Question 1

Animal domestication led to humans becoming able to digest which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Milk 
B)  Meat 
C)  Grain 
D)  Minerals 
A)  Milk 
B)  Meat 
C)  Grain 
D)  Minerals

Question 2

Paleolithic humans may have encouraged the growth of new plants by doing what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Planting seeds 
B)  Hunting large game 
C)  Harvesting crops 
D)  Setting fires 
A)  Planting seeds 
B)  Hunting large game 
C)  Harvesting crops 
D)  Setting fires

Question 3

How did the amount of labor required for horticulture compare to that for foraging?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horticulture required less time and labor than foraging. 
B)  Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging. 
C)  Horticulture required the same amount of time and labor as foraging. 
D)  Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging, but only during harvesting season. 
A)  Horticulture required less time and labor than foraging. 
B)  Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging. 
C)  Horticulture required the same amount of time and labor as foraging. 
D)  Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging, but only during harvesting season.

Question 4

According to Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras," low sea levels were likely what enabled Homo sapiens to migrate into which part of the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  North America 
B)  South America 
C)  Europe 
D)  Northern Asia 
A)  North America 
B)  South America 
C)  Europe 
D)  Northern Asia

Question 5

In most Neolithic communities, which group of people were the first to work out written codes of law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Craftsmen 
B)  Priests 
C)  Warriors 
D)  Farmers 
A)  Craftsmen 
B)  Priests 
C)  Warriors 
D)  Farmers

Question 6

What are some of the theories about gender relationships in Paleolithic societies? What changed in those relationships in the Neolithic period? What kinds of evidence are used in supporting or arguing against these theories?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Studies of

Question 7

What major climate change occurred about 15,000 years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temperatures warmed and glaciers melted. 
B)  Monsoon patterns began. 
C)  Temperatures became slightly colder. 
D)  El Nino wind patterns first developed. 
A)  Temperatures warmed and glaciers melted. 
B)  Monsoon patterns began. 
C)  Temperatures became slightly colder. 
D)  El Nino wind patterns first developed.

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions :
-social hierarchies

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 9

Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature?

Accepted Answer

A)  The close proximity of the pits in relation to one another 
B)  The uneven depth of the pits 
C)  The relatively small number of pits 
D)  The existence of storage pits 
A)  The close proximity of the pits in relation to one another 
B)  The uneven depth of the pits 
C)  The relatively small number of pits 
D)  The existence of storage pits

Question 10

What was one of the shaman's primary duties?

Accepted Answer

A)  Healing the sick 
B)  Leading the war band 
C)  Harvesting crops 
D)  Leading building projects 
A)  Healing the sick 
B)  Leading the war band 
C)  Harvesting crops 
D)  Leading building projects

Question 11

The natural herding instinct of what animal paved the way for pastoralism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pigs 
B)  Yaks 
C)  Humans 
D)  Sheep 
A)  Pigs 
B)  Yaks 
C)  Humans 
D)  Sheep

Question 12

How did early Homo erectus spread out of East Africa into other parts of the world? Where did they go, and how early did they reach those places?

Accepted Answer

Answer:5 million years ago. These migrat

Question 13

Which of the following skills did Homo sapiens acquire around 25,000 years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  The capacity to weave cloth 
B)  The capacity to make tools from stone 
C)  The capacity to domesticate sheep 
D)  The capacity to use fire for warmth 
A)  The capacity to weave cloth 
B)  The capacity to make tools from stone 
C)  The capacity to domesticate sheep 
D)  The capacity to use fire for warmth

Question 14

What are the advantages and disadvantages to Homo sapiens in having a larger forebrain?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Having a l

Question 15

Which of the following is evidence that Neanderthals understood death to have significance?

Accepted Answer

A)  They drew pictures of the dead on walls. 
B)  They buried the dead with symbolic objects. 
C)  They wrote stories about the meaning of death. 
D)  They built large funerary monuments. 
A)  They drew pictures of the dead on walls. 
B)  They buried the dead with symbolic objects. 
C)  They wrote stories about the meaning of death. 
D)  They built large funerary monuments.

Question 16

Which of the following was an important feature of the houses of Çatal Hüyük?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were constructed without roofs. 
B)  Elites lived in round houses with two doors. 
C)  They were made of mud brick. 
D)  They were spaced far apart to combat disease. 
A)  They were constructed without roofs. 
B)  Elites lived in round houses with two doors. 
C)  They were made of mud brick. 
D)  They were spaced far apart to combat disease.

Question 17

Use the following to answer questions :
-patriarchy

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 18

The burial sites of Paleolithic humans reveal that they believed that all things and natural occurrences had which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Meaning 
B)  Economic value 
C)  Danger 
D)  Spirits 
A)  Meaning 
B)  Economic value 
C)  Danger 
D)  Spirits

Question 19

What kinds of religious rituals did Neolithic people develop? Who performed them?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Neolithic

Question 20

What term describes a crop that has been modified by selective breeding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trained 
B)  Marketed 
C)  Domesticated 
D)  Husbanded 
A)  Trained 
B)  Marketed 
C)  Domesticated 
D)  Husbanded

Exam 1: The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

Animal domestication led to humans becoming able to digest which of the following?

Paleolithic humans may have encouraged the growth of new plants by doing what?

How did the amount of labor required for horticulture compare to that for foraging?

According to Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras," low sea levels were likely what enabled Homo sapiens to migrate into which part of the world?

In most Neolithic communities, which group of people were the first to work out written codes of law?

What are some of the theories about gender relationships in Paleolithic societies? What changed in those relationships in the Neolithic period? What kinds of evidence are used in supporting or arguing against these theories?

What major climate change occurred about 15,000 years ago?

Use the following to answer questions : -social hierarchies

Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature?

What was one of the shaman's primary duties?

The natural herding instinct of what animal paved the way for pastoralism?

How did early Homo erectus spread out of East Africa into other parts of the world? Where did they go, and how early did they reach those places?

Which of the following skills did Homo sapiens acquire around 25,000 years ago?

What are the advantages and disadvantages to Homo sapiens in having a larger forebrain?

Which of the following is evidence that Neanderthals understood death to have significance?

Which of the following was an important feature of the houses of Çatal Hüyük?

Use the following to answer questions : -patriarchy

The burial sites of Paleolithic humans reveal that they believed that all things and natural occurrences had which of the following?

What kinds of religious rituals did Neolithic people develop? Who performed them?

What term describes a crop that has been modified by selective breeding?

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

Review

Liberalization, 1968-2000s

The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

20th Century Global Issues and Developments

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