Question 1

The earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What kind of society were the Olmec?

Accepted Answer

A)  a state 
B)  an empire 
C)  a tribe 
D)  a band 
E)  a chiefdom 
A)  a state 
B)  an empire 
C)  a tribe 
D)  a band 
E)  a chiefdom

Question 3

Thor Heyerdahl proposed that Egyptians could have navigated to the New World and influenced the emergence of civilization in the Americas. Erich von Daniken suggested that major human achievements had been borrowed from beings from outer space. What do these two views, both lacking credible scientific evidence, have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both suggest that evolutionary mechanisms explain both biological and cultural diversity across time and space. 
B)  Both argue that historical events such as plant and animal domestication, the state, and city life were not brilliant discoveries, inventions, or secrets that humans needed to borrow but were, rather, long-term, gradual processes, developments with down-to-earth causes and effects. 
C)  Both take the position that major changes in ancient human lifestyles were the result of outside instruction or interference rather than the achievements of the natives of the places where the changes took place. 
D)  Both suggest that anthropology benefits from a broad range of views on human history, even if these views challenge the mainstream and even lack credible scientific evidence. 
E)  Both reflect the popular media's negative effect on the quality of high school and college education. 
A)  Both suggest that evolutionary mechanisms explain both biological and cultural diversity across time and space. 
B)  Both argue that historical events such as plant and animal domestication, the state, and city life were not brilliant discoveries, inventions, or secrets that humans needed to borrow but were, rather, long-term, gradual processes, developments with down-to-earth causes and effects. 
C)  Both take the position that major changes in ancient human lifestyles were the result of outside instruction or interference rather than the achievements of the natives of the places where the changes took place. 
D)  Both suggest that anthropology benefits from a broad range of views on human history, even if these views challenge the mainstream and even lack credible scientific evidence. 
E)  Both reflect the popular media's negative effect on the quality of high school and college education.

Question 4

What is the name of the first Chinese state that developed in the wheat-producing regions of the north?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chin 
B)  Taipei 
C)  Longshang 
D)  Shang 
E)  Nok Nok 
A)  Chin 
B)  Taipei 
C)  Longshang 
D)  Shang 
E)  Nok Nok

The earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

What kind of society were the Olmec?

What is the name of the first Chinese state that developed in the wheat-producing regions of the north?

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Evolution and Genetics

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The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

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Exam 12: The First Cities and States

The earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

What kind of society were the Olmec?

What is the name of the first Chinese state that developed in the wheat-producing regions of the north?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters