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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.
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2. Which of the following is an example of a foraging society?
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| | A) | a. Fertile Crescent
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| | B) | b. Nile Valley
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| | C) | c. Arctic Eskimos
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| | D) | d. all of the above
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3. Coprolites are fossilized fecal material that are studied to determine prehistoric diets.
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| | A) | True
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4. Pollen, seeds, and fiber are the most common materials recovered from archaeological sites because
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| | A) | a. lignin is not degraded by most microorganisms.
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| | B) | b. they are stored in airtight jars.
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| | C) | c. lipids fossilize more readily.
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| | D) | d. 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.
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| | A) | True
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6. Proponents of the Agricultural Revolution Theory contend that agriculture was the discovery of a brilliant prehistoric sage.
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7. The earliest documented sites of agricultural practices are located in
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| | A) | a. the Polynesian Islands.
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| | B) | b. the Andes Mountains.
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| | C) | c. the Yangtze Valley.
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| | D) | d. the Fertile Crescent.
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8. Archaeological studies indicate that rice cultivation occurred in China approximately _______ years ago.
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| | A) | a. 100,000
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| | B) | b. 5,000
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| | C) | c. 11,500
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9. The term Neolithic refers to agricultural societies.
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10. The archaeological site at Tehuacan Valley in Mexico is important because it helped scientists to date the domestication of wheat.
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| | A) | True
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11. In addition to plants, people of early Central America also domesticated ________.
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| | A) | a. cats
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| | B) | b. dogs
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| | C) | c. turkeys
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| | D) | d. horses
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| | E) | e. b and c are correct
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12. The ensheathing husk of modern corn is an example of a trait that was naturally selected.
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| | A) | True
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13. Early foragers naturally gathered and subsequently selected for seeds from ________ seed heads.
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| | A) | a. shattering
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| | B) | b. nonshattering
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14. Potatoes are native to ________, whereas coffee is native to ________.
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| | A) | a. Ireland, Colombia
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| | B) | b. North America, Greece
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| | C) | c. Peru, Ethiopia
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| | D) | d. South Africa, Argentina
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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.
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| | A) | True
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education