Exam 5: The Neolithic Revolution: The Domestication of Plants and Animals

The region from central Mexico to Costa Rica is referred to as _______________.

Farming populations tend to have higher rates of fertility compared to food foragers.

As people became _______________, disturbed habitats became more extensive and resources in proximity to settlements were depleted.

When did the Natufian culture flourish?

Domesticated plants and animals are no different from their wild counterparts.

The use of pottery is proof of a sedentary community.

Wild plant domestication:

Enamel hypoplasia indicates:

Many of the early animal domesticates migrated seasonally.

What advantages were associated with the microlith?

The potato famine of 1845-1850 occurred in what country?

What did the Natufians do to adapt their subsistence to changing climatic conditions?

The microlith was:

Following the Neolithic Revolution, human mortality rates soared and health declined.

How did the use of sickles contribute to plant domestication?

In the Biocultural Connection section entitled "Paleolithic Prescriptions for the Neolithic and Beyond," U.S. anthropologists George Armelagos and Mark Nathan Cohen suggest that:

Each of the following is common skeletal evidence from human Neolithic remains except:

Which form of subsistence involves intensive crop cultivation, use of plows and fertilizers, and possibly irrigation?

How did people manage food scarcity during the Paleolithic?

The breeding of new plants is called _______________.