A _____________ is a variety of plant that was developed by farmers over many years. These plants are
typically well adapted to the region they were grown. - correct answer ✔✔landrace
What are the 3 things that makes a good crop? - correct answer ✔✔resistant to pests
easy to harvest
edible or useful in someway
From the millets to sugarcane reading. Wild soybeans were a creeping vine plant with __________
colored seeds. This is vastly different from what the current varieties look like, - correct answer ✔✔black
From the millets to sugarcane reading. What is the most likely situation for the domestication of rice in
Asia, if it was similar to African domestication of ride? - correct answer ✔✔the rice would have been
domesticated in the savanna regions first
From the millets to sugarcane reading, _____________ is a crop that was actively grown as a crop even
before rice was domesticated in SE Asia. This plant is a modified stem crop that is grown in wet/flooded
fields. Terraces were built that could be flooded via canals. - correct answer ✔✔taro
Where is the center of origin?
Cowpea - correct answer ✔✔Africa
Where is the center of origin?
Cassava - correct answer ✔✔South America
Where is the center of origin?
Soybean - correct answer ✔✔China
Where is the center of origin?
, Wheat - correct answer ✔✔Near East
Where is the center of origin?
Mustards - correct answer ✔✔Mediterranean
Where is the center of origin?
Fieldbeans - correct answer ✔✔Mesoamerica
What three crops make up 60% of the global calories? - correct answer ✔✔rice
corn
wheat
What is the scientific name of peanut? - correct answer ✔✔Arachis hypogaea
What type of endosperm does flour corn have? - correct answer ✔✔Starchy
What is the scientific name of grain sorghum? - correct answer ✔✔Sorghum bicolor
What is a wild relative of corn? - correct answer ✔✔teosinte
What is the scientific name of wheat? - correct answer ✔✔Triticum aestivum
What is the scientific name of cassava? - correct answer ✔✔Manihot esculenta
What is the scientific name of corn (maize)? - correct answer ✔✔Zea mays
What is the scientific name of rice? - correct answer ✔✔Oryza sativa
Rice is a ___________ crop and can be planted by ____________. - correct answer ✔✔C3
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