Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-Agricultural Revolution

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 2

How did material goods create, define, and perpetuate social hierarchies in Neolithic societies?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The posses

Question 3

Use the following to answer questions :
-hominids

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 4

What effect did the domestication of plants have on human population growth?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The domest

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions :
-Neanderthals

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 6

Where did Homo sapiens first evolve?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Black Sea region 
B)  The Nile Valley 
C)  China 
D)  East Africa 
A)  The Black Sea region 
B)  The Nile Valley 
C)  China 
D)  East Africa

Question 7

Use the following to answer questions :
-Paleolithic 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.

Question 8

Horticulture refers to the growing of plants using what tool?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clubs 
B)  Plows 
C)  Digging sticks 
D)  Sickles 
A)  Clubs 
B)  Plows 
C)  Digging sticks 
D)  Sickles

Question 9

Which of the following is true of Paleolithic mating patterns?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most Paleolithic humans sought mates from outside their kinship groups. 
B)  Mates were usually selected from within the same kinship group. 
C)  Most mates were purchased from a distant tribal group. 
D)  Mates were generally people taken captive in conflict. 
A)  Most Paleolithic humans sought mates from outside their kinship groups. 
B)  Mates were usually selected from within the same kinship group. 
C)  Most mates were purchased from a distant tribal group. 
D)  Mates were generally people taken captive in conflict.

Question 10

Why were better social skills especially important for early human females?

Accepted Answer

A)  They needed help with food gathering. 
B)  They needed help with home building. 
C)  They needed help with attracting a mate. 
D)  They needed help with child rearing. 
A)  They needed help with food gathering. 
B)  They needed help with home building. 
C)  They needed help with attracting a mate. 
D)  They needed help with child rearing.

Question 11

What evidence and characteristics do scientists use to place animals, such as humans, in a particular classification, such as a kingdom, order, or family?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
In order t

Question 12

How did climate affect the development of human cultures during the Ice Age?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Glaciers a

Question 13

How do the footprints pictured in "Fossil Footprints from Laetoli in Tanzania" reflect the belief of many scholars that Australopithecines had short legs and travelled slowly?

Accepted Answer

A)  The uneven depth of the footprints 
B)  The footprints are spaced closely together. 
C)  The directional variation of the footprints 
D)  The relatively small size of some of the footprints 
A)  The uneven depth of the footprints 
B)  The footprints are spaced closely together. 
C)  The directional variation of the footprints 
D)  The relatively small size of some of the footprints

Question 14

What was one of the results of endogamy?

Accepted Answer

A)  An increase in fertility 
B)  A lack of diversity of languages 
C)  The inability of Homo sapiens to mate with one another 
D)  Differences in physical features and spoken language 
A)  An increase in fertility 
B)  A lack of diversity of languages 
C)  The inability of Homo sapiens to mate with one another 
D)  Differences in physical features and spoken language

Question 15

What term is used for the first fully bipedal hominid known to palaeontologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ardipithecus 
B)  Homo habilis 
C)  Australopithecus 
D)  Homo sapiens 
A)  Ardipithecus 
B)  Homo habilis 
C)  Australopithecus 
D)  Homo sapiens

Question 16

What discovery marks the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stone tools 
B)  Religion 
C)  Burial 
D)  Agriculture 
A)  Stone tools 
B)  Religion 
C)  Burial 
D)  Agriculture

Question 17

What is the relationship between pastoralism, disease, and humans?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Pastoralis

Question 18

Historians used to call Paleolithic peoples hunter-gatherers but now prefer the term foragers. What does this terminology shift indicate about Paleolithic peoples' daily lives?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Hunter-gat

Question 19

As Neolithic religious structures became more hierarchical, what was the purpose of the most important religious practice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ensuring military success 
B)  Granting a special skill 
C)  Foretelling the future 
D)  Ensuring fertility 
A)  Ensuring military success 
B)  Granting a special skill 
C)  Foretelling the future 
D)  Ensuring fertility

Question 20

For what did Neolithic peoples use obsidian?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was melted to construct plow blades. 
B)  It was used to make knives and blades. 
C)  It was easily carved into storage jars. 
D)  It was woven into carpets to make them stronger. 
A)  It was melted to construct plow blades. 
B)  It was used to make knives and blades. 
C)  It was easily carved into storage jars. 
D)  It was woven into carpets to make them stronger.

Exam 1: The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

Use the following to answer questions : -Agricultural Revolution

How did material goods create, define, and perpetuate social hierarchies in Neolithic societies?

Use the following to answer questions : -hominids

What effect did the domestication of plants have on human population growth?

Use the following to answer questions : -Neanderthals

Where did Homo sapiens first evolve?

Use the following to answer questions : -Paleolithic era

Horticulture refers to the growing of plants using what tool?

Which of the following is true of Paleolithic mating patterns?

Why were better social skills especially important for early human females?

What evidence and characteristics do scientists use to place animals, such as humans, in a particular classification, such as a kingdom, order, or family?

How did climate affect the development of human cultures during the Ice Age?

How do the footprints pictured in "Fossil Footprints from Laetoli in Tanzania" reflect the belief of many scholars that Australopithecines had short legs and travelled slowly?

What was one of the results of endogamy?

What term is used for the first fully bipedal hominid known to palaeontologists?

What discovery marks the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic?

What is the relationship between pastoralism, disease, and humans?

Historians used to call Paleolithic peoples hunter-gatherers but now prefer the term foragers. What does this terminology shift indicate about Paleolithic peoples' daily lives?

As Neolithic religious structures became more hierarchical, what was the purpose of the most important religious practice?

For what did Neolithic peoples use obsidian?

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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