chapter 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 broad-spectrum revolution | foraging varied plant and animal foods at end of ice age, prelude to neolithic. |
| mesolithic | stone tool making, emphasizing- spectrum economies. |
| neolithic | economies based on food production, cultivating crops and domesticating animals. |
| hilly flanks | woodland zone just north of tigris and euphrates rivers. |
| sedentism | settled sedentary life. |
| natuficans | widespread middle eastern foraging culture. |
| mesoamerica | middle america, including mexico, guatemala, and brazil. |
| maize | corn, first domesticated in tropical southwestern mexico around 8000B.P. |
| manioc | cassava; tuber domesticated in the south american lowlands. |
| teosinte | wild ancestor of maize; grows wild in southwestern mexico. |
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