A Brief History of Corn

Corn was first domesticated around 10,000 years ago in what region of the world?

• Mesoamerica

• Southwest America

• South America

• Europe

• Africa

The earliest ancestor of corn is a grassy plant called?

• Teosinte

• Triticum

• Hordeum

• Aramanthaceae

• Avena

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How many hard kernels does the earliest ancestor of corn contain?

• 5-12

• 24-48

• 100-150

• 200-300

• 600-800

How many kernels can be found on an ear of corn today?

• 5-12

• 50-100

• 200-300

• 600-800

• 1,000-1,200

The planting of crops and the raising of cattle is known as?

• Domestication

• Hunting and Gathering

• Transplanting

• Herding

• Industrialization

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Settling in permanent areas, led to the idea of _____?

• Personal Property

• Capitalism

• Industrialization

• Democracy

• Religion

What percentage of the Mayan diet was corn-based?

• 40%

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

The Mayan creation legend believed that the Gods formed Mayans out of a dough made from corn and ______?

• Blood

• Wheat

• Soil

• Water

• Mud

What region of present-day America is where corn agriculture began?

• Southwest

• Southeast

• Northwest

• North

• Mid-America

Which famous explorer learned how to grow corn and eventually introduced it to Europe?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Samuel de Champlain

• Hernan Cortez

• James Cook