Question
The name of Honduras’ Afro-indigenous Garifuna people was taken from an exonym for the Caribs referring to their consumption of this food. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this starchy tuber that was the main crop of Caribbean peoples such as the Taíno and Arawak prior to colonization.
ANSWER: cassava [or manioc; or yucca]
[10m] Prior to its cultivation in the Caribbean, cassava was first grown in this country where ancient farmers made terra preta soil. Tupi rebellions interfered with harvesting dye-producing wood during this country’s colonial period.
ANSWER: Brazil [or Federative Republic of Brazil]
[10e] In early modern times, cassava became a staple in Africa through a trans-Atlantic exchange named for this explorer who landed in the Bahamas in 1492.
ANSWER: Christopher Columbus [accept Columbian exchange]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 20% | 60% |
Data
| Columbia A | Lehigh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Penn | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton | NYU C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Swarthmore A | University of Delaware B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Maryland | Swarthmore B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |