Question 1

Which language group first originated in sub-Saharan Africa and then diffused?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Swahili 
B) ​Bantu 
C) ​Arabic 
D) ​Slavic 
A) ​Swahili 
B) ​Bantu 
C) ​Arabic 
D) ​Slavic

Question 2

During the Neolithic, the earth's environment became substantially colder.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The average birth spacing interval for hunters and gatherers is:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​4 to 5 years 
B) ​3 to 4 years 
C) ​2 to 3 years 
D) ​1 to 2 years 
A) ​4 to 5 years 
B) ​3 to 4 years 
C) ​2 to 3 years 
D) ​1 to 2 years

Question 4

The domestication of plants began as early in the Americas as it did in other regions of the world.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The hunter-gatherer birth spacing interval is primarily the result of:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​high infant mortality rate 
B) ​nutritional stress 
C) ​contraceptive practices 
D) ​breastfeeding and child-rearing techniques 
A) ​high infant mortality rate 
B) ​nutritional stress 
C) ​contraceptive practices 
D) ​breastfeeding and child-rearing techniques

Question 6

Not every domesticated plant is genetically different from its wild counterpart.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Food foragers may avoid food production simply because of the increased workload associated with this system.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Among which cultural group practicing traditional forms of subsistence would you expect the longest period of breast-feeding?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Amish agriculturalists 
B) ​Ju/'hoansi hunters and gatherers 
C) ​Persian pastoralists 
D) ​London industrialists 
A) ​Amish agriculturalists 
B) ​Ju/'hoansi hunters and gatherers 
C) ​Persian pastoralists 
D) ​London industrialists

Question 9

What is the meaning of joint attention, and how does this apply to humans and dogs?​

Accepted Answer

Joint attention is associated

Question 10

Stress lines on human long bones (such as on the leg) are called __________.​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stress lines on human long bones (such...

Question 11

The human management of flocks shielded sheep from the effects of:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​natural selection 
B) ​disease and malnutrition 
C) ​changing climate 
D) ​predation by wild animals 
A) ​natural selection 
B) ​disease and malnutrition 
C) ​changing climate 
D) ​predation by wild animals

Question 12

Pointing has a particular significance to humans and dogs because it expresses:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​joint attention, the ability to share awareness on a visual target 
B) ​attentive order, the ability to force attention away from one's person 
C) ​coevolution, as it is something that happens to all human pets 
D) ​cohabitation, as both humans and dogs seek out pointing as a way of disciplining 
A) ​joint attention, the ability to share awareness on a visual target 
B) ​attentive order, the ability to force attention away from one's person 
C) ​coevolution, as it is something that happens to all human pets 
D) ​cohabitation, as both humans and dogs seek out pointing as a way of disciplining

Question 13

Which of the following is an effective mutagenic agent that could have affected the course toward plant domestication among the Natufians?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​wind 
B) ​snow 
C) ​water 
D) ​fire 
A) ​wind 
B) ​snow 
C) ​water 
D) ​fire

Question 14

Enamel hypoplasia indicates:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​arrested growth caused by famine 
B) ​high levels of nutrition 
C) ​increasing calcium consumption 
D) ​consumption of soft foods 
A) ​arrested growth caused by famine 
B) ​high levels of nutrition 
C) ​increasing calcium consumption 
D) ​consumption of soft foods

Question 15

Anthropologists Melvin Konner and Marjorie Shostak and physician Boyd Eaton have suggested the "Paleolithic prescription," that people's health will improve if they return to a lifestyle for which their body is adapted.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ethnographic data show that the switch from food gathering to food production led to a(n) (increase/decrease) _______________ in work hours.​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Ethnographic data show that the switch from...

Question 17

Agriculture commonly involves use of all of the following except:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​plows 
B) ​irrigation 
C) ​fertilizer 
D) ​digging sticks 
A) ​plows 
B) ​irrigation 
C) ​fertilizer 
D) ​digging sticks

Question 18

How did people manage food scarcity during the Paleolithic?​

Accepted Answer

Whenever their favored sources

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Food foraging populations tend to have higher rates of fertility compared to farming populations. 
B) ​Farming populations tend to have higher rates of fertility compared to food foragers. 
C) ​Food foragers and farming populations have a very similar fertility rate. 
D) ​Fertility rates for food foragers and farming populations is not currently known. 
A) ​Food foraging populations tend to have higher rates of fertility compared to farming populations. 
B) ​Farming populations tend to have higher rates of fertility compared to food foragers. 
C) ​Food foragers and farming populations have a very similar fertility rate. 
D) ​Fertility rates for food foragers and farming populations is not currently known.

Question 20

Jared Diamond argues that domestication is not unique to humans because in the American tropics a species of ______________ also creates the conditions for domestication when they grow fungi in their nests.​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Jared Diamond argues that domestication is not...

Which language group first originated in sub-Saharan Africa and then diffused?

During the Neolithic, the earth's environment became substantially colder.

