Question 1

__________ is not a characteristic of states.

Accepted Answer

A) Control of specific regional territories 
B) Productive farming economies 
C) Record-keeping systems 
D) Stratified into social classes 
E) A hereditary inequality 
A) Control of specific regional territories 
B) Productive farming economies 
C) Record-keeping systems 
D) Stratified into social classes 
E) A hereditary inequality

Question 2

The statement, __________, is not true.

Accepted Answer

A) "Çatal Hüyük was first planned and built by the Jomon" 
B) "the dwellings at Çatal Hüyük were entered through the roof" 
C) "Çatal Hüyük was probably the largest Neolithic settlement in the Middle East" 
D) "the dead were buried beneath house floors" 
E) "Çatal Hüyük may have had as many as 10,000 inhabitants" 
A) "Çatal Hüyük was first planned and built by the Jomon" 
B) "the dwellings at Çatal Hüyük were entered through the roof" 
C) "Çatal Hüyük was probably the largest Neolithic settlement in the Middle East" 
D) "the dead were buried beneath house floors" 
E) "Çatal Hüyük may have had as many as 10,000 inhabitants"

Question 3

Such writers as Heyerdahl and von Daniken ignore __________ in their theories of world development.

Accepted Answer

A) diffusion 
B) culture contact 
C) independent inventiveness 
D) alien influence 
E) agriculture 
A) diffusion 
B) culture contact 
C) independent inventiveness 
D) alien influence 
E) agriculture

Question 4

Describe where and how the first states formed.Include the types of societies that evolved into states, and discuss the factors that contributed to the emergence of the first states.

Accepted Answer

The first states formed in various regio

Question 5

Ranked societies are different from states because

Accepted Answer

A) states have social classes. 
B) ranked societies lack hereditary inequality. 
C) states have chiefs. 
D) states lack hereditary inequality. 
E) ranked societies have social classes. 
A) states have social classes. 
B) ranked societies lack hereditary inequality. 
C) states have chiefs. 
D) states lack hereditary inequality. 
E) ranked societies have social classes.

Question 6

Teotihuacan and Çatal Hüyük were two of the earliest towns in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

__________ society is divided into social classes.

Accepted Answer

A) Egalitarian 
B) Ranked 
C) Chiefdom 
D) Commune 
E) State 
A) Egalitarian 
B) Ranked 
C) Chiefdom 
D) Commune 
E) State

Question 8

The first chiefdoms in the Middle East appeared during the Halafian period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Olmec were a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) state. 
B) empire. 
C) tribe. 
D) band. 
E) chiefdom. 
A) state. 
B) empire. 
C) tribe. 
D) band. 
E) chiefdom.

Question 10

__________ happened at about the same time as the beginning of the Zapotec state in the Valley of Oaxaca.

Accepted Answer

A) Domestication 
B) City formation 
C) Settlers from Egypt arrived 
D) Raiding increased to warfare for territory 
E) The Spanish arrived 
A) Domestication 
B) City formation 
C) Settlers from Egypt arrived 
D) Raiding increased to warfare for territory 
E) The Spanish arrived

Question 11

Jericho is located in central Turkey.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

__________ were the precursors to primary states.

Accepted Answer

A) Archaic states 
B) Tribes 
C) Chiefdoms 
D) Bands 
E) City-states 
A) Archaic states 
B) Tribes 
C) Chiefdoms 
D) Bands 
E) City-states

Question 13

Early states lacked social classes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Early states had productive farming economies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In an egalitarian society, everybody has the same status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

___________ is not a variable in Carneiro's theory of state formation.

Accepted Answer

A) Warfare 
B) Population growth 
C) Environmental circumscription 
D) Resource concentration 
E) Long-distance trade 
A) Warfare 
B) Population growth 
C) Environmental circumscription 
D) Resource concentration 
E) Long-distance trade

Question 17

Environmental degradation may contribute to the collapse of states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Summarize Carneiro's multivariate model of state formation.Identify the variables that are involved, and how are they interrelated.

Accepted Answer

Carneiro's multivariate model of state f

Question 19

___________ is the cultural period when advanced chiefdoms and perhaps the earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

A) Natufian 
B) The prepottery Neolithic 
C) Halafian 
D) Ubaid 
E) Akkadian 
A) Natufian 
B) The prepottery Neolithic 
C) Halafian 
D) Ubaid 
E) Akkadian

Question 20

Those who believe that agricultural economies led to the origin of the state argue that

Accepted Answer

A) irrigation began in China and spread along ancient trade routes. 
B) states were the by-products of the organizational requirements of large irrigation systems. 
C) irrigation systems favored democracy. 
D) irrigation provided the advantage that allowed H.sapiens to displace the Neandertals. 
E) Mesolithic states developed so that they could build irrigation systems. 
A) irrigation began in China and spread along ancient trade routes. 
B) states were the by-products of the organizational requirements of large irrigation systems. 
C) irrigation systems favored democracy. 
D) irrigation provided the advantage that allowed H.sapiens to displace the Neandertals. 
E) Mesolithic states developed so that they could build irrigation systems.

__________ is not a characteristic of states.

The statement, __________, is not true.

Such writers as Heyerdahl and von Daniken ignore __________ in their theories of world development.

Describe where and how the first states formed.Include the types of societies that evolved into states, and discuss the factors that contributed to the emergence of the first states.

Ranked societies are different from states because

Teotihuacan and Çatal Hüyük were two of the earliest towns in the Middle East.

__________ society is divided into social classes.

The first chiefdoms in the Middle East appeared during the Halafian period.

The Olmec were a(n)

__________ happened at about the same time as the beginning of the Zapotec state in the Valley of Oaxaca.

Jericho is located in central Turkey.

__________ were the precursors to primary states.

Early states lacked social classes.

Early states had productive farming economies.

In an egalitarian society, everybody has the same status.

___________ is not a variable in Carneiro's theory of state formation.

Environmental degradation may contribute to the collapse of states.

Summarize Carneiro's multivariate model of state formation.Identify the variables that are involved, and how are they interrelated.

___________ is the cultural period when advanced chiefdoms and perhaps the earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Those who believe that agricultural economies led to the origin of the state argue that

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Exam 9: The First Cities and States

__________ is not a characteristic of states.

The statement, __________, is not true.

Such writers as Heyerdahl and von Daniken ignore __________ in their theories of world development.

Describe where and how the first states formed.Include the types of societies that evolved into states, and discuss the factors that contributed to the emergence of the first states.

Ranked societies are different from states because

Teotihuacan and Çatal Hüyük were two of the earliest towns in the Middle East.

__________ society is divided into social classes.

The first chiefdoms in the Middle East appeared during the Halafian period.

The Olmec were a(n)

__________ happened at about the same time as the beginning of the Zapotec state in the Valley of Oaxaca.

Jericho is located in central Turkey.

__________ were the precursors to primary states.

Early states lacked social classes.

Early states had productive farming economies.

In an egalitarian society, everybody has the same status.

___________ is not a variable in Carneiro's theory of state formation.

Environmental degradation may contribute to the collapse of states.

Summarize Carneiro's multivariate model of state formation.Identify the variables that are involved, and how are they interrelated.

___________ is the cultural period when advanced chiefdoms and perhaps the earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Those who believe that agricultural economies led to the origin of the state argue that

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters