Studied by 6 peopleCrop rotation
________ was a solution for replenishing depleted soil because it allowed one plant to take up what another had depleted the previous season.
Yangtze River
Around 5000 BCE, rice was first produced in the ________ region, and later it spread throughout most of Asia.
Homo sapiens
During the ice ages, ____ spent the majority of their time hunting, gathering food, and maintaining their warmth and dryness.
bison
mastodon
two early sources of food
agricultural revolution
They were liberated from their nomadic past by this ______, which enabled them to find sedentary communities.
Dogs
These were probably the first domesticated animals, followed by livestock. Some animals were used as pack animals.
domestic responsibilities
Women were assigned ________ such as cooking, caring for small animals, and weaving, while men handled farming, hunting, and herding of large animals.
Mesopotamia
_______ was the site of the agricultural revolution, which later spread to Asia and Europe.
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia, or the ________, developed the world鈥檚 first cities, and it is not unexpected that barley and wheat were first produced there.
irrigation and swamp drainage
Around 5000 BCE, there were also the first recorded instances of _________.
Nile River
Since the beginning of time, the ______ has overflowed its banks, bringing water and fertile silt to the long and rich floodplain.
Yellow River valley
Around 10,000 BCE, millet, barley, and other crops were domesticated in China's _________, marking the start of the country's agricultural revolution.
plow
By 3000 BCE, the Chinese had devised the _____.
Iron-clad farming tools
By 400 BCE, the Chinese introduced the ______.
Indus River valley
Before 5000 BCE, there was an agricultural revolution along the __________, where people grew wheat, barley, peas, and other crops.
slash and burn
People simply moved on to new fields after tilling the soil to the point of depletion.
This method is comparable to the "_________" farming that semi-nomadic communities still practice today in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Mexico
Around 5000 BCE, ______ may have seen the start of the Western Hemisphere's agricultural revolution.
maize
beans
squash
three sisters" of the diet
beasts of burden
By 3000 BCE, the donkey, the buffalo, and the camel had all been domesticated as the first _______.
llamas
In South America's Andes Mountains, _____ were used.
Horses
_____ died out early in the Americas and weren't introduced back until after 1500 CE by Europeans, which caused a delay in animal husbandry in this region of the world.
Chinese and the Celts
The horse has been greatly adapted over the ages by people as diverse as the _______.
pull war chariots
The horses were primarily used to _______; later, for cavalry; and not frequently, for agricultural labor.
human diet
Globally, the majority of the ________ is made up of cereal grains, beans, vegetable oils, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, fresh meat on occasion, and fermented drinks made from either grains or fruits.
coarse bread
Cereals were consumed in a variety of ways, but ________ was the primary form in Europe, the Near East, and the Americas.
white bread
In the Roman Empire, _______ made from fine wheat flour without the germ was highly prized.
granary
In 350 BCE, Egypt and North Africa later turned into a *______*for the Mediterranean peoples as a new variety of wheat suitable for such bread was grown there. Fruits and vegetables were consumed locally.
banana
With the introduction of the ________ by the Malay people, Sub-Saharan Africa produced food surpluses.
sugarcane
Since 100 BCE, _________has been grown in India and the East Indies, but its introduction to Europe was delayed until the discovery of a refinement process.
honey and concentrated fruit
Throughout most of the ancient world, _______ were used as sweeteners instead.
America
Today's more popular foods, including tomatoes, potatoes, and peanuts, have their origins in _____.
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