Exam 9: A Feast of Diversity

A(n) __________ is a domesticated camelid.

Llamas and alpacas were domesticated in the lowland tropical forest region east of the Andes.

On the Andean coast, settled villages preceded the adoption of agriculture.

The Kuk Swamp site in highland New Guinea has produced early evidence of llama herding.

__________ accounts for the remarkable wealth of marine resources along the Andean coast.

How did domestication in the Andes region differ from other regions in the world?

What general characterizations can be made about domestication around the world?

Which of these was one of the most significant plants domesticated in East Asia?

__________ was a Japanese preagricultural society that lived in large villages and produced elaborate pottery.

There is evidence for the domestication of llamas and alpacas beginning 6,000 years ago.

Which of these was domesticated in Ethiopia/Eritrea?

What is the importance of the Nabta Playa site?

Millet, not rice, was the main early domesticate in northern China around the Yellow River valley.

What sort of plants were domesticated in New Guinea, and how did they differ from other areas?

In New Guinea, domestication focused on herd animals.

What Andean period corresponds with the appearance of monumental architecture and the absence of pottery?

Pastoral societies are sedentary societies with an economy based on horticulture.

Phytoliths are a type of pollen best preserved in freshwater lakes and ponds.

Genetic research indicates that this plant species was domesticated in New Guinea.

AMS dates of beans at Guitarrero Cave indicate that they were domesticated __________.