Question 1
The origins of agriculture occurred in which period?
Answer
a. Paleoindian
b. Archaic
c. Classic
d. Postclassic
Question 2
The beginning of the Archaic period corresponds with
a. the end of the Pl
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Question 1
The origins of agriculture occurred in which period?
Answer
a. Paleoindian
b. Archaic
c. Classic
d. Postclassic
Question 2
The beginning of the Archaic period corresponds with
a. the end of the Pleistocene
b. the disappearance of megafauna such as mammoths
c. (a) and (b)
d. none of the above
Question 3
Agriculture originated through botanical changes and involved no change in technology or settlement.
True
False
Question 4
Archaeologists can study the origins of agriculture by recovering plant remains that are thousands of years old.
True
False
Question 5
A crop portfolio is
a. an index of a plant's response to moisture.
b. a mix of crops chosen to minimize vulnerability to environmental conditions.
c. the amount of money that Mesoamerican farmers kept on hand to buy seeds at market.
d. the kind of money that Archaic farmers used
Quiz 1b: Archaic Foraging and Collecting
Compared to the preceding period, climate during the Archaic
a. was warmer
b. was more arid
c. had more distinct seasonal differences in precipitation and temperature x
d. all of the above
Question 2
Archaic population shifted their subsistence strategies toward
a. Greater use of big-game animals
b. Lower-ranking, "weedy" plants with small seeds
c. (a) and (b) are correct
d. none of the above x
Question 3
The earliest domesticated plants were gourds and squashes rather than maize.
True
False
Question 4
Maguey (also known as agave or century plant)
a. was mainly used for fiber to make ropes and nets x
b. was a drought-resistant food source that reduced vulnerability to famine
c. only grew in the best-watered areas
d. was most useful in high-rainfall environments
Question 5
The cave site of Guilá Naquitz
a. was inhabited by a macroband
b. contained the earliest dated maize in Mesoamerica at ca. 4250 BCE
c. was a resting site for Archaic goat herders
d. contained no evidence of agriculture
Question 6
The probable region of origin for the ancestor of modern maize is
a. the Southern Maya Lowlands
b. the Valley of Oaxaca
c. Tamaulipas
d. the Rio Balsas valley
Question 7
Early maize cobs from Tehuacan sites are only 3 cm long.
True
False
Question 8
Maize came into being in a few
a. years
b. decades
c. centuries x
d. millenia
Question 9
Maize originated from plant that had only a single row of kernels on its cobs (spikes)
True
False
Question 10
The difference between direct and indirect dating is
a. that indirect dating obtains a date from a different site than the one where the plant material was
found, similarly to cross-dating of ceramics.
b. that indirect dating obtains a date from different part of the deposit than the one in which the plant
material was found.
c. that indirect dates depend on eccentricities in the lunar orbit.
d. that indirect dating relies on the association of datable wood in stratigraphic association with the
plant material rather than obtaining the date from the plant material itself.
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