Unit 5 Agriculture: Review #1

Geographer Derwent Whittlesey divided the world into ________ agricultural regions (not including his area of nonexistent agriculture).

• 11

• 12

• 5

• 16

Pigs were domesticated in

• Southeast Asia.

• South America.

• Ethiopia.

• Southwest Asia.

Potatoes were domesticated in

• Southeast Asia.

• the Americas.

• Northern China.

• Ethiopia.

Lima beans were domesticated in

• Southeast Asia.

• Southwest Asia.

• the Americas.

• Northern China.

The earliest known domesticated squash crops are thought to have originated in the Americas more than

• 9,000 years ago.

• 90,000 years ago.

• 1.1 million years ago.

• 10 million years ago.

The first people to domesticate lentils and olives were in

• Western India.

• Southwest Asia.

• South America.

• Ethiopia.

Seed agriculture probably reached Europe from

• Southwest Asia.

• Ethiopia.

• Western India.

• Northern China.

The map of crop hearths indicates that

• maize, potatoes, squash, and peppers were first domesticated in the Americas.

• specific crops can be grown only in and near their crop hearths.

• potatoes, peppers, and sorghum were first domesticated in Europe.

• coconuts, pigeonpeas, maize, and tomatoes were first domesticated in Southeast Asia.

The map of crop hearths indicates that

• coconuts, pigeonpeas, mango, and taro were first domesticated in Southeast Asia.

• specific crops can be grown only in and near their crop hearths.

• potatoes, peppers, and sorghum were first domesticated in Europe.

• potatoes, peppers, squash, soybeans, and rice were first domesticated in the Americas.

The map of crop hearths indicates that

• yams, sorghum, coffee, and cowpeas were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• maize, potatoes, squash, and taro were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and sorghum were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• coconuts, pigeonpeas, cowpeas, and coffee were first domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa.