1. Explain to the best of your ability how radiocarbon dating works, and what some of the problems inherent with this type of testing are (pages 94-96)? You might also want to consult wikipedia for help on this one, but please use the book as well.
The way radiocarbon dating works is when an object decays it leave carbon. Carbon has a 'half life' and when using certain isotopes it is compared to another living thing from the current time and is found by the date. The formula that scientist use to find out how old the object is, is t = [ ln (Nf/No) / (-0.693) ] x t1/2
2. These days you can travel to just about any country in the world and find a McDonald’s or a Pizza Hut. Not that you’d want to, but you could. We live in a highly diversified global economy, and the accessibility of a wide variety of foods is consistent across most parts of the planet. However, this was not always true. In the recent past the part of the world you lived in would dictate what foods were available in your diet. According to the table on page 100 - and your general knowledge about the world - what part of the world would you have wanted to live on if you were alive 1,000 years ago?
heres the table i remade
countries r on the left, food is in the middle, and animals r on the right.
southwest asia- wheat, pea, olive sheep, goat
china- rice, millet pig silk worm
mesoamerica- corn, beans, squash turkey
andes and amozonia- potato, manioc llama, guinea, pig
Eastern united states- sunflower, goose foot none
sahel- sorghum, african rice guinea fowl
tropical west africa- african yams, oil palm none
ethiopia- coffee, teff none
new guinea- sugar cane, banana none
western europe- poppy, oat none
indus valley - sesame, eggplant humped cattle
egypt sycamore fig, chufa donkey, cat
I would have wanted to live in southwest asia because it was the most edible stuff in it. I just think it to be edible. I have picky taste.
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