The average birth spacing interval for hunters and gatherers is:

The domestication of plants began as early in the Americas as it did in other regions of the world.

The hunter-gatherer birth spacing interval is primarily the result of:

Not every domesticated plant is genetically different from its wild counterpart.

Food foragers may avoid food production simply because of the increased workload associated with this system.

Among which cultural group practicing traditional forms of subsistence would you expect the longest period of breast-feeding?

What is the meaning of joint attention, and how does this apply to humans and dogs?

Stress lines on human long bones (such as on the leg) are called __________.

The human management of flocks shielded sheep from the effects of:

Pointing has a particular significance to humans and dogs because it expresses:

Which of the following is an effective mutagenic agent that could have affected the course toward plant domestication among the Natufians?

Enamel hypoplasia indicates:

Anthropologists Melvin Konner and Marjorie Shostak and physician Boyd Eaton have suggested the "Paleolithic prescription," that people's health will improve if they return to a lifestyle for which their body is adapted.

Ethnographic data show that the switch from food gathering to food production led to a(n) (increase/decrease) _______________ in work hours.

Agriculture commonly involves use of all of the following except:

How did people manage food scarcity during the Paleolithic?

Which of the following statements is true?

Jared Diamond argues that domestication is not unique to humans because in the American tropics a species of ______________ also creates the conditions for domestication when they grow fungi in their nests.

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Living Primates

Human Evolution

The Emergence of Cities and States

Modern Human Diversity Race and Racism

The Characteristics of Culture

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Sex Marriage and Family

Kinship and Other Forms of Grouping

Politics Power and Violence

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Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 5: The Neolithic Revolution the Domestication of Plants and Animals

Which language group first originated in sub-Saharan Africa and then diffused?​

During the Neolithic, the earth's environment became substantially colder.​

The average birth spacing interval for hunters and gatherers is:​

The domestication of plants began as early in the Americas as it did in other regions of the world.​

The hunter-gatherer birth spacing interval is primarily the result of:​

Not every domesticated plant is genetically different from its wild counterpart.​

Food foragers may avoid food production simply because of the increased workload associated with this system.​

Among which cultural group practicing traditional forms of subsistence would you expect the longest period of breast-feeding?​

What is the meaning of joint attention, and how does this apply to humans and dogs?​

Stress lines on human long bones (such as on the leg) are called __________.​

The human management of flocks shielded sheep from the effects of:​

Pointing has a particular significance to humans and dogs because it expresses:​

Which of the following is an effective mutagenic agent that could have affected the course toward plant domestication among the Natufians?​

Enamel hypoplasia indicates:​

Anthropologists Melvin Konner and Marjorie Shostak and physician Boyd Eaton have suggested the "Paleolithic prescription," that people's health will improve if they return to a lifestyle for which their body is adapted.​

Ethnographic data show that the switch from food gathering to food production led to a(n) (increase/decrease) _______________ in work hours.​

Agriculture commonly involves use of all of the following except:​

How did people manage food scarcity during the Paleolithic?​

Which of the following statements is true?​

Jared Diamond argues that domestication is not unique to humans because in the American tropics a species of ______________ also creates the conditions for domestication when they grow fungi in their nests.​

Thinking and Doing Anthropology

Biology Genetics and Evolution

Living Primates

Human Evolution

The Emergence of Cities and States

Modern Human Diversity Race and Racism

The Characteristics of Culture

Language and Communication

Social Identity Personality and Gender

Subsistence and Exchange

Sex Marriage and Family

Kinship and Other Forms of Grouping

Politics Power and Violence

Spirituality and Religion

Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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Which language group first originated in sub-Saharan Africa and then diffused?

During the Neolithic, the earth's environment became substantially colder.

The average birth spacing interval for hunters and gatherers is:

The domestication of plants began as early in the Americas as it did in other regions of the world.

The hunter-gatherer birth spacing interval is primarily the result of:

Not every domesticated plant is genetically different from its wild counterpart.

Food foragers may avoid food production simply because of the increased workload associated with this system.

Among which cultural group practicing traditional forms of subsistence would you expect the longest period of breast-feeding?

What is the meaning of joint attention, and how does this apply to humans and dogs?

Stress lines on human long bones (such as on the leg) are called __________.

The human management of flocks shielded sheep from the effects of:

Pointing has a particular significance to humans and dogs because it expresses:

Which of the following is an effective mutagenic agent that could have affected the course toward plant domestication among the Natufians?

Enamel hypoplasia indicates:

Anthropologists Melvin Konner and Marjorie Shostak and physician Boyd Eaton have suggested the "Paleolithic prescription," that people's health will improve if they return to a lifestyle for which their body is adapted.

Ethnographic data show that the switch from food gathering to food production led to a(n) (increase/decrease) _______________ in work hours.

Agriculture commonly involves use of all of the following except:

How did people manage food scarcity during the Paleolithic?

Which of the following statements is true?

Jared Diamond argues that domestication is not unique to humans because in the American tropics a species of ______________ also creates the conditions for domestication when they grow fungi in their nests.