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WorksheetsEdible Native Plants of BC
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is agriculture?
Farming crops
Raising livestock (animals for food)
Fishing
Hunting & Gathering
Dancing
In which continent did agriculture first develop?
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Which area of the world first learned how to farm wheat?
Middle East/Fertile Crescent
China
Africa
Central America
South America
Which area of the world first learned how to farm rice?
Northern China
Middle East/Fertile Crescent
Africa
Southern China
Central America
Which area of the world first learned how to farm corn (maize), chocolate (cacao), and chili peppers?
What is now the United States & Canada
Central America
South America
Africa
Europe
True or False: The people of Europe, Africa, and Asia ate potatoes and tomatoes before 1492?
True
False
True or False: The indigenous people of North & South America ate beef and pork before 1492?
True
False
True or False: The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest (including the Coast Salish People) practiced LARGE SCALE agriculture before contact with Europeans?
True
False
Seaweeds were eaten by many coastal First Nations. Seaweeds are considered:
Plants
Animals
Algae
Fungi
Bacteria
The two most common parts of plants consumed for food by Coastal First Nations were:
Stems & Leaves
Flowers & Leaves
Roots & Fruits
Fruits & Flowers
Fruits & Stems
What part of the Pacific Crabapple and Salal plants were mostly eaten?
Root
Leaves
Fruit
Flower
Stem
Which native sour red berry is a major agricultural industry in the Lower Mainland?
Oregon Grape
Cranberry
Wild Blueberry
Huckleberry
Salmonberry
Soapberries are named because:
They taste like soap
Indigenous groups used them to clean clothes
They were used to punish children for swearing
They contain a chemical that froths/foams when whipped
They are the same colour as Irish Spring soap
Which edible plant has the nickname "Rice Root"
Camas
False Solomon Seal
Huckleberry
Chocolate Lily
Cattail
Which berry plant was so valuable it was transplanted and replanted in other locations (in a form of simple agriculture) by some indigenous groups.
Raspberry
Mountain/Black Huckleberry
Wild blueberry
Salal
Thimbleberry
Which part of the plant is usually NOT eaten of the False Solomon's Seal?
Leaves
Root
Stem (Young Shoots)
Fruit
Flower
Which parts are usually eaten from Hooker's Onion?
Bulb
Stem
Flower
Fruit
Leaves
If you watched Keo's video or the Powerpoint, what part of the Great Camas did Keo say was eaten?
Flower
Root/Tuber
Stem
Bulb
Leaves
If you read one of articles about Camas or viewed the Powerpoint after Tuesday, what part was ACTUALLY eaten of the Great Camas?
Flower
Roots/Tuber
Stem
Bulb
Leaves
What ecosystem does Great Camas grow best in?
Pacific Temperate Rainforest
High in the Mountains/Alpine
Meadows
In the Salish Sea
Desert
What percent of natural Camas habitat remains in BC?
50%
25%
10%
5%
1%
