How Did the Process of Domestication Differ Between Mesoamerica and the Fertile

question 22

Multiple Choice

How did the process of domestication differ between Mesoamerica and the Fertile Crescent?

• A) In Mesoamerica, seminomadic hunting and gathering persisted long after people first domesticated plants.
• B) In Mesoamerica, the first domesticated plants were dietary staples.
• C) In the Fertile Crescent, people maintained a nomadic lifestyle because their main domesticates were herd animals.
• D) In the Fertile Crescent, people shifted completely from gathering wild foods to depending on domesticated foods within only a few decades.

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