Question 1

Improper alignment of the upper and lower dentition is called ________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  hyperplasia
B)  cribra orbitalia
C)  malocclusion
D)  Harris line C

Question 2

Osteoarthritis is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  building up of bone tissue due to sports.
B)  degenerative changes in bone tissue due to physical activity or mechanical stress.
C)  loss of bone mass due to genetic factors.
D)  none of the above. B

Question 3

The first domesticated animal was the ________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  cow
B)  sheep
C)  goat
D)  dog D

Question 4

Osteoarthritis is a skeletal disorder most easily seen on

Accepted Answer

A)  joint surfaces.
B)  bone shafts.
C)  the skull.
D)  the ribs.

Question 5

Until about ________ , humans acquired virtually all their food through foraging.

Accepted Answer

A)  1.0 mya
B)  10,000 yBP
C)  100,000 yBP
D)  200,000 yBP

Question 6

How many separate centers of domestication exist, according to archaeologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  three
B)  five
C)  seven
D)  eleven

Question 7

The first animal to be domesticated during the Neolithic was the

Accepted Answer

A)  dog.
B)  cat.
C)  cow.
D)  goat.

Question 8

Swollen and bowed shin bones (tibiae) and cranial cavitations are often caused by diseases called

Accepted Answer

A)  treponematoses.
B)  smallpox.
C)  bubonic plague.
D)  malaria.

Question 9

Cereal grains such as rice that make up a significant portion of human diet today are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  good-for-you foods.
B)  high-energy foods.
C)  superfoods.
D)  genetically modified foods.

Question 10

Rice was first domesticated in ________ , about 8,000 yBP.

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa
B)  New Guinea
C)  China
D)  Japan

Question 11

Domestication refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  bringing a wild plant or animal into your home.
B)  change over time.
C)  random gene transfer between populations.
D)  the process of converting wild animals or plants into forms that humans can use.

Question 12

The theory that face size in human beings decreased due to the consumption of softer foods is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  the masticatory-functional hypothesis.
B)  the Patchy Foods hypothesis.
C)  Darwin's Hunting hypothesis.
D)  none of the above.

Question 13

Diseases such as yaws, syphilis, and bejel are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  periosteal reactions.
B)  trepanematoses.
C)  cribraorbitalia.
D)  none of the above.

Question 14

The region that contains archaeological sites documenting the development of early farming villages in the Middle East is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the Arable Terrace.
B)  the Indus Valley.
C)  the Fertile Crescent.
D)  the French Connection.

Question 15

Archaeological evidence showing a shift from long and narrow skulls to short and wide skulls, as a result of a change in diet linked to domestication, has been found in

Accepted Answer

A)  China.
B)  Mexico.
C)  France.
D)  Nubia.

Question 16

According to anthropologist Jeffrey McKee, Earth's biodiversity is decreasing due to

Accepted Answer

A)  natural selection.
B)  genetic drift.
C)  mutation.
D)  increasing human population numbers.

Question 17

As seen in the skeletal record, which of the following diseases likely affected humans as far back as the Holocene?

Accepted Answer

A)  influenza
B)  HIV
C)  syphilis
D)  tuberculosis

Question 18

Modern humans have existed for over 100,000 years, but only over the last ________ years has Earth's population grown three orders of magnitude, from a few million people to over six billion today.

Accepted Answer

A)  20,000
B)  1 million
C)  10,000
D)  2 million

Question 19

Evidence from China indicates that rice and grapes were fermented for wine as early as ________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  8,000 yBP
B)  1.0 mya
C)  6,000 yBP
D)  10,000 yBP

Question 20

Based on archaeological and genetic studies of modern people, by what mechanism did wheat spread from the Levant into Europe?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 13: Our Last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, and Biology