25.1 Flashcards

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1
Q

Provide reasonably balanced diet when combined

A

Monocots and Dicots

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2
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Cultural grain-legume combinations: Middle East: what or barley with lentils or peas

A

True

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3
Q

Asia

A

Rice and soybeans

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4
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Americas

A

Corn and kidney beans

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5
Q

Major sources of calories

A

Staple crops

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6
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Europe, Asia, Central America

A

Wheat, Rice, Corn

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7
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Tropical Africa and Indonesia

A

Sweet Potatoes

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8
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South America

A

White Potatoes

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9
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Central and South America, Western Africa

A

Manioc (cassava or tapioca)

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10
Q

Much evidence for when and where many crops were first _______.

A

domesticated

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11
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The place where a particular crop was first domesticated

A

Center of Origin

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12
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Two Assumptions:
Areas where wild relatives can be found today. and Areas in which there is much natural genetic variation in the crop of interest.

A

Origins of Particular Crops

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13
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hemp, orange, poppy

A

Chinese

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14
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Apple, carrot, grape

A

Indochina-Indonesian

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15
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Hazelnut, Wheat, Oats

A

Middle Eastern

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16
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Banana, Black Pepper, Suger cane

A

Indo-Malayan

17
Q

Beet, Lettuce, Cabbage

A

Mediterranean

18
Q

Barley, Coffee, Sorghum

A

Abyssinian

19
Q

Bean, Cacao, Cotton

A

Mexico-Central America

20
Q

Peanut, Pineapple, Potato

A

Central Andean

21
Q
  1. Produces abundant fruit for human consumption
  2. Turning over soil
  3. Irrigating soil with water
  4. Adding nutrients to soil
A

Agricultural practices to maximize plant growth

22
Q

Adding water to soil

A

Irrigation

23
Q

huge underground reservoir

A

Ogallala aquifer

24
Q

Supplies irrigation water in dry regions of former American Dust Bowl

A

Ogallala aquifer

25
Q

Ogallala aquifer for large production of corn, wheat, and soybeans

A

True

26
Q

Dogs domesticated form

A

Gray wolves

27
Q

Dogs Domesticated first

A

True