1st Edition
IE 116: Plants and Civilizations (GT-SS3)
School: Colorado State University- Fort Collins (CSU )
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Pages: 13Covering information from lecture 21 - 27. Some of the questions include the scientific names, so I'd suggest you pay attention to the names of certain alkaloids and chemical composition. -
Pages: 5This lecture goes into 4 tree products: Cork, Maple Syrup, Paper, and Palm Oil. It explains how each are made, where whey are grown, and provides some statistics on the use and progression of them all. It also includes the risks and solution to some of those risks. -
Pages: 4This lectures goes through all of the different fibers used in history and currently. As well as the natural vs industrial side of cotton. -
Pages: 4This lecture covers the Poppy flower and how it is udes to get opium. it covers the use of Opium in history as well as how it's uses have greatly changed as humans have gained knowledge about its addictive compounds. -
Pages: 4The two main types of weeds, invasive versus Exotic, and The steps a plant must take to become invasive. -
Pages: 3The traditional uses of the coca leaf and the current/past uses of cocaine, even in Coca-Cola. -
Pages: 3This goes through all of the different occurrences with the psychoactive plants used as drugs. It goes through Depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and deliriums. It then covers these drug's roles in History. -
Pages: 2The multiple reasons for poisons, be it for insects, for other humans, or for hunting. Then some information on accidental poisonings. -
Pages: 1533 questions from the lecture that may help study for the questions on the exam. -
Pages: 4The 4 techniques of discovering the medicinal properties of plants, bio prospecting, bio piracy, and the issues with bio piracy. -
Pages: 3This 2 part course covers the basics of ethnobotany and the early uses of plants in early civilizations. -
Pages: 5A general understanding of the two main types of tea and the differences between those, a description of the health benefits, and an understanding of the teas we drink today! -
Pages: 4A description of all the lovely things about coffee from its growth, to the parts of it's fruit, the pests of coffee, and the health advantages of drinking it! -
Pages: 4Understanding chocolate, how it's made from the cacao bean, where the bean can grow, and it's importance through history. Then a quick little rundown on the 4 main theories of why chocolate is so addictive. -
Pages: 4A description of the smelling biology of humans, and the three necessary characteristics of a chemical for us to smell it. Then the scent biology of plants. A explanation of how scent is connected to memory and emotional behavior, and the Proustian effect. Then an overview of scent marketing, from the major scent markets, to the pros and cons of scent marketing. -
Pages: 3A great description of the different types of pollination that occurs in nature with flowers. Also a lovely explanation of pollination syndrome through multiple animals. -
Pages: 7Questions on the potato, flowers, tulips, orchids, cinnamon and saffron as well as their adulterated stages, pepper, spice popularity, apples, bananas, seedling apples, the reproductive habits of all the fruits we've spoken of, and farming techniques. There are also questions at the bottom that one should know well before taking the test just in case that is the question you get. -
Pages: 5A description of flowers, tulips and orchids in particular. This goes into depth about the history of both flowers, their reproduction practices, and the mania that both of these flowers caused in the Victorian Era and the 1800s. -
Pages: 3Cinnamon from all over the world and the difference between True Cinnamon and adulterated cinnamon. Saffron and it's true versus adulterated form. Historical use of Saffron and it's replacing of Poppy's (Opium). -
Pages: 5Early history of spice and it's trade route, it's meaning and its value through time. Facts on pepper and it's variants. Then 4 theories on why spices may have been so valuable. -
Pages: 3Bananas!! Some understanding in Banana economics and it's history. Explanation on why there is only one type of banana and the dangers that accompany it. As well as a description of how bananas reproduce, especially because they are all sterile. And a small side note on radioactivity. -
Pages: 3Introduction to apples and how they have had a large influence on American culture. Explanations of their reproduction process, where they came from, and importantly how they help your health. -
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Pages: 8Multiple questions from the lecture notes that will help with the exam. The questions are not from the exam, these are simply notes turned into questions from the lectures. -
Pages: 2Potato numbers and biology, how it reproduces, and some information of how it became so popular.