The Origins of Agriculture Test Questions
Agriculture= applied animal and plant sciences
Horticulture= “garden cultivation”
**“Icultures”
olericulture= vegetables viticulture= grapes enology= wine and wine making floriculture= flowers arboriculture= urban trees pomology= fruit
Top Sellers:
Fruit= grapes (wine, juices)
Vegetables= Irish potatoes (chips, fries)
In the world of horticulture, California is the number one grower
Georgia horticulture:
**first in greens and pecans third in blueberries fourth in fresh vegetable production and watermelons fourth in pecans
**Pecan competition:
Texas
New Mexico
Maine and Michigan have very large blueberry crops
**We are fourth in fresh vegetables because we are in the south (good climate), we are on the east coast near big cities, and Florida productions are decreasing
Many Florida farmers are moving to Georgia
Origins of Agriculture
In the beginning…
Early humans depending on hunting/ gathering
Intentional planting of crops: 10-15,000 BC
Arose around the 8 centers of origin
Started with adapted wild plants
Allowed for settlements and increases in rates of “advancement” in civilization
From Hunter/Gatherer to Horticulturist to Agriculturalist
Neolithic Age (around 8,000 BC)
Changes to crops
Shattering ability in grains
Potato tubers borne close to plant
Thin vs. thick shells in nuts
The wild mustard lead to: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale, kohlrabi
Corn: many people believe that corn is a hybrid
We can trace the history of horticulture back to Egypt in 2000 BC
Early horticulturalists:
**Theophrastus= wrote important books on plants, earliest known systematic author
Discoirides= medical botanist, De Materia Medica
Pliny the Elder= Historia Naturalis
Historical Agriculture through the Roman Period
Roughly defined as 2500 BC-500
Trade in wine and olive oil mentioned in Egyptian Records
Dates/ flags important source of sugar in Near East
Common spun in India 2000 BC
Linen and silk in 2nd
Horticulture= “garden cultivation”
**“Icultures”
olericulture= vegetables viticulture= grapes enology= wine and wine making floriculture= flowers arboriculture= urban trees pomology= fruit
Top Sellers:
Fruit= grapes (wine, juices)
Vegetables= Irish potatoes (chips, fries)
In the world of horticulture, California is the number one grower
Georgia horticulture:
**first in greens and pecans third in blueberries fourth in fresh vegetable production and watermelons fourth in pecans
**Pecan competition:
Texas
New Mexico
Maine and Michigan have very large blueberry crops
**We are fourth in fresh vegetables because we are in the south (good climate), we are on the east coast near big cities, and Florida productions are decreasing
Many Florida farmers are moving to Georgia
Origins of Agriculture
In the beginning…
Early humans depending on hunting/ gathering
Intentional planting of crops: 10-15,000 BC
Arose around the 8 centers of origin
Started with adapted wild plants
Allowed for settlements and increases in rates of “advancement” in civilization
From Hunter/Gatherer to Horticulturist to Agriculturalist
Neolithic Age (around 8,000 BC)
Changes to crops
Shattering ability in grains
Potato tubers borne close to plant
Thin vs. thick shells in nuts
The wild mustard lead to: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale, kohlrabi
Corn: many people believe that corn is a hybrid
We can trace the history of horticulture back to Egypt in 2000 BC
Early horticulturalists:
**Theophrastus= wrote important books on plants, earliest known systematic author
Discoirides= medical botanist, De Materia Medica
Pliny the Elder= Historia Naturalis
Historical Agriculture through the Roman Period
Roughly defined as 2500 BC-500
Trade in wine and olive oil mentioned in Egyptian Records
Dates/ flags important source of sugar in Near East
Common spun in India 2000 BC
Linen and silk in 2nd