Question 1

How did different environmental conditions influence the emergence of agriculture in different parts of the world?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
•Fertile Crescent (southwest Asia: Iraq, Syria, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, southern Turkey)
--A cold and dry spell (11,000 to 9500 B.C.E.) diminished the food supply.
--The solution was to domesticate plants and animals.
--A wide variety of wild plants and animals were concentrated in a small area, creating favorable conditions for the shift to agriculture.
--The east/west orientation facilitated the rapid spread of agricultural practices across similar environments.
•Northeastern Africa (Sudan)
--Grassland vegetation and rainfall created good conditions for farming.
--However, conditions were less favorable than those found in the Fertile Crescent, resulting in scattered farming practices spread over sub-Saharan Africa.
--Another result was less productive agriculture.
--The east/west orientation facilitated the rapid spread of agricultural practices across similar environments.
•Americas
--Agriculture developed in separate locations throughout the Americas.
--There were very few animals that could be domesticated.
--No domesticated animals meant no ready supply of meat, manure, power to pull carts, and the like.
--The north/south orientation of the Americas meant that agricultural practices spread slowly because they had to adapt to different climatic and vegetation zones.
--The relative isolation of agricultural regions also meant that crops spread less successfully.

Question 2

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-Societal groupings governed by a chief who typically relies on generosity, ritual status, or charisma rather than force to win obedience from the people.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms T

Question 3

Which of the following was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  The initial human settlement of the earth 
B)  The invention of the plow 
C)  Higher risk of disease and famine 
D)  The decline of trade 
A)  The initial human settlement of the earth 
B)  The invention of the plow 
C)  Higher risk of disease and famine 
D)  The decline of trade C

Question 4

Which of the following offers evidence that Paleolithic peoples were shifting from a nomadic way of life to a more settled lifestyle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Extinction of large mammals 
B)  Increase in the size of tools 
C)  Elaborate burial sites 
D)  Global warming 
A)  Extinction of large mammals 
B)  Increase in the size of tools 
C)  Elaborate burial sites 
D)  Global warming

Question 5

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-The last phase of the great human migration that established a human presence in every habitable region of the earth. These people settled the Pacific islands and Madagascar in a series of seaborne migrations that began around 3,500 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms

Question 6

Which of the following describes a development associated with the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples throughout the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

A)  The dependence on ice bridges to reach their destinations 
B)  The emergence of chiefdoms in the regions where they settled 
C)  The preservation of the ecosystem and natural habitats 
D)  The egalitarianism of the societies that emerged 
A)  The dependence on ice bridges to reach their destinations 
B)  The emergence of chiefdoms in the regions where they settled 
C)  The preservation of the ecosystem and natural habitats 
D)  The egalitarianism of the societies that emerged

Question 7

The Agricultural Revolution occurred independently in various parts of the world between

Accepted Answer

A)  300,000 and 250,000 years ago. 
B)  100,000 and 60,000 years ago. 
C)  45,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
D)  12,000 and 4,000 years ago. 
A)  300,000 and 250,000 years ago. 
B)  100,000 and 60,000 years ago. 
C)  45,000 and 30,000 years ago. 
D)  12,000 and 4,000 years ago.

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions:
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-A Chinese archeological site where the remains of a significant Neolithic village have been found.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms

Question 9

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-Region sometimes known as Southwest Asia that includes the modern states of Iraq, Syria, Israel/Palestine, and southern Turkey; the earliest home of agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms

Question 10

Which of the following explains why some regions did not make the transition to an agricultural way of life?

Accepted Answer

A)  There were not enough people to do all the work involved with farming. 
B)  Farming was considered socially demeaning. 
C)  Knowledge about farming did not spread beyond the core areas where the Agricultural Revolution had taken place. 
D)  Environmental conditions were not suitable for farming. 
A)  There were not enough people to do all the work involved with farming. 
B)  Farming was considered socially demeaning. 
C)  Knowledge about farming did not spread beyond the core areas where the Agricultural Revolution had taken place. 
D)  Environmental conditions were not suitable for farming.

