Lecture 2

Question 1

What is the gene bank?

Answer 1

A building to keep a copy of all seeds worldwide

Question 2

what is domestication?

Answer 2

Adapting wild plants and animals for human use.

Question 3

Crops with origins in the Fertile Crescent

Answer 3

Lentil, chickpea, Pea’s, and Flax.

Question 4

What type of society were humans?

Answer 4

Hunter-gatherers

Question 5

Crops have originated from three large independent centres:

Answer 5

1. ) Nearest/ Africa
2. ) China/ Southeast Asia
3. ) Southern Mexico/ South America