Author Question: Animal domestication was less important in the New World than it was in the Old World because A. ... (Read 21 times)

rl · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Animal domestication was less important in the New World than it was in the Old World because

A. New World peoples did not know how to domesticate animals.
B. Human populations in the New World were quite small, so animal domestication was not necessary.
C. the large-game animals that were hunted during earlier periods either had gone extinct or were not domesticable.
D. wild birds (e.g., turkeys, ducks) already provided enough dietary protein.
E. the New World peoples tried continually to domesticate large animals but were never successful.

Question 2

In relation to the Middle East, food production emerged in the New World about

A. 30,000 to 40,000 years later.
B. 3,000 to 4,000 years later.
C. 30,000 to 40,000 years earlier.
D. 3,000 to 4,000 years earlier.
E. the same time.