Correct. The answer is b. Corn spread from its origins in central Mexico throughout the Western Hemisphere because it was adaptable to many different conditions, and because it offered ancient Americans high levels of nutrients.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Corn spread from its origins in central Mexico throughout the Western Hemisphere because it was adaptable to many different conditions, and because it offered ancient Americans high levels of nutrients.

Correct. The answer is d. Corn was incredibly important for the survival of ancient Americans, which is illustrated through language: the word maize (which most of the world calls corn) is derived from the Taino Indian word mahiz, or “life-giver.”

Incorrect. The answer is d. Corn was incredibly important for the survival of ancient Americans, which is illustrated through language: the word maize (which most of the world calls corn) is derived from the Taino Indian word mahiz, or “life-giver.”

Correct. The answer is a. The first Europeans who tried corn did not find it to be an appetizing food to eat. However, after they began grinding corn into a meal, they found it more appealing, and created foods like hominy, grits, and corn bread.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The first Europeans who tried corn did not find it to be an appetizing food to eat. However, after they began grinding corn into a meal, they found it more appealing, and created foods like hominy, grits, and corn bread.

Correct. The answer is b. This essay argues that “about a fourth of the American corn crop is used to make ethanol fuel, a product that reduces American dependence on foreign sources of oil.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. This essay argues that “about a fourth of the American corn crop is used to make ethanol fuel, a product that reduces American dependence on foreign sources of oil.”

Correct. The answer is c. This essay demonstrates how the domestication and cultivation of corn by ancient Americans turned a simple grass into a nutritionally rich crop that sustained Native Americans, Euro-Americans, and, eventually, many different people around the world.

Incorrect. The answer is c. This essay demonstrates how the domestication and cultivation of corn by ancient Americans turned a simple grass into a nutritionally rich crop that sustained Native Americans, Euro-Americans, and, eventually, many different people around the world.