THESE HUMAN ANCESTORS WERE MAINLY HERBIVORES THAT ATE SOFT FRUITS FROM TREES. THE EARLIEST FOSSILS OF THESE PRIMATES WERE FOUND IN SPAIN 12MYA
WHAT ARE HOMINIDS OR GREAT APES?
100
THIS RIVER RUNS THROUGH INDIA AND THE EARLY CIVILIVATION HERE GAVE US SUCH FOOD FIRSTS AS TURNING SUGARCANE INTO SUGAR AND THE FIRST PLOWED FIELD.
WHAT IS THE INDUS RIVER?
100
THIS GOD WAS THE KING OF THE ROMAN GODS, PRESIDING OVER THEM WITH HIS WIFE, JUNO
WHO IS JUPITER?
100
LEGEND HAS IT THAT THIS POPULAR DRINK WAS FIRST DISCOVERED AFTER GOATS ATE THE BERRIES AND BECAME HYPERACTIVE
WHAT IS COFFEE?
200
THIS SEA WAS THE CENTER OF THE ANCIENT WORLD AND ACTUALLY MEANS "MIDDLE EARTH"
WHAT IS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
200
THIS TYPE OF SOCIETY WAS BASED UPON WOMEN COLLECTING FOOD AND REARING CHILDREN AND MEN LEAVING HOME TO HUNT ANIMALS BY FOLLOWING THEM TO THEIR FOOD SOURCES
WHAT IS HUNTER GATHERER SOCIETY?
200
THIS RIVER RUNS THROUGH EGYPT, IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD, AND WAS CONSIDERED THE GIVER OF LIFE BY ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
WHAT IS THE NILE RIVER?
200
THIS GODDESS OF THE HARVEST GAVE US OUR WORD FOR GRAIN, CEREAL
WHO IS CERES?
200
THE BARBARIANS THAT INVADED WESTERN EUROPE PREFERRED TO DRINK THIS INSTEAD OF WINE
WHAT IS BEER?
300
THIS TERM, WHICH MEANS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS, WAS IMPORTANT IN ANCIENT GREECE BECAUSE THE MOUNTAINOUS GEOGRAPHY MADE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
WHAT IS XENIA?
300
BEFORE THE INVENTION OF POTTERY IN 10,000 BC, FOOD WAS BOILED IN THESE
WHAT ARE MOLLUSK SHELLS OR ANIMAL SKINS?
300
THE LAND THAT RUNS BETWEEN THESE TWO RIVERS WAS CALLED THE FERTILE CRESCENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE CENTER FOR ANCIENT FARMING AND CULTIVATION IN MESOPOTAMIA (WHICH MEANS LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS)
WHAT ARE THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS?
300
THIS ROMAN GOD OF WINE GAVE US THE TERM BACCHANALIA, WHICH MEANS A WILD, DRUNKEN ORGY
WHO IS BACCHUS?
300
THIS FUNGUS WAS FOUND ON DARK BREAD AND SICKENED MANY PEOPLE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
WHAT IS ERGOT?
400
SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF ALL GROWING THINGS AND THE LEGEND OF WINTER IS BASED AROUND HER SADNESS AFTER PERSHOPHONE, HER DAUGHTER, WAS ABDUCTED BY HADES
WHO IS DEMETER?
400
THIS WAS THE FIRST TYPE OF COOKING IN WHICH FOOD WAS PLACED IN A HOLE AND COVERED WITH EMBERS
WHAT IS PIT ROASTING?
400
THIS RIVER RUNS THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA AND WAS THE SITE OF MANY ANCIENT POPULATIONS SUCH AS THE MARAJOARA
WHAT IS THE AMAZON RIVER?
400
THIS ROMAN GODDESS OF LOVE WAS MARRIED TO VULCAN, WHO GAVE US OUR WORD FOR ERUPTING MOUNTAIN- VOLCANO
WHO IS VENUS?
400
THIS TERM MEANS MEAT THAT WAS KILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MUSLIM DIETRY LAWS
WHAT IS HALAL?
500
THIS MEETING OF MEN COULD TAKE PLACE TO CELEBRATE A SPECIAL PUBLIC EVENT, TO MAKE A POLITICAL DECISION OR TO THANK THE GODS FOR A VICTORY IN THE GAMES
WHAT IS THE SYMPOSIUM?
500
THESE TWO SURVIVAL ADAPTATIONS ALLOWED HUMANS TO SURVIVE AND FLOURISH OVER TIME
WHAT ARE TRIPLING OF BRAIN SIZE AND STANDING UPRIGHT?
500
AGRICULTURE IN CHINA DEVELOPED ON THIS RIVER'S FLOODPLAIN; THE CHINESE CULTIVATED MILLET FIRST HERE
WHAT IS THE YELLOW OR HUANG HE RIVER?
500
THE GREEK COUNTERPART OF THIS GODDESS WAS ATHENA, THE GODDESS OF WISDOM AND THE OLIVE
WHO IS MINERVA?
500
THIS WHITE FOOD WAS MADE FROM PUREED ALMONDS AND WAS CONSIDERED THE PERFECT FOOD BECAUSE IT BALANCED THE FOUR HUMORS