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1. Scientists agree that the practice of agriculture arose in Western Europe and spread to the rest of the world as man migrated from one region to another. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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2. Which of the following is an example of a foraging society? |
| | A) | a. Fertile Crescent |
| | B) | b. Nile Valley |
| | C) | c. Arctic Eskimos |
| | D) | d. all of the above |
| | E) | e. a and b are correct |
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3. Coprolites are fossilized fecal material that are studied to determine prehistoric diets. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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4. Pollen, seeds, and fiber are the most common materials recovered from archaeological sites because |
| | A) | a. lignin is not degraded by most microorganisms. |
| | B) | b. they are stored in airtight jars. |
| | C) | c. lipids fossilize more readily. |
| | D) | d. all of the above |
| | E) | e. b and c are correct. |
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5. The term Paleolithic refers to cultures, such as Neanderthal man, that existed during the Ice Age. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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6. Proponents of the Agricultural Revolution Theory contend that agriculture was the discovery of a brilliant prehistoric sage. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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7. The earliest documented sites of agricultural practices are located in |
| | A) | a. the Polynesian Islands. |
| | B) | b. the Andes Mountains. |
| | C) | c. the Yangtze Valley. |
| | D) | d. the Fertile Crescent. |
| | E) | e. Mesoamerica. |
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8. Archaeological studies indicate that rice cultivation occurred in China approximately _______ years ago. |
| | A) | a. 100,000 |
| | B) | b. 5,000 |
| | C) | c. 11,500 |
| | D) | d. 2,000 |
| | E) | e. 200,000 |
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9. The term Neolithic refers to __________. |
| | A) | a. New Stone Age |
| | B) | b. Plant stones |
| | C) | c. Old Stone Age |
| | D) | d. Agricultural Society |
| | E) | e. a and d are correct |
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10. The archaeological site at Tehuacan Valley in Mexico is important because it helped scientists to date the domestication of _________. |
| | A) | a. wheat |
| | B) | b. corn |
| | C) | c. foxtail millet |
| | D) | d. rice |
| | E) | e. none of the above |
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11. Which of the following evidences points that New Guinea was one of the primary centers of agriculture? |
| | A) | a. presence of microfossils of taro |
| | B) | b. higher percentage of banana phytoliths |
| | C) | c. archeological remains of agricultural tools |
| | D) | d. all of the above |
| | E) | e. both a and c |
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12. The ensheathing husk of modern corn is an example of a trait that was naturally selected. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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13. Early foragers naturally gathered and subsequently selected seeds from shattering seed heads. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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14. Potatoes are native to ________, whereas coffee is native to ________. |
| | A) | a. Ireland, Colombia |
| | B) | b. North America, Greece |
| | C) | c. Peru, Ethiopia |
| | D) | d. South Africa, Argentina |
| | E) | e. West Africa, Indonesia |
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15. Nikolai Vavilov’s contribution to botany was his theory that crops originated in places that have the greatest diversity of that crop. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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