Chapter 1 Flashcards
Native Americans did not utilize fire as a method to manipulate vegetation.
False
Agriculture has been instrumental in the development of human civilizations.
True
The first domestication of crops and livestock occurred at the same time as the beginnings of human civilization.
True
There was one major region of the world where crops were domesticated.
False
Hunters and gatherers tend to have a limited diet.
False
The Roman Empire was responsible for advancing agriculture throughout their territories.
True
Agricultural crops were the foundation for the diets of the Native American Hidatsa tribe.
True
The support of Native Americans was critical to the survival of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
True
Native Americans had cleared all the forests of the East Coast prior to the arrival of Europeans.
False
Wheat was the most important crop for early colonists.
True
One of the most important exports for the colonists was tobacco.
True
New crops were introduced to different regions by trading between tribes and by immigration.
True
The Bering Land Bridge is now submerged.
True
The earliest Native Americans were Neanderthals.
False
Land ownership by individuals was common in Native American cultures.
False
Native Americans consumed only raw foods.
False
The earliest Native Americans would have encountered species such as wooly mammoths and giant sloths.
True
Turkey was one of the few animals domesticated by Native Americans.
True
When were crops first domesticated?
10,000 years ago
How many native people were estimated to have been in the Americas at the time of Columbus’s arrival?
70 million
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.
D. Many animal species became extinct.
Mesopotamia was an area of land within which region?
Near East
Migration of early humans into North America occurred approximately how many years ago?
20,000-25,000
Rice was first domesticated in which region?
Southern China
Which crop did Columbus introduce to Europe?
Potato
The Anasazi lived in what part of the United States?
Southwest
What was the first widely used herbicide?
2,4-dicholorophenoxyacetic acid
The production of which crops contributed to slavery?
tobacco and cotton
Chemical inputs became common in agriculture around what time period?
After WWII
Which of the following is NOT association with presicion agriculture?
A. GPS
B. Corn Hybridization
C. Computer
D. Yield monitor
B. Corn Hybridization
The number of man-hours to produce 100 bushels of wheat on 3 acres in 2000 is:
2
The earliest site of crop and animal domestication occurred in the ________.
Fertile Crescent
_____________ is the adapting or taming of wild species of plants or animals in order to be utilized by humans.
Domestication
___________ is the practice of cultivating land to raise food, feed, fiber, or fuel from crops or livestock.
Agriculture
The immediate effect of foreign pollen on the development and characteristics of the seed is known as the __________________.
Xenia Effect
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 __________________________________.
Columbian Exchange
The belief that farming is the best way of life and the most important economic endeavor is
Agrarianism
The “three sisters” crops included ____, _____, and ______.
Corn, beans, and squash
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.
subsistence
Rice domesticated from
East Asia
Sunflowers domesticated from
North America
Corn domesticated from
Central America
Wheat domesticated from
Fertile Crescent
Legislation that provided a United States citizen, 21 years or older, the right to claim 160 acres of public land was called ___________________________________.
the Homestead Act of 1862
The trend in farm size and crop diversity is:
larger size, less diversity
Grain cradle
1600-1700s
Gasoline-powered tractors
1900-2000s
Combine
1800-1900s
