Question 1

What is the greatest threat today to the cave art from the Ice Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  time 
B)  weather 
C)  humans 
D)  erosion 
A)  time 
B)  weather 
C)  humans 
D)  erosion

Question 2

From what part of the world does the oldest evidence for Homo sapiens come?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethiopia 
B)  China 
C)  South Africa 
D)  Australia 
A)  Ethiopia 
B)  China 
C)  South Africa 
D)  Australia

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT used for applying pigments in cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

A)  bone 
B)  wood 
C)  animal hair 
D)  stones 
A)  bone 
B)  wood 
C)  animal hair 
D)  stones

Question 4

The size of Ice Age communities was largely determined by

Accepted Answer

A)  the resources of the area. 
B)  the number of predators within an area. 
C)  the types of tools that were available. 
D)  the number of men compared with women in a community. 
A)  the resources of the area. 
B)  the number of predators within an area. 
C)  the types of tools that were available. 
D)  the number of men compared with women in a community.

Question 5

Why have excavations at Monte Verde caused some scholars to believe that people may have entered the Americas much earlier than is generally thought?

Accepted Answer

A)  because the archaeological find dates to around 20,000 years ago, and it is close to where humans are thought to have first entered the Americas 
B)  because it is the most carefully excavated and studied archaeological site in North America 
C)  because of the date of the archaeological find and its location 
D)  because those scholars have failed to understand the real significance of the excavations 
A)  because the archaeological find dates to around 20,000 years ago, and it is close to where humans are thought to have first entered the Americas 
B)  because it is the most carefully excavated and studied archaeological site in North America 
C)  because of the date of the archaeological find and its location 
D)  because those scholars have failed to understand the real significance of the excavations

Question 6

Although about 100,000 years ago Homo sapiens began spreading across the globe,it appears that significant changes in how Homo sapiens lived and organized themselves only date to the end of the last major Ice Age,between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago.Write an essay that explains these changes.

Accepted Answer

The end of the last major Ice Age, betwe

Question 7

Homo erectus lived approximately

Accepted Answer

A)  4.5 million years ago. 
B)  2.5 million years ago. 
C)  1.5 million years ago. 
D)  30,000 years ago. 
A)  4.5 million years ago. 
B)  2.5 million years ago. 
C)  1.5 million years ago. 
D)  30,000 years ago.

Question 8

What types of physical advantages enabled early humans to adapt to their environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  excellent senses of sight and smell 
B)  physical strength superior to their predators 
C)  an ability to sweat profusely to stay cool 
D)  a natural ability to climb trees 
A)  excellent senses of sight and smell 
B)  physical strength superior to their predators 
C)  an ability to sweat profusely to stay cool 
D)  a natural ability to climb trees

Question 9

How do paleoanthropologists attempt to define what a human being is? How are human beings similar to and different from other species?

Accepted Answer

Paleoanthropologists attempt to define w

Question 10

What was the purpose of art during the Ice Age and what did these works thought to symbolize? How were paintings made during the Ice Age,and what sorts of things appeared in them?

Accepted Answer

During the Ice Age, the purpose of art w

Question 11

How does our understanding of what it is to be human shape our understanding of the later course of history?

Accepted Answer

Our understanding of what it means to be

Question 12

How did most people acquire food during the Ice Age? How did their nutrition compare with modern diets?

Accepted Answer

During the Ice Age, most people acquired

Question 13

Neanderthals lived alongside Homo sapiens for thousands of years

Accepted Answer

A)  and had larger brains than humans. 
B)  and evidence indicates they interbred with humans. 
C)  but could not communicate because Neanderthals had smaller brains than Homo sapiens. 
D)  and are known to have regularly fought one another. 
A)  and had larger brains than humans. 
B)  and evidence indicates they interbred with humans. 
C)  but could not communicate because Neanderthals had smaller brains than Homo sapiens. 
D)  and are known to have regularly fought one another.

Question 14

The world began to emerge from the last Ice Age approximately

Accepted Answer

A)  5,000 years ago. 
B)  15,000 years ago. 
C)  25,000 years ago. 
D)  35,000 years ago. 
A)  5,000 years ago. 
B)  15,000 years ago. 
C)  25,000 years ago. 
D)  35,000 years ago.

Question 15

Which of the following enabled Inuit hunters to hunt effectively in the hostile environment of the Arctic winter?

Accepted Answer

A)  improved boats 
B)  improved hunting gear 
C)  improved clothing 
D)  improved lamps 
A)  improved boats 
B)  improved hunting gear 
C)  improved clothing 
D)  improved lamps

Question 16

The commonly recurring mark that looks like a P is thought to stand for

Accepted Answer

A)  a favored animal. 
B)  a powerful male. 
C)  a woman. 
D)  a symbol for a calendar. 
A)  a favored animal. 
B)  a powerful male. 
C)  a woman. 
D)  a symbol for a calendar.

Question 17

Outside of Europe,cave paintings have also been found in

Accepted Answer

A)  China. 
B)  East Africa. 
C)  South America. 
D)  Australia. 
A)  China. 
B)  East Africa. 
C)  South America. 
D)  Australia.

Question 18

The first colonizers of Australia arrived by

Accepted Answer

A)  20,000 years ago. 
B)  50,000 years ago. 
C)  100,000 years ago. 
D)  150,000 years ago. 
A)  20,000 years ago. 
B)  50,000 years ago. 
C)  100,000 years ago. 
D)  150,000 years ago.

Question 19

How was ochre used in burial rituals?

Accepted Answer

A)  only in male burials 
B)  for magical purposes 
C)  as a means of preserving the body 
D)  only in female burials 
A)  only in male burials 
B)  for magical purposes 
C)  as a means of preserving the body 
D)  only in female burials

Question 20

What were the social consequences of human migrations? How did the challenge of new environments influence human groups in different places?

Accepted Answer

The social consequences of human migrati

Exam 1: Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

What is the greatest threat today to the cave art from the Ice Age?

From what part of the world does the oldest evidence for Homo sapiens come?

Which of the following was NOT used for applying pigments in cave paintings?

The size of Ice Age communities was largely determined by

Why have excavations at Monte Verde caused some scholars to believe that people may have entered the Americas much earlier than is generally thought?

Although about 100,000 years ago Homo sapiens began spreading across the globe,it appears that significant changes in how Homo sapiens lived and organized themselves only date to the end of the last major Ice Age,between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago.Write an essay that explains these changes.

Homo erectus lived approximately

What types of physical advantages enabled early humans to adapt to their environment?

How do paleoanthropologists attempt to define what a human being is? How are human beings similar to and different from other species?

What was the purpose of art during the Ice Age and what did these works thought to symbolize? How were paintings made during the Ice Age,and what sorts of things appeared in them?

How does our understanding of what it is to be human shape our understanding of the later course of history?

How did most people acquire food during the Ice Age? How did their nutrition compare with modern diets?

Neanderthals lived alongside Homo sapiens for thousands of years

The world began to emerge from the last Ice Age approximately

Which of the following enabled Inuit hunters to hunt effectively in the hostile environment of the Arctic winter?

The commonly recurring mark that looks like a P is thought to stand for

Outside of Europe,cave paintings have also been found in

The first colonizers of Australia arrived by

How was ochre used in burial rituals?

What were the social consequences of human migrations? How did the challenge of new environments influence human groups in different places?

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The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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