USABO EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Culture - Made up of rituals, language, customs, beliefs, clothing, food, thoughts, and
values.
Hominids' first cultural act - Approximately 2 million years ago, tool making.
Separation between Prehistory and History - Occurred about 5,000 years ago with the
invention of writing.
Agriculture's impact - Allowed humans to produce surplus food, leading to labor
specialization.
Top 3 nonperishable storable cereal grains - Corn, Rice, Wheat.
Average % of annual income spent on food in U.S. households - Approximately 10%.
1st major cash crop in the American Deep South - Cotton (~1700 - 1800).
2nd major cash crop in the American Deep South - Tobacco (~1800 - 1900).
Domestication of Potatoes - Began ~8,000 years ago in modern-day Peru.
Global population lactose intolerance - Approximately 66% are lactose-intolerant.
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Cultural difference in personal space - Americans demand much more personal space
than Latinos.
Agricultural commodities at the heart of Food Politics - Non-perishable storable grain
crops.
Biased advertising - Advertising used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point
of view is called propaganda.
Treating an animal with an antibiotic after symptoms - Known as treating therapeutically.
Crops labeled as ORGANIC - Are not necessarily pesticide-free.
Natural disaster causing the DUST BOWL - Drought conditions.
First conscious cultural act of Hominids - Tool making.
Separation between Prehistory and History - Invention of writing.
Agriculture's creation - Surplus food and labor specialization.
Major cash crop in the American Deep South - Cotton.
Second major cash crop in the American Deep South - Tobacco.
Domestication of Potatoes location - Peru.
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