DOMESTICATION QUIZ

What is domestication?

• The process of adapting wild plants and animals for animal use
• The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use
• The process of adapting domestic plants and animals for wild use
• The process of adapting wild plants and animals for plant use

Where did people first domesticate plants?

• Between the Nile and Congo rivers in Africa
• Between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia
• Between the Yangtze and Yellow rivers in China
• Between the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in South America

What were the first domesticated plants in Mesopotamia?

• Apples, pears, peaches, and plums
• Rice, potatoes, corn, and beans
• Tomatoes, peppers, squash, and pumpkins
• Wheat, barley, lentils, and types of peas

What is the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use called?

• Horticulture
• Cultivation
• Wildification
• Domestication

The first animal to be domesticated was...

• pigs

• cats

• dogs

• cattle

How did the "Stone Age"get its name?

• Man made his homes out of stone.
• Man made tools and weapons out of stone.
• Man carved sculptures out of stone.
• Man worshiped statues made of stone.

How did man get his food during the Paleolithic Age?

• Growing crops
• Hunting and Gathering
• Stealing from others
• Scavenging

What change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution? 

• beginning of hunting and gathering
• man learned to write
• man began farming
• man built towns and cities

What is another word for farming?

• industry
• Paleolithic
• agriculture
• migration

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

• New Stone Age
• Old Stone Age
• Prehistoric Period
• The Ice Age