Americas?

Grain farming is known as vegeculture.

The ultimate source of all culture change is diffusion.

America's indigenous peoples were the first cultivators of _____ of the crops grown in the world today.

All of the following cultural adaptations have presented serious biological consequences since the Neolithic era except:

Which of the following was not associated with the advent of pottery?

Why is intensive agriculture considered to be a less stable means of subsistence than foraging?

How did the spread of food production increase instability in subsistence?

Which of the following changes did not occur during the Mesolithic?

Substantial housing could exist without food production.

Domestication:

What were the primary advantages of pottery for a sedentary society?

_______________ crops are highly productive but very unstable.

The history of food is interesting. Food constitutes much of our individual and national identity. However, prior to colonialism and globalization and the general connectedness of the world today, some cuisines were very different from their more recent historical traditions. For example, one is often hard pressed to think of Italian cuisine without tomatoes. Describe the contributions that indigenous peoples have made to our cuisine today.

The human shift to farming and domesticating animals are cultural adaptations that have presented serious _______________ consequences.