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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Potatoes today are descended from the center of _________ in the Andean altiplano, where wild ancestors grew them.
(a) Plain land.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Diversity.

2. _______ became a new capital for marijuana cultivation during the American drug war of the nineties.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Paris.

3. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.
(a) John Chapman.
(b) William Jones.
(c) Phil Forsline.
(d) John Calhoun.

4. ____________ were the ones who seized land from the Irish, causing them to have meager plots of arable land on which to grow.
(a) Spanish.
(b) English Celts.
(c) Roundheads.
(d) Greeks.

5. Instead of wind and water moving genetic material around, the emerging plants were now enlisting the help of ______.
(a) Viruses.
(b) Animals.
(c) Mold.
(d) Bacteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.

2. Goats are associated with the discovery of _____, when it was observed they became frisky after eating the red berries.

3. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.

4. _______ is the name of the black version of the tulip and is as close to black as a flower gets.

5. According to the book, the plants that form flowers and then encased seeds are known as ______.

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