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions:
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-The gradual spread of agricultural techniques without extensive population movement.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms

Question 12

How did the north/south orientation of the Americas affect the unfolding of the Agricultural Revolution in that part of the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farmers in the Americas developed no grain crop that could sustain large populations. 
B)  The successful domestication of large mammals by people in the Americas made crop domestication less important. 
C)  Crops were slow to spread because they had to adapt to different climactic and vegetation zones. 
D)  Agricultural innovations developed first in Mesoamerica and then spread north and south. 
A)  Farmers in the Americas developed no grain crop that could sustain large populations. 
B)  The successful domestication of large mammals by people in the Americas made crop domestication less important. 
C)  Crops were slow to spread because they had to adapt to different climactic and vegetation zones. 
D)  Agricultural innovations developed first in Mesoamerica and then spread north and south.

Question 13

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-Human societies that rely on domesticated animals rather than plants as the main source of food; nomads lead their animals to seasonal grazing grounds rather than settling permanently in a single location.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms

Question 14

Which of the following is the earliest evidence that gathering and hunting peoples were starting to make the transition to agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maize 
B)  Sickles 
C)  Canoes 
D)  Milk 
A)  Maize 
B)  Sickles 
C)  Canoes 
D)  Milk

Question 15

Which of the following describes a feature of pastoral societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Village-based horticulture 
B)  Animal husbandry 
C)  Intensification of land use 
D)  Oppression of women 
A)  Village-based horticulture 
B)  Animal husbandry 
C)  Intensification of land use 
D)  Oppression of women

Question 16

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples from their homeland in what is now southern Nigeria or Cameroon to most of Africa, in a process that started about 3000 B·C·E·. and continued for several millennia.

Accepted Answer

A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms 
A) Venus figurines 
B) Dreamtime 
C) Clovis culture 
D) megafaunal extinction 
E) Austronesian migrations
F)"the original affluent society"
G)shamans
H)trance dance
I)Paleolithic settling down
J)Göbekli Tepe
K)Fertile Crescent
L)teosinte
M)diffusion
N)Bantu migration
O)Ishi
P)Banp--
Q)"secondary products revolution"
R)pastoral societies
S)Çatalhüyük
T)chiefdoms

Question 17

Which of the following explains why conflict was frequent between pastoral societies and agricultural societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pastoral societies wanted the food crops and manufactured goods produced by agricultural societies. 
B)  Agricultural societies domesticated animals, but pastoral societies domesticated plants. 
C)  Agricultural societies sought access to the richer grazing lands controlled by pastoral societies. 
D)  The animals herded by pastoral societies could be found only in land controlled by agricultural societies. 
A)  Pastoral societies wanted the food crops and manufactured goods produced by agricultural societies. 
B)  Agricultural societies domesticated animals, but pastoral societies domesticated plants. 
C)  Agricultural societies sought access to the richer grazing lands controlled by pastoral societies. 
D)  The animals herded by pastoral societies could be found only in land controlled by agricultural societies.

Question 18

The Clovis culture of North America provides evidence of

Accepted Answer

A)  the beginning of the last Ice Age. 
B)  warfare between rival tribes. 
C)  cultural diffusion over a large area. 
D)  the domestication of animals. 
A)  the beginning of the last Ice Age. 
B)  warfare between rival tribes. 
C)  cultural diffusion over a large area. 
D)  the domestication of animals.

Question 19

What was the result of the spread of agriculture through diffusion and migration?

Accepted Answer

A)  The spread of language groups 
B)  The creation of gathering and hunting societies 
C)  The strengthening of maritime empires 
D)  The extinction of pastoral societies 
A)  The spread of language groups 
B)  The creation of gathering and hunting societies 
C)  The strengthening of maritime empires 
D)  The extinction of pastoral societies

Question 20

In contrast to the people who migrated to the Americas, the Austronesian migrants to the Pacific islands

Accepted Answer

A)  brought domesticated plants and animals with them. 
B)  crossed the Bering Strait. 
C)  returned to their places of origin every year. 
D)  left their new environments mostly unchanged. 
A)  brought domesticated plants and animals with them. 
B)  crossed the Bering Strait. 
C)  returned to their places of origin every year. 
D)  left their new environments mostly unchanged.

How did different environmental conditions influence the emergence of agriculture in different parts of the world?

Which of the following was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?

