Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-foraging

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. I

Question 2

Who in Paleolithic society was believed to regularly receive messages from the spirit world?

Accepted Answer

A)  The chief 
B)  The shaman 
C)  The king 
D)  The warriors 
A)  The chief 
B)  The shaman 
C)  The king 
D)  The warriors B

Question 3

Use the following to answer questions :
-horticulture

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. M

Question 4

What were the key features of Paleolithic food attainment and Paleolithic diets?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The Paleol

Question 5

What did humans learn about selective breeding from the domestication of sheep around 9000 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
From obser

Question 6

Neanderthals lived side by side with which of the following for millennia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  Cro-Magnon 
C)  Homo habilis 
D)  Australopithecus 
A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  Cro-Magnon 
C)  Homo habilis 
D)  Australopithecus

Question 7

How is the intellectual and toolmaking superiority of Homo sapiens reflected in Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens travelled farther and crossed bodies of water. 
B)  Homo sapiens travelled primarily along coastlines. 
C)  Homo sapiens travelled faster. 
D)  Homo sapiens often mimicked the routes travelled by Homo erectus. 
A)  Homo sapiens travelled farther and crossed bodies of water. 
B)  Homo sapiens travelled primarily along coastlines. 
C)  Homo sapiens travelled faster. 
D)  Homo sapiens often mimicked the routes travelled by Homo erectus.

Question 8

What did Paleolithic peoples believe about dead members of their kinship groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  That the dead were gone forever 
B)  That deceased family members were still with them 
C)  That the dead became new gods 
D)  That the dead would return one day 
A)  That the dead were gone forever 
B)  That deceased family members were still with them 
C)  That the dead became new gods 
D)  That the dead would return one day

Question 9

Use the following to answer questions :
-shamans

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.

Question 10

Where did the earliest australopithecines live?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern Africa 
B)  Southern and eastern Africa 
C)  Western and northern Africa 
D)  Southern Africa 
A)  Northern Africa 
B)  Southern and eastern Africa 
C)  Western and northern Africa 
D)  Southern Africa

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions :
-domesticated

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.

Question 12

During which of the following periods did the ancestor common to both chimpanzees and humans probably live?

Accepted Answer

A)  3 to 5 million years ago 
B)  5 to 7 million years ago 
C)  10 to 12 million years ago 
D)  12 to 14 million years ago 
A)  3 to 5 million years ago 
B)  5 to 7 million years ago 
C)  10 to 12 million years ago 
D)  12 to 14 million years ago

Question 13

Based on Map 1.2, "The Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism," which of the following regions demonstrated the greatest pastoral diversity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andean Region 
B)  Sahara 
C)  Fertile Crescent 
D)  East Asia 
A)  Andean Region 
B)  Sahara 
C)  Fertile Crescent 
D)  East Asia

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-megafaunal extinction

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.

Question 15

Beginning about 9000 B.C.E., people in the Fertile Crescent began to domesticate what crop?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yams 
B)  Wheat 
C)  Squash 
D)  Rice 
A)  Yams 
B)  Wheat 
C)  Squash 
D)  Rice

Question 16

Why did Neolithic peoples build circular structures?

Accepted Answer

A)  It helped them to predict where best to herd their animals. 
B)  Circular structures were believed to predict the movements of the stars. 
C)  Circular structures were believed to possess magical powers to help people know where to migrate next. 
D)  Priests taught their populations that building large circular structures would ensure a large harvest for years to come. 
A)  It helped them to predict where best to herd their animals. 
B)  Circular structures were believed to predict the movements of the stars. 
C)  Circular structures were believed to possess magical powers to help people know where to migrate next. 
D)  Priests taught their populations that building large circular structures would ensure a large harvest for years to come.

Question 17

What kinds of goods were created and traded at Çatal Hüyük? What do these goods indicate about Neolithic culture?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The people

Question 18

Use the following to answer questions :
-endogamy

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.

Question 19

How did Homo erectus differ from modern humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo erectus had a slightly smaller brain size than modern humans. 
B)  Homo erectus had no capacity for making and using tools. 
C)  Homo erectus lived in larger groups than modern humans. 
D)  Homo erectus shared food preparations and gathering. 
A)  Homo erectus had a slightly smaller brain size than modern humans. 
B)  Homo erectus had no capacity for making and using tools. 
C)  Homo erectus lived in larger groups than modern humans. 
D)  Homo erectus shared food preparations and gathering.

Question 20

Use the following to answer questions :
-Neolithic era

Accepted Answer

A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group. 
A) An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals. 
B) Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
C) Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. 
D) Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits. 
E) Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.

Exam 1: The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

Use the following to answer questions : -foraging

Who in Paleolithic society was believed to regularly receive messages from the spirit world?

Use the following to answer questions : -horticulture

What were the key features of Paleolithic food attainment and Paleolithic diets?

What did humans learn about selective breeding from the domestication of sheep around 9000 B.C.E.?

Neanderthals lived side by side with which of the following for millennia?

How is the intellectual and toolmaking superiority of Homo sapiens reflected in Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras"?

What did Paleolithic peoples believe about dead members of their kinship groups?

Use the following to answer questions : -shamans

Where did the earliest australopithecines live?

Use the following to answer questions : -domesticated

During which of the following periods did the ancestor common to both chimpanzees and humans probably live?

Based on Map 1.2, "The Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism," which of the following regions demonstrated the greatest pastoral diversity?

Use the following to answer questions : -megafaunal extinction

Beginning about 9000 B.C.E., people in the Fertile Crescent began to domesticate what crop?

Why did Neolithic peoples build circular structures?

What kinds of goods were created and traded at Çatal Hüyük? What do these goods indicate about Neolithic culture?

Use the following to answer questions : -endogamy

How did Homo erectus differ from modern humans?

Use the following to answer questions : -Neolithic era

Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 Bce

The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 Ce

Chinas Classical Age, to 221 Bce

The Greek Experience, 3500-30 Bce

The World of Rome, Ca 1000 Bce-400 Ce

East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 Bce-845 Ce

Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250-850

The Islamic World, 600-1400

African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 Bce-1500 Ce

The Americas, 3200 Bce-1500 Ce

Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300-1400

States and Cultures in East Asia, 800-1400

Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800-1450

Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600

The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450-1600

The Islamic World Powers, 1300-1800

European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750

New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790

Africa and the World, 1400-1800

Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800

Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1825

The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760-1850

Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815-1914

Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New Imperialism, 1800-1914

Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914

The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810-1917

World War and Revolution, 1914-1929

Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939

The Great Depression and World War Ii, 1929-1945

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Liberalization, 1968-2000s

The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

20th Century Global Issues and Developments

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