Chapter 1

Question 1

Native Americans did not utilize fire as a method to manipulate vegetation.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Agriculture has been instrumental in the development of human civilizations.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The first domestication of crops and livestock occurred at the same time as the beginnings of human civilization.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

There was one major region of the world where crops were domesticated.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Hunters and gatherers tend to have a limited diet.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The Roman Empire was responsible for advancing agriculture throughout their territories.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Agricultural crops were the foundation for the diets of the Native American Hidatsa tribe.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The support of Native Americans was critical to the survival of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Native Americans had cleared all the forests of the East Coast prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Wheat was the most important crop for early colonists.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

One of the most important exports for the colonists was tobacco.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

New crops were introduced to different regions by trading between tribes and by immigration.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The Bering Land Bridge is now submerged.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The earliest Native Americans were Neanderthals.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Land ownership by individuals was common in Native American cultures.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Native Americans consumed only raw foods.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The earliest Native Americans would have encountered species such as wooly mammoths and giant sloths.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Turkey was one of the few animals domesticated by Native Americans.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

When were crops first domesticated?

Answer 19

10,000 years ago

Question 20

How many native people were estimated to have been in the Americas at the time of Columbus’s arrival?

Answer 20

70 million

Question 21

Which is NOT one of the possible reasons crops were first domesticated?

A. Climate changes resulted in favorable growing conditions.
B. Technology developed to cultivate large quantities of grain.
C. Human populations were becoming increasingly sedentary.
D. Many animal species became extinct.

Answer 21

D. Many animal species became extinct.

Question 22

Mesopotamia was an area of land within which region?

Answer 22

Near East

Question 23

Migration of early humans into North America occurred approximately how many years ago?

Answer 23

20,000-25,000

Question 24

Rice was first domesticated in which region?

Answer 24

Southern China

Question 25

Which crop did Columbus introduce to Europe?

Answer 25

Potato

Question 26

The Anasazi lived in what part of the United States?

Answer 26

Southwest

Question 27

What was the first widely used herbicide?

Answer 27

2,4-dicholorophenoxyacetic acid

Question 28

The production of which crops contributed to slavery?

Answer 28

tobacco and cotton

Question 29

Chemical inputs became common in agriculture around what time period?

Answer 29

After WWII

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT association with presicion agriculture?

A. GPS
B. Corn Hybridization
C. Computer
D. Yield monitor

Answer 30

B. Corn Hybridization

Question 31

The number of man-hours to produce 100 bushels of wheat on 3 acres in 2000 is:

Answer 31

2

Question 32

The earliest site of crop and animal domestication occurred in the ________.

Answer 32

Fertile Crescent

Question 33

_____________ is the adapting or taming of wild species of plants or animals in order to be utilized by humans.

Answer 33

Domestication

Question 34

___________ is the practice of cultivating land to raise food, feed, fiber, or fuel from crops or livestock.

Answer 34

Agriculture

Question 35

The immediate effect of foreign pollen on the development and characteristics of the seed is known as the __________________.

Answer 35

Xenia Effect

Question 36

The trade of crops, livestock, diseases, and people that occurred between the New World and Old World after Columbus’s voyage to the New World is called the __________________________________.

Answer 36

Columbian Exchange

Question 37

The belief that farming is the best way of life and the most important economic endeavor is

Answer 37

Agrarianism

Question 38

The “three sisters” crops included ____, _____, and ______.

Answer 38

Corn, beans, and squash

Question 39

The type of agriculture where crops and livestock were raised for the use of the farmer’s family with little to spare is called ____________ agriculture.

Answer 39

subsistence

Question 40

Rice domesticated from

Answer 40

East Asia

Question 41

Sunflowers domesticated from

Answer 41

North America

Question 42

Corn domesticated from

Answer 42

Central America

Question 43

Wheat domesticated from

Answer 43

Fertile Crescent

Question 44

Legislation that provided a United States citizen, 21 years or older, the right to claim 160 acres of public land was called ___________________________________.

Answer 44

the Homestead Act of 1862

Question 45

The trend in farm size and crop diversity is:

Answer 45

larger size, less diversity

Question 46

Grain cradle

Answer 46

1600-1700s

Question 47

Gasoline-powered tractors

Answer 47

1900-2000s

Question 48

Combine

Answer 48

1800-1900s