Question 1

Food production was not independently invented in the

Accepted Answer

A) Eastern United States. 
B) Indus Valley. 
C) Middle East. 
D) Central Mexico. 
E) Southern China. 
A) Eastern United States. 
B) Indus Valley. 
C) Middle East. 
D) Central Mexico. 
E) Southern China.

Question 2

Animals domesticated in the New World include llamas, alpacas, turkeys, ducks, guinea pigs, and horses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

__________ is the name of the wild ancestor of maize.

Accepted Answer

A) Corn 
B) Guajolote 
C) Cassava 
D) Teosinte 
E) Elote 
A) Corn 
B) Guajolote 
C) Cassava 
D) Teosinte 
E) Elote

Question 4

Define broad-spectrum foraging, and discuss its importance to the emergence of food production.

Accepted Answer

Broad-spectrum foraging refers to the pr

Question 5

Rice was domesticated in southern China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Compare and contrast the transition from foraging to food production in the Middle East and Mesoamerica.

Accepted Answer

The transition from foraging to food pro

Question 7

There were three independent centers of domestication in the New World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the New World, sedentism occurred before domestication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Unlike in the Old World, few large animals were ever domesticated in the New World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

__________ was not domesticated in China.

Accepted Answer

A) Cassava 
B) Millet 
C) Pigs 
D) Water buffalo 
E) Rice 
A) Cassava 
B) Millet 
C) Pigs 
D) Water buffalo 
E) Rice

Question 11

The sedentary life developed in the Middle East

Accepted Answer

A) before farming and herding. 
B) after farming but before herding. 
C) after herding but before farming. 
D) after farming and herding. 
E) at the same time that farming and herding developed. 
A) before farming and herding. 
B) after farming but before herding. 
C) after herding but before farming. 
D) after farming and herding. 
E) at the same time that farming and herding developed.

Question 12

The domesticated millet that appeared in China around 7500
B.P.and diffused to China.
B.P.was first domesticated in sub-Saharan Africa around 8000

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Food production was not independently invented in the

Animals domesticated in the New World include llamas, alpacas, turkeys, ducks, guinea pigs, and horses.

__________ is the name of the wild ancestor of maize.

Define broad-spectrum foraging, and discuss its importance to the emergence of food production.

Rice was domesticated in southern China.

Compare and contrast the transition from foraging to food production in the Middle East and Mesoamerica.

There were three independent centers of domestication in the New World.

In the New World, sedentism occurred before domestication.

Unlike in the Old World, few large animals were ever domesticated in the New World.

__________ was not domesticated in China.

The sedentary life developed in the Middle East

The domesticated millet that appeared in China around 7500 B.P.and diffused to China. B.P.was first domesticated in sub-Saharan Africa around 8000

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Exam 8: The First Farmers

Food production was not independently invented in the

Animals domesticated in the New World include llamas, alpacas, turkeys, ducks, guinea pigs, and horses.

__________ is the name of the wild ancestor of maize.

Define broad-spectrum foraging, and discuss its importance to the emergence of food production.

Rice was domesticated in southern China.

Compare and contrast the transition from foraging to food production in the Middle East and Mesoamerica.

There were three independent centers of domestication in the New World.

In the New World, sedentism occurred before domestication.

Unlike in the Old World, few large animals were ever domesticated in the New World.

__________ was not domesticated in China.

The sedentary life developed in the Middle East

The domesticated millet that appeared in China around 7500 B.P.and diffused to China. B.P.was first domesticated in sub-Saharan Africa around 8000

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters