Question 1

Nabta Playa was an important center for prehistoric herders in southern Egypt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Corn, beans, and squash were the major crops to be domesticated in Mexico.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the Middle East, as subsistence economies became more specialized and more dependent on domesticated species, population centers began to emerge that had temples, writing, and canals for irrigating fields.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT domesticated in China?

Accepted Answer

A)  dogs 
B)  millet 
C)  cattle 
D)  cassava 
E)  rice 
A)  dogs 
B)  millet 
C)  cattle 
D)  cassava 
E)  rice

Question 5

Food production was a critical step toward the broad-spectrum revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

There were at least three independent centers of domestication in the New World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Early cultivation began as an attempt to copy, in a less favorable environment, the dense stands of wheat and barley that grew wild in the hilly flanks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Compared to those of wild plants, the seeds of domesticated plants are larger and less likely to shatter and disperse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the name of the wild ancestor of maize?

Accepted Answer

A)  cavia 
B)  teosinte 
C)  guajalote 
D)  elote 
E)  corn 
A)  cavia 
B)  teosinte 
C)  guajalote 
D)  elote 
E)  corn

Question 10

What is a vertical economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  one of the types of segmentary lineage organization found in regions of East Africa 
B)  a system of top-down exchange across regions 
C)  a means of integrating a society based on hereditary inequality and coercion 
D)  a system that exploits environmental zones that contrast with one another in altitude, rainfall, overall climate, and vegetation 
E)  a form of indirect-biased transmission 
A)  one of the types of segmentary lineage organization found in regions of East Africa 
B)  a system of top-down exchange across regions 
C)  a means of integrating a society based on hereditary inequality and coercion 
D)  a system that exploits environmental zones that contrast with one another in altitude, rainfall, overall climate, and vegetation 
E)  a form of indirect-biased transmission

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT domesticated in the eastern United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  corn 
B)  marsh elder 
C)  squash 
D)  sunflower 
E)  goosefoot 
A)  corn 
B)  marsh elder 
C)  squash 
D)  sunflower 
E)  goosefoot

Question 12

Wheels fueled the growth of transport, trade, and travel in the Old World thousands of years after the origin of food production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is a key difference between the food-producing traditions of Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica that helps us understand the subsequent histories in the two regions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Food production occurred as a gradual process in Mesoamerica but was revolutionary in Mesopotamia. 
B)  Food production emerged in Mesoamerica thousands of years prior to when it did in Mesopotamia. 
C)  Large domesticated animals played an important role in Mesopotamia but were absent from Mesoamerica. 
D)  In Mesoamerica, goats, sheep, and pigs were domesticated, but in Mesopotamia only dogs were domesticated. 
E)  Maize was the staple grain in Mesopotamia, whereas the primary grain in Mesoamerica was wheat. 
A)  Food production occurred as a gradual process in Mesoamerica but was revolutionary in Mesopotamia. 
B)  Food production emerged in Mesoamerica thousands of years prior to when it did in Mesopotamia. 
C)  Large domesticated animals played an important role in Mesopotamia but were absent from Mesoamerica. 
D)  In Mesoamerica, goats, sheep, and pigs were domesticated, but in Mesopotamia only dogs were domesticated. 
E)  Maize was the staple grain in Mesopotamia, whereas the primary grain in Mesoamerica was wheat.

Nabta Playa was an important center for prehistoric herders in southern Egypt.

Corn, beans, and squash were the major crops to be domesticated in Mexico.

In the Middle East, as subsistence economies became more specialized and more dependent on domesticated species, population centers began to emerge that had temples, writing, and canals for irrigating fields.

Which of the following was NOT domesticated in China?

Food production was a critical step toward the broad-spectrum revolution.

There were at least three independent centers of domestication in the New World.

Early cultivation began as an attempt to copy, in a less favorable environment, the dense stands of wheat and barley that grew wild in the hilly flanks.

Compared to those of wild plants, the seeds of domesticated plants are larger and less likely to shatter and disperse.

What is the name of the wild ancestor of maize?

What is a vertical economy?

Which of the following was NOT domesticated in the eastern United States?

Wheels fueled the growth of transport, trade, and travel in the Old World thousands of years after the origin of food production.

Which of the following is a key difference between the food-producing traditions of Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica that helps us understand the subsequent histories in the two regions?

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Exam 8: The First Farmers

Nabta Playa was an important center for prehistoric herders in southern Egypt.

Corn, beans, and squash were the major crops to be domesticated in Mexico.

In the Middle East, as subsistence economies became more specialized and more dependent on domesticated species, population centers began to emerge that had temples, writing, and canals for irrigating fields.

Which of the following was NOT domesticated in China?

Food production was a critical step toward the broad-spectrum revolution.

There were at least three independent centers of domestication in the New World.

Early cultivation began as an attempt to copy, in a less favorable environment, the dense stands of wheat and barley that grew wild in the hilly flanks.

Compared to those of wild plants, the seeds of domesticated plants are larger and less likely to shatter and disperse.

What is the name of the wild ancestor of maize?

What is a vertical economy?

Which of the following was NOT domesticated in the eastern United States?

Wheels fueled the growth of transport, trade, and travel in the Old World thousands of years after the origin of food production.

Which of the following is a key difference between the food-producing traditions of Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica that helps us understand the subsequent histories in the two regions?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters