Question 1

Most of the crops that formed the subsistence base of the European Neolithic were:

Accepted Answer

A)  indigenous to Europe 
B)  indigenous to the Middle East 
C)  indigenous to Africa 
D)  not food crops but producers of fibers and dyes 
A)  indigenous to Europe 
B)  indigenous to the Middle East 
C)  indigenous to Africa 
D)  not food crops but producers of fibers and dyes

Question 2

Based on current evidence, when were plants first domesticated in the New World:

Accepted Answer

A)  10,000-8,000 years ago 
B)  about 4,700 years ago 
C)  3,000 years ago 
D)  1,200 years ago 
A)  10,000-8,000 years ago 
B)  about 4,700 years ago 
C)  3,000 years ago 
D)  1,200 years ago

Question 3

The oldest evidence for domesticated corn is about how old:

Accepted Answer

A)  6,235 years 
B)  4,700 years 
C)  2,700 years 
D)  1,700 years 
A)  6,235 years 
B)  4,700 years 
C)  2,700 years 
D)  1,700 years

Question 4

The domestication of animals occurred independently in which world areas:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Middle East, East Asia 
B)  the Middle East, East Asia, Mesoamerica 
C)  the Middle East, East Asia, Mesoamerica, North America 
D)  the Middle East, East Asia, Mesoamerica, North America, Africa 
A)  the Middle East, East Asia 
B)  the Middle East, East Asia, Mesoamerica 
C)  the Middle East, East Asia, Mesoamerica, North America 
D)  the Middle East, East Asia, Mesoamerica, North America, Africa

Question 5

The littoral adaptational focus in post-Pleistocene South America was on the resources of the:

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A)  mountains 
B)  coast 
C)  deserts 
D)  river valleys 
A)  mountains 
B)  coast 
C)  deserts 
D)  river valleys

Question 6

The Pleistocene ended and the Holocene began:

Accepted Answer

A)  10,000 years ago 
B)  20,000 years ago 
C)  30,000 years ago 
D)  100,000 years ago 
A)  10,000 years ago 
B)  20,000 years ago 
C)  30,000 years ago 
D)  100,000 years ago

Question 7

The first agricultural societies in America north of Mexico had as their subsistence base:

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A)  the Mesoamerican domesticates: maize (corn), beans, and squash 
B)  domesticated llama and alpaca 
C)  local crops including squash, sunflower, marsh elder, and goosefoot 
D)  ulluco, jícama, maca, and manioc 
A)  the Mesoamerican domesticates: maize (corn), beans, and squash 
B)  domesticated llama and alpaca 
C)  local crops including squash, sunflower, marsh elder, and goosefoot 
D)  ulluco, jícama, maca, and manioc

Question 8

Rice is clearly the most significant food crop to come from Asia. The archaeology of rice shows that:

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A)  it achieved a level of pre-eminence right from the beginning of the Neolithic in eastern Asia, at about 8,500 years ago 
B)  when it makes its first appearance, it is a minor part of the diet and remains so for a couple of thousand years 
C)  it was not domesticated in China but, rather, was domesticated in southeast Asia in Thailand, at the beginning of the Neolithic and moves north into China a couple of thousand years later 
D)  rice was first domesticated in Japan and diffused across the land bridge that connected Japan and China at the end of the Pleistocene 
A)  it achieved a level of pre-eminence right from the beginning of the Neolithic in eastern Asia, at about 8,500 years ago 
B)  when it makes its first appearance, it is a minor part of the diet and remains so for a couple of thousand years 
C)  it was not domesticated in China but, rather, was domesticated in southeast Asia in Thailand, at the beginning of the Neolithic and moves north into China a couple of thousand years later 
D)  rice was first domesticated in Japan and diffused across the land bridge that connected Japan and China at the end of the Pleistocene

Question 9

How can we explain the fact that, in a recent study of Natufian and Neolithic skeletons, the longevity of men increased as a result of the agricultural revolution while the longevity of women decreased?

