Question 1

In Africa about 4,500 to 5,000 years ago,agriculture spread to the south from

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt. 
B)  East Africa. 
C)  West Africa. 
D)  None of the above. It arose in southern Africa spontaneously. 
A)  Egypt. 
B)  East Africa. 
C)  West Africa. 
D)  None of the above. It arose in southern Africa spontaneously.

Question 2

Climate change at the end of the last Ice Age had the effect of

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A)  creating conditions that were stable around the world and favorable to agriculture. 
B)  beginning a divide between more innovative thinkers who adopted agriculture and more conservative ones who retained hunting and gathering. 
C)  causing climatic instability that created a common, conservative mentality among early farmers and hunters. 
D)  forcing many people to question their ancient traditions. 
A)  creating conditions that were stable around the world and favorable to agriculture. 
B)  beginning a divide between more innovative thinkers who adopted agriculture and more conservative ones who retained hunting and gathering. 
C)  causing climatic instability that created a common, conservative mentality among early farmers and hunters. 
D)  forcing many people to question their ancient traditions.

Question 3

How did human migration lead to the spread of agriculture into Europe and the South Pacific?

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Human migration played a crucial role in

Question 4

Charles Darwin supported the theory that agriculture developed as a result of

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A)  abundance. 
B)  population growth. 
C)  accident. 
D)  evolution. 
A)  abundance. 
B)  population growth. 
C)  accident. 
D)  evolution.

Question 5

The term "climacteric" means

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A)  a long period of critical change in a world poised between different possible outcomes. 
B)  a short period of critical change in a world poised between different possible outcomes. 
C)  a period of change in a world poised between two possible outcomes. 
D)  a long period of stability. 
A)  a long period of critical change in a world poised between different possible outcomes. 
B)  a short period of critical change in a world poised between different possible outcomes. 
C)  a period of change in a world poised between two possible outcomes. 
D)  a long period of stability.

Question 6

For what reasons might a society choose to avoid agriculture? What is an example of such a society? For what specific reasons did they not develop into an agricultural society?

Accepted Answer

There are several reasons why a society

Question 7

How and when did agriculture begin in Southwestern Asia compared with its beginnings in South Asia and in East Asia? What different staple crops developed in these different regions?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture began in Southwestern Asia a

Question 8

Why can the beginning of food production be explained as a climacteric revolution?

Accepted Answer

The beginning of food production, often

Question 9

The earliest archaeological evidence for farming in Western Africa dates to about

Accepted Answer

A)  6,000 years ago. 
B)  5,000 years ago. 
C)  4,000 years ago. 
D)  3,500 years ago. 
A)  6,000 years ago. 
B)  5,000 years ago. 
C)  4,000 years ago. 
D)  3,500 years ago.

Question 10

What animals and plants made up the staple foods in the Pacific islands?

Accepted Answer

A)  chicken and yams 
B)  cattle and tomatoes 
C)  pigs and sweet potatoes 
D)  sheep and grain 
A)  chicken and yams 
B)  cattle and tomatoes 
C)  pigs and sweet potatoes 
D)  sheep and grain

Question 11

Which of the following justifies thinking of the development of agriculture as a revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  It happened over a long period of time. 
B)  It occurred in many different places in different ways. 
C)  Many societies held onto foraging practices while also practicing agriculture for long periods. 
D)  The agricultural societies were more complex and profoundly different from their predecessors. 
A)  It happened over a long period of time. 
B)  It occurred in many different places in different ways. 
C)  Many societies held onto foraging practices while also practicing agriculture for long periods. 
D)  The agricultural societies were more complex and profoundly different from their predecessors.

Exam 2: Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

In Africa about 4,500 to 5,000 years ago,agriculture spread to the south from

Climate change at the end of the last Ice Age had the effect of

How did human migration lead to the spread of agriculture into Europe and the South Pacific?

Charles Darwin supported the theory that agriculture developed as a result of

The term "climacteric" means

For what reasons might a society choose to avoid agriculture? What is an example of such a society? For what specific reasons did they not develop into an agricultural society?

How and when did agriculture begin in Southwestern Asia compared with its beginnings in South Asia and in East Asia? What different staple crops developed in these different regions?

Why can the beginning of food production be explained as a climacteric revolution?

The earliest archaeological evidence for farming in Western Africa dates to about

What animals and plants made up the staple foods in the Pacific islands?

Which of the following justifies thinking of the development of agriculture as a revolution?

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A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

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Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

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

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

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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

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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