Question 1

Term for identification: Hominid

Accepted Answer

The term "hominid" refers to any member

Question 2

Which of the following was true of the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) The development of agriculture usually occurred over a 50 to 100 year period. 
B) Agriculture first emerged in the Near East and then gradually spread into Asia and Africa. 
C) Food production developed independently in at least seven separate areas at about the same time. 
D) People began to use agricultural practices in northern China much earlier than in West Africa. 
E) Every society of people in the world had now experienced a true food-production lifeway. 
A) The development of agriculture usually occurred over a 50 to 100 year period. 
B) Agriculture first emerged in the Near East and then gradually spread into Asia and Africa. 
C) Food production developed independently in at least seven separate areas at about the same time. 
D) People began to use agricultural practices in northern China much earlier than in West Africa. 
E) Every society of people in the world had now experienced a true food-production lifeway.

Question 3

All of the changes listed below would be associated with physical changes in hominids during the Paleolithic Age EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) sharper eyesight. 
B) shorter arms. 
C) larger hips. 
D) larger skulls. 
E) sharper sense of smell. 
A) sharper eyesight. 
B) shorter arms. 
C) larger hips. 
D) larger skulls. 
E) sharper sense of smell.

Question 4

What does the intentional use of fire indicate?

Accepted Answer

A) a manipulation of the environment 
B) a change in the food that was eaten 
C) a reliance on agriculture 
D) a social organization 
E) a change in global climate 
A) a manipulation of the environment 
B) a change in the food that was eaten 
C) a reliance on agriculture 
D) a social organization 
E) a change in global climate

Question 5

Term for identification: Holocene Era

Accepted Answer

The Holocene Era is the current geologic

Question 6

As the Paleolithic Age came to an end, what happened to the tendency for humans to move from place to place in a nomadic lifestyle?

Accepted Answer

A) It strengthened. 
B) It weakened. 
C) It disappeared altogether. 
D) It replaced all other lifestyles. 
E) It took place seasonally. 
A) It strengthened. 
B) It weakened. 
C) It disappeared altogether. 
D) It replaced all other lifestyles. 
E) It took place seasonally.

Question 7

Before the beginning of the historical period, humans had accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) created art forms. 
B) mastered agriculture. 
C) developed religions. 
D) made tools. 
E) developed written language. 
A) created art forms. 
B) mastered agriculture. 
C) developed religions. 
D) made tools. 
E) developed written language.

Question 8

Which of the following was necessary for Neolithic populations to grow?

Accepted Answer

A) more women than men 
B) domesticated draft animals 
C) intensive dependable food production 
D) use of fire and stone tools 
E) domesticated draft animals and use of fire and stone tools 
A) more women than men 
B) domesticated draft animals 
C) intensive dependable food production 
D) use of fire and stone tools 
E) domesticated draft animals and use of fire and stone tools

Question 9

Term for identification:  ​Homo sapiens

Accepted Answer

The term "Homo sapiens" is the scientifi

Question 10

The use of iron had all of the following effects EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) changing warfare. 
B) bringing new areas of land into cultivation. 
C) creating more durable tools. 
D) creating art forms. 
E) providing a cheaper alternative material. 
A) changing warfare. 
B) bringing new areas of land into cultivation. 
C) creating more durable tools. 
D) creating art forms. 
E) providing a cheaper alternative material.

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Neolithic religions?

Accepted Answer

A) natural phenomena that they could not control 
B) participation in rituals and sacrifices 
C) spiritual leaders to communicate with supernatural forces 
D) only males could communicate with the gods 
E) gods and spirits could assume human and animal forms 
A) natural phenomena that they could not control 
B) participation in rituals and sacrifices 
C) spiritual leaders to communicate with supernatural forces 
D) only males could communicate with the gods 
E) gods and spirits could assume human and animal forms

Question 12

Term for identification: Linguistic history

Accepted Answer

The term "linguistic history" refers to

Question 13

Which of the following groups would NOT have been a member of an agrarian society?

Accepted Answer

A) religious leaders 
B) merchants 
C) artisans 
D) slaves 
E) ruling elites 
A) religious leaders 
B) merchants 
C) artisans 
D) slaves 
E) ruling elites

Question 14

Which of the following specialists is essential to understanding ancient writing?

Accepted Answer

A) paleoanthropologists 
B) paleoenvironmentalists 
C) paleographers 
D) linguists 
E) geneticists 
A) paleoanthropologists 
B) paleoenvironmentalists 
C) paleographers 
D) linguists 
E) geneticists

Question 15

Which of the following would be associated with the Neolithic Age?

Accepted Answer

A) hunting mammoth and gathering grasses 
B) living in caves and painting horses 
C) primarily scavenging for food 
D) choosing livestock specifically for breeding 
E) devising new tools for a specific task 
A) hunting mammoth and gathering grasses 
B) living in caves and painting horses 
C) primarily scavenging for food 
D) choosing livestock specifically for breeding 
E) devising new tools for a specific task

Question 16

The study of past cultures and civilizations through an examination of their artifacts, or anything made by humans, is known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The study of past cultures and civilizations...

Exam 1: The Earliest Human Societies

Term for identification: Hominid

Which of the following was true of the Neolithic Revolution?

All of the changes listed below would be associated with physical changes in hominids during the Paleolithic Age EXCEPT

What does the intentional use of fire indicate?

Term for identification: Holocene Era

As the Paleolithic Age came to an end, what happened to the tendency for humans to move from place to place in a nomadic lifestyle?

Before the beginning of the historical period, humans had accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following was necessary for Neolithic populations to grow?

Term for identification: ​Homo sapiens

The use of iron had all of the following effects EXCEPT

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Neolithic religions?

Term for identification: Linguistic history

Which of the following groups would NOT have been a member of an agrarian society?

Which of the following specialists is essential to understanding ancient writing?

Which of the following would be associated with the Neolithic Age?

The study of past cultures and civilizations through an examination of their artifacts, or anything made by humans, is known as ____________________.

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

Central Asia and Indias Beginnings

New Civilizations and Empires in Western and Central Asia

Ancient China to 221 Bce

The Settlement of the Americas and the Pacific Islands

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800-100 Bce

Rome From City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 Bce -800 Ce

Iran, India, and Global Trade

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa From Axum to 1400

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

The European Middle Ages, C 800-1500

The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance

A Larger World Opens

Religious Divisions and Political Consolidation in Europe

The Gunpowder Empires of Western and Southern Asia

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China From the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan and Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The Early Industrial Revolution

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

Advanced Industrial Society

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America From Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and Its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africas Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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Term for identification: Homo sapiens