Accepted Answer

The transition from a hunter-gatherer li

Question 10

Describe the process of artificial selection?

Accepted Answer

Artificial selection is the process by w

Question 11

Describe the Mesolithic of southeast Asia.

Accepted Answer

The Mesolithic period, also known as the

Question 12

Ice cores taken in Greenland indicate that, between 10,300 and 10,100 years ago, the world experienced:

Accepted Answer

A)  a sudden and dramatic return to colder temperatures during a period of warming 
B)  rapid sea level rise and resulting catastrophic flooding of coastal regions 
C)  massive volcanic activity and a resulting "nuclear winter" 
D)  all of the above 
A)  a sudden and dramatic return to colder temperatures during a period of warming 
B)  rapid sea level rise and resulting catastrophic flooding of coastal regions 
C)  massive volcanic activity and a resulting "nuclear winter" 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

What does the attempted domestication of the fox tell us about the process of domestication in antiquity?

Accepted Answer

The attempted domestication of the fox t

Question 14

In the case of the domesticated dog, the characteristic ancient people selected for initially seems to have been:

Accepted Answer

A)  smaller size 
B)  a longer coat 
C)  more palatable meat 
D)  larger size 
A)  smaller size 
B)  a longer coat 
C)  more palatable meat 
D)  larger size

Question 15

Archaeologist T. Douglas Price estimates that individual cultural regions or territories in the Upper Paleolithic of northern Europe cover areas of about 100,000 km2. Compared to this, individual cultural regions in the Mesolithic of northern Europe are:

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A)  about half as big (50,000 km2) 
B)  twice as large (200,000 km2) 
C)  one tenth the size (10,000 km2) 
D)  one one-hundredth the size (1,000km2) 
A)  about half as big (50,000 km2) 
B)  twice as large (200,000 km2) 
C)  one tenth the size (10,000 km2) 
D)  one one-hundredth the size (1,000km2)

Question 16

Carbon isotope analysis of human remains in Great Britain show a:

Accepted Answer

A)  slow shift in diet to a reliance on cereal grasses after 5,000 years ago 
B)  slow shift in diet to a reliance on tubers after 5,000 years ago 
C)  rapid shift in diet to a reliance on cereal grasses beginning 5,200 years ago 
D)  rapid shift in diet to a reliance on fish and meat beginning 5,200 years ago 
A)  slow shift in diet to a reliance on cereal grasses after 5,000 years ago 
B)  slow shift in diet to a reliance on tubers after 5,000 years ago 
C)  rapid shift in diet to a reliance on cereal grasses beginning 5,200 years ago 
D)  rapid shift in diet to a reliance on fish and meat beginning 5,200 years ago

Question 17

Evidence indicates that the banana was domesticated where:

Accepted Answer

A)  South America 
B)  New Guinea 
C)  southeast Asia 
D)  Polynesia 
A)  South America 
B)  New Guinea 
C)  southeast Asia 
D)  Polynesia

Question 18

Subsistence in the European Mesolithic is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  an intensive focus on just a few extremely rich food sources 
B)  an extremely broad food base including small mammals, fish, birds, and plant foods 
C)  the corralling of wild animals, the first step toward their domestication 
D)  fishing 
A)  an intensive focus on just a few extremely rich food sources 
B)  an extremely broad food base including small mammals, fish, birds, and plant foods 
C)  the corralling of wild animals, the first step toward their domestication 
D)  fishing

Question 19

The development of domesticated crops in the Middle East occurred during a period of:

Accepted Answer

A)  colder and drier conditions 
B)  tropical conditions 
C)  glaciation to the north 
D)  desertification 
A)  colder and drier conditions 
B)  tropical conditions 
C)  glaciation to the north 
D)  desertification

Question 20

While in the Old World many animal species were domesticated in the post-Pleistocene, in the New World very few were domesticated. The most significant of these in South America were the:

Accepted Answer

A)  peccary (pig) and giant armadillo 
B)  horse and sheep 
C)  llama and alpaca 
D)  reindeer and pig 
A)  peccary (pig) and giant armadillo 
B)  horse and sheep 
C)  llama and alpaca 
D)  reindeer and pig

Most of the crops that formed the subsistence base of the European Neolithic were:

Based on current evidence, when were plants first domesticated in the New World:

The oldest evidence for domesticated corn is about how old:

The domestication of animals occurred independently in which world areas:

The littoral adaptational focus in post-Pleistocene South America was on the resources of the:

The Pleistocene ended and the Holocene began:

The first agricultural societies in America north of Mexico had as their subsistence base:

Rice is clearly the most significant food crop to come from Asia. The archaeology of rice shows that:

How can we explain the fact that, in a recent study of Natufian and Neolithic skeletons, the longevity of men increased as a result of the agricultural revolution while the longevity of women decreased?

Describe the process of artificial selection?

Describe the Mesolithic of southeast Asia.

Ice cores taken in Greenland indicate that, between 10,300 and 10,100 years ago, the world experienced:

What does the attempted domestication of the fox tell us about the process of domestication in antiquity?

In the case of the domesticated dog, the characteristic ancient people selected for initially seems to have been:

Archaeologist T. Douglas Price estimates that individual cultural regions or territories in the Upper Paleolithic of northern Europe cover areas of about 100,000 km². Compared to this, individual cultural regions in the Mesolithic of northern Europe are:

Carbon isotope analysis of human remains in Great Britain show a:

Evidence indicates that the banana was domesticated where:

Subsistence in the European Mesolithic is characterized by:

The development of domesticated crops in the Middle East occurred during a period of:

While in the Old World many animal species were domesticated in the post-Pleistocene, in the New World very few were domesticated. The most significant of these in South America were the:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The Human Lineage

The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

An Explosion of Complexity: North America

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Exam 8: After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution

Most of the crops that formed the subsistence base of the European Neolithic were:

Based on current evidence, when were plants first domesticated in the New World:

The oldest evidence for domesticated corn is about how old:

The domestication of animals occurred independently in which world areas:

The littoral adaptational focus in post-Pleistocene South America was on the resources of the:

The Pleistocene ended and the Holocene began:

The first agricultural societies in America north of Mexico had as their subsistence base:

Rice is clearly the most significant food crop to come from Asia. The archaeology of rice shows that:

How can we explain the fact that, in a recent study of Natufian and Neolithic skeletons, the longevity of men increased as a result of the agricultural revolution while the longevity of women decreased?

Describe the process of artificial selection?

Describe the Mesolithic of southeast Asia.

Ice cores taken in Greenland indicate that, between 10,300 and 10,100 years ago, the world experienced:

What does the attempted domestication of the fox tell us about the process of domestication in antiquity?

In the case of the domesticated dog, the characteristic ancient people selected for initially seems to have been:

Archaeologist T. Douglas Price estimates that individual cultural regions or territories in the Upper Paleolithic of northern Europe cover areas of about 100,000 km2. Compared to this, individual cultural regions in the Mesolithic of northern Europe are:

Carbon isotope analysis of human remains in Great Britain show a:

Evidence indicates that the banana was domesticated where:

Subsistence in the European Mesolithic is characterized by:

The development of domesticated crops in the Middle East occurred during a period of:

While in the Old World many animal species were domesticated in the post-Pleistocene, in the New World very few were domesticated. The most significant of these in South America were the:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The Human Lineage

The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

An Explosion of Complexity: North America

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Archaeologist T. Douglas Price estimates that individual cultural regions or territories in the Upper Paleolithic of northern Europe cover areas of about 100,000 km². Compared to this, individual cultural regions in the Mesolithic of northern Europe are: