In the Americas,maize (Corn)

question 22

Multiple Choice

In the Americas,maize (corn)

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

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