Exam 7: Why Did Humans Settle Down, Build Cities, and Establish States

Compared with wild wheat, domesticated wheat has a larger seed head.

The production of amounts of food that exceed the basic subsistence needs of the population is called

A modern multiple strand theory of domestication will include the local effects of climate, environment, and social organization.

Archaeologists are coming to agree that domestication was everywhere invented by

Which of the following is NOT evidence for animal domestication?

The Inka Empire differed from the earlier Chimú culture because it was based in

Which period of history began with the domestication of plants 10,300 years ago, and is referred to as the "New Stone Age"?

A population is living off a secure subsistence base, eating plants and animals caught by hunting, fishing, and gathering. The population expands, and as it does, it puts pressure on the resource base, forcing people to eat "third-choice" foods, especially grains. They discovered that the grain responded to human efforts to increase yields, and came to rely increasingly on it. This scenario would fit best with which of the following theories of agricultural development?

The earliest evidence for goat herding is about

Archaeologists digging at a site in southwest Asia find a series of burials that differ in size, construction, and the quantity of objects found in each. The archaeologists might conclude that the society responsible for the burials was

The first evidence of the cultural tradition called the Natufian is found at about how many years before the present?

Which of the following characteristics is NOT desirable in an animal if domestication is the goal?

The appearance of domesticated plants is taken to be the end of one great cultural period and the beginning of another. The period that ENDS with the beginning of domestication is called the

A conflict among scholars concerning domestication centers on

A society in which one person and his relatives have privileged access to wealth, power, and prestige is called a

A consequence of domestication us a decline in quality of diet.

Objects buried with a corpse are known as

The process of increasingly permanent human habitation in one place is called

Which of the following is archaeological evidence for social complexity?

The sum of all the natural selection pressures to which a population is exposed is referred to as a(n)