Which of the following best defines horticulture as it was first developed by Neolithic peoples?
a. complex grafting of crops to produce new species of grains
b. gathering of cereal grains from wild fields
c. growing of crops with simple tools and methods
d. three-field crop rotation
e. migration to find new foods in the winter months
c
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Women performed all of the following functions in colonial America except which one?
a. Women helped organize many of the church's social and other functions. b. Women taught their daughters how to sew, weave, and spin. c. They served as deacons and elders in most Protestant churches. d. They could supplement family income by running their own businesses.
Looking at Map 12.2, "The Spread of Islam, 10th–16th Centuries," which of these was true of the Muslim world in 1500?
A) It was losing its dominance of trade networks by 1300. B) It was being supplanted by European traders by 1500. C) It was isolated from the Christian world. D) It covered most of a global trading network.
Which of the following was a part of Carter's foreign policy?
A) He called for the end of apartheid in South Africa. B) He retained control of the Panama Canal. C) He called for racial segregation in American public transportation. D) He fought against the rise of communism in China. E) He signed the SALT II agreement with China.
In the late fifteenth century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred in part by
A. the expansion of feudalism. B. the declining political power of many monarchs. C. a desire to escape the Black Death. D. significant population growth. E. the absence of a merchant class.