View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.
(a) Potato.
(b) Apple.
(c) Rose.
(d) Marijuana.

2. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.
(a) Co-emergence.
(b) Co-occurence.
(c) Co-dependence.
(d) Co-evolution.

3. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The thirty mile run.
(b) The apple run.
(c) The coffee sack run.
(d) The barefoot run.

4. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Guide.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Medicine man.
(d) Hunter.

5. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.
(a) Periodically.
(b) Sexually.
(c) Daily.
(d) Asexually.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny Appleseed was known to use a _________ in order to transport his seeds across the water.

2. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.

3. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

4. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.

5. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 238 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample