Question 1

Foraging produces cultures that are

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A)  almost indistinguishable from one another. 
B)  as different from one another as those of agrarian societies. 
C)  very different from one another, but less so than those of agrarian societies. 
D)  successful only in places with ecosystems that humans could easily dominate. 
A)  almost indistinguishable from one another. 
B)  as different from one another as those of agrarian societies. 
C)  very different from one another, but less so than those of agrarian societies. 
D)  successful only in places with ecosystems that humans could easily dominate. C

Question 2

The significance of Zhoukhoudian Cave is

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A)  that it provides early evidence for the use of fire. 
B)  that it provides evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. 
C)  that it is the earliest site in the New World inhabited by humans. 
D)  that it provides the earliest evidence for human burial ritual. 
A)  that it provides early evidence for the use of fire. 
B)  that it provides evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. 
C)  that it is the earliest site in the New World inhabited by humans. 
D)  that it provides the earliest evidence for human burial ritual. A

Question 3

What is the dominant theory regarding the peopling of the Americas? Explain at least one alternative theory.

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The dominant theory regarding the peopling of the Americas is the Bering Land Bridge theory, also known as the "Clovis First" theory. This theory suggests that the first humans to populate the Americas migrated from Asia to North America across a land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska during the last Ice Age. These early migrants are believed to have then spread throughout the Americas, eventually reaching as far south as South America.

An alternative theory to the Bering Land Bridge theory is the Coastal Migration theory. This theory proposes that the first humans to populate the Americas traveled along the Pacific coast by boat, hugging the shoreline and utilizing marine resources as they made their way south. Proponents of this theory argue that this coastal route would have provided a more hospitable and resource-rich environment for early migrants compared to the harsh conditions of the inland route proposed by the Bering Land Bridge theory. Evidence for this theory includes archaeological findings of early human settlements along the Pacific coast of the Americas that predate the Clovis culture, which is associated with the Bering Land Bridge theory. While the Bering Land Bridge theory remains the dominant explanation for the peopling of the Americas, the Coastal Migration theory offers an alternative perspective on how the first humans may have arrived in the New World.

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

Discovery of Homo floresiensis has changed earlier understanding of human evolution because

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A)  they had brains the same size as ours and made tools. 
B)  they were taller than modern humans and made tools. 
C)  they had relatively small brains and still made tools. 
D)  they are almost indistinguishable from modern humans. 
A)  they had brains the same size as ours and made tools. 
B)  they were taller than modern humans and made tools. 
C)  they had relatively small brains and still made tools. 
D)  they are almost indistinguishable from modern humans.

Question 6

During the Ice Age, cave art was used

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A)  in very different ways in different places. 
B)  only for ritual purposes. 
C)  in very similar ways in different places. 
D)  only for hunting rituals and purposes. 
A)  in very different ways in different places. 
B)  only for ritual purposes. 
C)  in very similar ways in different places. 
D)  only for hunting rituals and purposes.

Question 7

In foraging societies, it is common for

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A)  members of both sexes to share equally in hunting and gathering. 
B)  men to be the primary foragers. 
C)  women to be the hunters and men to be the gatherers. 
D)  men to be the hunters and women to be the gatherers. 
A)  members of both sexes to share equally in hunting and gathering. 
B)  men to be the primary foragers. 
C)  women to be the hunters and men to be the gatherers. 
D)  men to be the hunters and women to be the gatherers.

Question 8

What does the existence of prehistoric art tell us about the mental and emotional sophistication of prehistoric humans?
In Perspective

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The answer of What does the existence of prehistoric art...

Question 9

What changes came for human communities with the end of the Ice Age? How did these changes lay the groundwork for further change?

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The end of the Ice Age brought significa

Question 10

The first colonizers of Australia arrived by

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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 11

The size of Ice Age communities was largely determined by

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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 12

Which of the following is not an argument for rapid population growth following the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa?

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A)  cooking with fire 
B)  economic specialization 
C)  domestication of dogs 
D)  improved hunting technology 
A)  cooking with fire 
B)  economic specialization 
C)  domestication of dogs 
D)  improved hunting technology

Question 13

Homo sapiens have been around since

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A)  1.5 million years ago. 
B)  1 million years ago. 
C)  400,000 years ago. 
D)  150,000 years ago. 
A)  1.5 million years ago. 
B)  1 million years ago. 
C)  400,000 years ago. 
D)  150,000 years ago.

Question 14

How did some societies perpetuate the foraging life after the Ice Age? How has the foraging life persisted today?

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After the Ice Age, some societies perpet

Question 15

Paintings that depict people wearing animal masks or skins likely represent

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A)  hunting rituals. 
B)  practices that are only for entertainment. 
C)  early mating rituals. 
D)  none of the above 
A)  hunting rituals. 
B)  practices that are only for entertainment. 
C)  early mating rituals. 
D)  none of the above

Question 16

Which of these is NOT a current interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?

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A)  The carving represents a goddess. 
B)  The carving represents a pregnant woman. 
C)  The carving is a fertility fetish. 
D)  The carving was used in burial rites. 
A)  The carving represents a goddess. 
B)  The carving represents a pregnant woman. 
C)  The carving is a fertility fetish. 
D)  The carving was used in burial rites.

Question 17

One innovation that all foraging cultures appear to have lacked is

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A)  art. 
B)  medicine. 
C)  religious belief. 
D)  writing. 
A)  art. 
B)  medicine. 
C)  religious belief. 
D)  writing.

Question 18

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.

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The end of the last major Ice Age, betwe

Question 19

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

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During the Ice Age, most people acquired

Question 20

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

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Our understanding of what it means to be

Foraging produces cultures that are

The significance of Zhoukhoudian Cave is

What is the dominant theory regarding the peopling of the Americas? Explain at least one alternative theory.

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

Discovery of Homo floresiensis has changed earlier understanding of human evolution because

During the Ice Age, cave art was used

In foraging societies, it is common for

What does the existence of prehistoric art tell us about the mental and emotional sophistication of prehistoric humans? In Perspective

What changes came for human communities with the end of the Ice Age? How did these changes lay the groundwork for further change?

The first colonizers of Australia arrived by

The size of Ice Age communities was largely determined by

Which of the following is not an argument for rapid population growth following the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa?

Homo sapiens have been around since

How did some societies perpetuate the foraging life after the Ice Age? How has the foraging life persisted today?

Paintings that depict people wearing animal masks or skins likely represent

Which of these is NOT a current interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?

One innovation that all foraging cultures appear to have lacked is

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.

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

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

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding After the Ice Age

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

The Great Empires

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, Ca 200 to 700 Ce

The Rise of World Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

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

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

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Exam 1: Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Foraging produces cultures that are

The significance of Zhoukhoudian Cave is

What is the dominant theory regarding the peopling of the Americas? Explain at least one alternative theory.

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

Discovery of Homo floresiensis has changed earlier understanding of human evolution because

During the Ice Age, cave art was used

In foraging societies, it is common for

What does the existence of prehistoric art tell us about the mental and emotional sophistication of prehistoric humans? In Perspective

What changes came for human communities with the end of the Ice Age? How did these changes lay the groundwork for further change?

The first colonizers of Australia arrived by

The size of Ice Age communities was largely determined by

Which of the following is not an argument for rapid population growth following the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa?

Homo sapiens have been around since

How did some societies perpetuate the foraging life after the Ice Age? How has the foraging life persisted today?

Paintings that depict people wearing animal masks or skins likely represent

Which of these is NOT a current interpretation of the Venus of Willendorf?

One innovation that all foraging cultures appear to have lacked is

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.

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

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

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding After the Ice Age

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

The Great Empires

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, Ca 200 to 700 Ce

The Rise of World Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

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

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

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