Questions & Answers
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History of Agriculture study set below.
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1
Which site, dating back to approximately 9500 BCE, provides some of the earliest evidence of the intentional cultivation of einkorn wheat?
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A
Catalhoyuk
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B
Gobekli Tepe
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C
Abu Hureyra
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D
Jericho
2
The 'Three Sisters' agricultural technique, involving the companion planting of maize, beans, and squash, was perfected by which Indigenous North American group?
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A
Haudenosaunee
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B
Anasazi
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C
Mississippians
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D
Hopewell
3
Which 18th-century English agriculturist is credited with inventing the seed drill in 1701, a device that sowed seeds in uniform rows?
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A
Robert Bakewell
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B
Charles Townshend
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C
Jethro Tull
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D
Arthur Young
4
The Chinampa system, a method of 'floating gardens' used to expand agricultural land, was primary to the economy of which civilization?
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A
Inca
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B
Aztec
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C
Maya
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D
Olmec
5
In the 1940s, Norman Borlaug began the research in Mexico that sparked the 'Green Revolution' by focusing on which specific crop variety?
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A
High-yield maize
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B
Dwarf wheat
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C
Hybrid rice
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D
Soybean rotation
6
The first 'Enclosure Acts' in England, which consolidated small landholdings into larger, privately owned farms, began accelerating during which century?
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A
15th Century
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B
17th Century
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C
18th Century
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D
14th Century
7
Which crop, native to the Andes, was introduced to Europe by Spanish explorers in the 16th century and eventually became a staple that fueled the European population explosion?
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A
Cassava
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B
Potato
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C
Quinoa
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D
Sweet Potato
8
During the Abbasid Caliphate, the 'Islamic Green Revolution' introduced which irrigation technology, originating in Persia, to the Mediterranean?
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A
Shadoof
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B
Qanat
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C
Noria
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D
Archimedes' screw
9
The 'Four-Field System,' which eliminated the need for fallow land by rotating wheat, turnips, barley, and clover, is associated with which agricultural reformer?
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A
Cyrus McCormick
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B
Charles 'Turnip' Townshend
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C
John Deere
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D
George Washington Carver
10
What was the primary purpose of the 'Corn Laws' in the United Kingdom, repealed in 1846?
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A
To mandate crop rotation
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B
To impose tariffs on imported grain
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C
To subsidize irrigation
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D
To standardize seed quality
11
The development of the first successful mechanical reaper, patented in 1834, is attributed to which American inventor?
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A
Eli Whitney
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B
Cyrus McCormick
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C
John Deere
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D
Henry Ford
12
Which ancient civilization developed the 'shaduf,' a hand-operated device for lifting water from the Nile for irrigation?
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A
Sumerians
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B
Ancient Egyptians
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C
Indus Valley
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D
Minoans
13
The 'Dust Bowl' of the 1930s in the United States was exacerbated by the removal of native grasses for the cultivation of which specific crop?
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A
Cotton
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B
Winter Wheat
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C
Tobacco
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D
Corn
14
Which specific botanical advancement did George Washington Carver promote to improve soil nitrogen levels in the Southern United States?
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A
Cotton monoculture
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B
Peanut planting
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C
Rice grafting
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D
Blueberry hybridization
15
The 'Great Famine' of Ireland (1845–1852) was triggered by a blight that decimated which specific monoculture crop?
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A
Rye
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B
Lumper Potato
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C
Oats
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D
Barley
