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

Which of the following was not associated with the advent of pottery?​

The world's oldest shoe was found in a cave complex in southern Armenia dating back 6,100 years ago. What else was found in the same cave complex?​

The fertility rate of farming populations over foraging ones tended to __________.​

Which of the following became an ideal type of plant for domestication?​

Many of the early animal domesticates migrated seasonally.​

People managed food scarcity during the Paleolithic by incorporating less favored food into their diet and increased the variety of food they ate.​

Smallpox was originally acquired from ______________ (which animal?).​

Breast-feeding an infant is a biologically designed action that suppresses __________.​

The type of crops that are highly productive but also very unstable are _______________.​

When applied to the Neolithic period, the idea of progress:​

Grain farming is also known as vegeculture.​

What is diffusion? Define this concept and give two examples.​

Some 35,000 years ago, our ancestors learned that heating clay to high temperatures allowed it to harden substantially. Many years later, using this earlier knowledge, our ancestors invented pottery. Pottery is classified as a:​

What is the difference between a primary innovation and a secondary innovation?​

Not only crops, but also languages spread through diffusion from one group to another.​

Even though farming results in an abundant amount of food, crops are unstable and more susceptible to some diseases, viruses, bacteria, or fungi that could wipe out entire fields because of their genetic uniformity.​

Which of the following is not an animal that was first domesticated in the area of modern-day Mexico?​

What crop tool did the Natufians use prior to the beginnings of domestication?​

Which of the following is believed to be the earliest plant domesticate in Southeast Asia?​

The history of food is interesting. Food constitutes much of our individual and national identity. However, prior to colonialism and globalization and the general connectedness of the world today, some cuisines were very different from their more recent historical traditions. For example, one is often hard-pressed to think of Italian cuisine without tomatoes. Describe the contributions that indigenous peoples have made to our cuisine today.​