Chapter 1

Question 1

What influenced food origins?

Answer 1

Geography, culture, and history

Question 2

How did food affect where early people settled?

Answer 2

People followed the food

Question 3

What three things teach us about what our ancestors ate?

Answer 3

Archaeological excavation
Midden
Coprolites

Question 4

What is midden?

Answer 4

Ancient preserved trash dump

Question 5

What are coprolites?

Answer 5

Fossilized feces

Question 6

What does it mean if something is cultivated?

Answer 6

It is planted, it is not wild

Question 7

What influences the determination of diets?

Answer 7

Geography and environmental factors

Question 8

What is the major overland trade route?

Answer 8

The Silk Route

Question 9

Where did the Silk Route go?

Answer 9

Started through Asia, throughout Europe, into Africa, spread into almost every corner of the Old World

Question 10

Where did the first sea routes go?

Answer 10

Around Africa

Question 11

In what order did the major cultures appear?

Answer 11

Egypt
Sumerians (Persia)
Hittities (Turkey, Babylon, Syria)
Chinese dynasties
Minoan (Crete)
Roman Empire (Rome, Tunisia, Levant, Europe, England)
Western Roman Empire (Rome and Europe)
Eastern Roman Empire (Constantinople to Adriatic)
Mongols (Middle East, Central Asia, China, Eastern Europe)
Incas (Peru and bordering regions)

Question 12

What major food(s) were brought from Europe to North America?

Answer 12

Cabbage

Onions

Question 13

What major food(s) were brought from Central America to Europe?

Answer 13

Chocolate (Latin America)
Sweet potato and other tubers
Tomato 
Corn (Latin America)
Sunflower

Question 14

What major food(s) were brought from Southeast Asia to Europe?

Answer 14

Spices (peppercorn, cinnamon)

Question 15

What major food(s) were brought from China to Europe?

Answer 15

Rice

Tea

Question 16

What major food(s) were brought from East Africa to Europe?

Answer 16

Coffee

Question 17

What geographic characteristics were found in the Fertile Crescent that favored the development of an agrarian society?

Answer 17

Good fertile soil, lots of water, near proximity to rivers

Question 18

Why is development of a culture dependent on food supply?

Answer 18

If we have more food, we have more leisure time

Question 19

Civilizations that were on the shore of the ocean tended to have food provided by:

Answer 19

Fishermen

Question 20

The civilization that was wiped out by the consequences of a volcanic eruption was:

Answer 20

Minoans

Question 21

T/F The Greek civilization developed before the Roman Empire.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T/F The Aztec civilization developed before the Mayan.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

The Roman Empire was:

Answer 23

Split in the 3rd century CE

Question 24

Why was rice the staple cereal in Japan and wheat the traditional grain in Central Europe?

Answer 24

The foods originated in those areas

Question 25

Why were food patterns influenced by empire builders?

Answer 25

Trade routes

Question 26

Why and where in Africa are serious food shortages occurring?

Answer 26

Around Sahara, especially sub-Sahara; lack of water