In the Americas, Maize (Corn)

question 32

Multiple Choice

In the Americas, maize (corn)

• A) replaced beans as the foundation of the native diet.
• B) could support a family of four for a year.
• C) was, along with chiles and pumpkins, one of the earliest cultivated foods.
• D) became domesticated at Tehuacán, near modern Mexico City, about 1500 B.C.E.
• E) was cultivated in pits dug into the ground.

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