Which pair of grains was first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia?

The Yangtze River lowlands were an early hearth for which crop?

Early farmers on the North China Plain and in the Yangtze River lowlands both grew grain. How did farming in the northern hearth differ?

Which crop trio belongs to the Mesoamerican highland hearth?

Which foods were first domesticated in the Andean highlands of South America?

Which animal was first domesticated in the Indus region, at early farming sites such as Mehrgarh?

Which pair is linked to the Ethiopian highland hearth?

Which domesticates fit the tropical Southeast Asian and New Guinea hearth?

Archaeologists find charred wheat and barley grains in early villages of the Levant. What hearth is described?

Ancient wet-field remains in the river lowlands of central and eastern China contain domesticated rice. What hearth is described?

Early maize cobs, beans, and squash seeds are found in dry highland valleys south of the Rio Grande. What hearth is described?

Excavations near Lake Titicaca show early potato, quinoa, and camelid use. What hearth is described?

Cotton fibers and seeds appear at early Harappan sites. Which hearth do they point to?

Use the map. Which crops were first domesticated in the shaded highland hearth?

Domesticated broomcorn millet and soybeans appear in early settlements near the Yellow River. What hearth is described?

Early taro gardens and banana cultivation point to which hearth?

Use the map. Which domesticates are linked to the shaded hearth and arrow?

Use the map. Which crop package spread from the shaded hearth?

Use the map. What domesticates fit the shaded highland hearth and its arrow?

Use the map. Which crop spread from a river-basin hearth in the shaded country along the route shown toward Korea and Japan?

Use the map. Which domesticates best match the northern hearth in the shaded country, where the route shown begins?

Use the map. Which early crop is most associated with the shaded Indus region?

Use the map. What hearth is shown by the shaded upland area in northeastern Africa?

Before farming, many groups hunted game and gathered wild plants while moving seasonally. About when did people in the Fertile Crescent begin planting crops and herding animals?

A village produces more grain than it needs for immediate meals. What social change did this surplus help support?

How did domestication change human relationships with plants and animals?

Early farming families needed to tend fields, guard stored grain, and share water sources. What settlement pattern did early farming encourage?

Why could farming support higher population densities than foraging in many regions?

What new concern became more important when families depended on planted fields and managed herds?

Which change belongs to the First Agricultural Revolution rather than the Second Agricultural Revolution?