Which of the following offers evidence that Paleolithic peoples were shifting from a nomadic way of life to a more settled lifestyle?

Which of the following describes a development associated with the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples throughout the Pacific?

The Agricultural Revolution occurred independently in various parts of the world between

Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -A Chinese archeological site where the remains of a significant Neolithic village have been found.

Which of the following explains why some regions did not make the transition to an agricultural way of life?

Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -The gradual spread of agricultural techniques without extensive population movement.

How did the north/south orientation of the Americas affect the unfolding of the Agricultural Revolution in that part of the world?

Which of the following is the earliest evidence that gathering and hunting peoples were starting to make the transition to agriculture?

Which of the following describes a feature of pastoral societies?

Which of the following explains why conflict was frequent between pastoral societies and agricultural societies?

The Clovis culture of North America provides evidence of

What was the result of the spread of agriculture through diffusion and migration?

In contrast to the people who migrated to the Americas, the Austronesian migrants to the Pacific islands

First Farmers: the Revolutions of Agriculture,10,000 Bce-3000 Bce

First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies,3500 Bce-500 Bce

Eurasian Empires, 500 Bce-500 Ce

Eurasian Cultural Traditions, 500 Bce-500 Ce

Eurasian Social Hierarchies, 500 Bce500 Ce

Classical Era Variations: Africa and the Americas,500 Bce-1200 Cethe Big Picture Defining a Millennium

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China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500-1300

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The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600-1500

Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: the Mongol Moment,1200-1500

The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century the Big Picture Debating the Character of an Era

Empires and Encounters, 1450-1750

Global Commerce, 1450-1750

Religion and Science, 1450-1750

Atlantic Revolutions and Their Echoes, 1750-1914

Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750-1914

Internal Troubles, External Threats: China, the Ottoman Empire,and Japan, 1800-1914

Colonial Encounters, 1750-1914 the Big Picture the Twentieth Century: a New Period in World History

The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914-1970s

The Rise and Fall of World Communism, 1917-Present

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Exam 1: First Peoples: Populating the Planet, to 10,000 Bce

How did different environmental conditions influence the emergence of agriculture in different parts of the world?

Which of the following was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?

Which of the following offers evidence that Paleolithic peoples were shifting from a nomadic way of life to a more settled lifestyle?

Which of the following describes a development associated with the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples throughout the Pacific?

The Agricultural Revolution occurred independently in various parts of the world between

Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -A Chinese archeological site where the remains of a significant Neolithic village have been found.

Which of the following explains why some regions did not make the transition to an agricultural way of life?

Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -The gradual spread of agricultural techniques without extensive population movement.

How did the north/south orientation of the Americas affect the unfolding of the Agricultural Revolution in that part of the world?

Which of the following is the earliest evidence that gathering and hunting peoples were starting to make the transition to agriculture?

Which of the following describes a feature of pastoral societies?

Which of the following explains why conflict was frequent between pastoral societies and agricultural societies?

The Clovis culture of North America provides evidence of

What was the result of the spread of agriculture through diffusion and migration?

In contrast to the people who migrated to the Americas, the Austronesian migrants to the Pacific islands

First Farmers: the Revolutions of Agriculture,10,000 Bce-3000 Bce

First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies,3500 Bce-500 Bce

Eurasian Empires, 500 Bce-500 Ce

Eurasian Cultural Traditions, 500 Bce-500 Ce

Eurasian Social Hierarchies, 500 Bce500 Ce

Classical Era Variations: Africa and the Americas,500 Bce-1200 Cethe Big Picture Defining a Millennium

Commerce and Culture, 500-1500

China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500-1300

The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided,500-1300

The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600-1500

Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: the Mongol Moment,1200-1500

The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century the Big Picture Debating the Character of an Era

Empires and Encounters, 1450-1750

Global Commerce, 1450-1750

Religion and Science, 1450-1750

Atlantic Revolutions and Their Echoes, 1750-1914

Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750-1914

Internal Troubles, External Threats: China, the Ottoman Empire,and Japan, 1800-1914

Colonial Encounters, 1750-1914 the Big Picture the Twentieth Century: a New Period in World History

The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914-1970s

The Rise and Fall of World Communism, 1917-Present

Independence and Development in the Global South,1914-Present

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