Question 1

Which of the following represents a way that Paleolithic humans shaped their environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  They deliberately set fires to encourage the growth of particular plants. 
B)  They regulated their hunting to avoid the extinction of various large animals. 
C)  They drove wild animals into new regions to increase their numbers. 
D)  They regulated the human population to avoid overtaxing the environment. 
A)  They deliberately set fires to encourage the growth of particular plants. 
B)  They regulated their hunting to avoid the extinction of various large animals. 
C)  They drove wild animals into new regions to increase their numbers. 
D)  They regulated the human population to avoid overtaxing the environment.

Question 2

Why did some areas of the world not experience the Agricultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why did some areas of the world...

Question 3

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 ceremonial site comprising 20 circles made up of carved limestone pillars located in southeastern Turkey. The site, which dates to 11,600 years ago, was built by gathering and hunting peoples who lived at least part of the year in settled villages.

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 4

In what ways were chiefdoms different from agricultural village societies?

Accepted Answer

The answer of In what ways were chiefdoms different from...

Question 5

Which describes a religious or spiritual aspect of Paleolithic culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  An outlook that sharply distinguished between the material and spiritual worlds 
B)  A single belief system based on monotheism and animism 
C)  A cyclical view of time that emphasized regeneration and disintegration 
D)  The worship of masculinity, as reflected in universally male images and statues 
A)  An outlook that sharply distinguished between the material and spiritual worlds 
B)  A single belief system based on monotheism and animism 
C)  A cyclical view of time that emphasized regeneration and disintegration 
D)  The worship of masculinity, as reflected in universally male images and statues

Question 6

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
-Term coined by the scholar Marshall Sahlins in 1972 to describe Paleolithic societies, which he regarded as affluent not because they had so much but because they wanted or needed so little.

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

Which of the following represents a way that Paleolithic humans shaped their environment?

Why did some areas of the world not experience the Agricultural Revolution?

In what ways were chiefdoms different from agricultural village societies?

Which describes a religious or spiritual aspect of Paleolithic culture?

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

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Eurasian Cultural Traditions, 500 Bce-500 Ce

Eurasian Social Hierarchies, 500 Bce500 Ce

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Commerce and Culture, 500-1500

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

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

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Global Commerce, 1450-1750

Religion and Science, 1450-1750

Atlantic Revolutions and Their Echoes, 1750-1914

Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750-1914

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

Which of the following represents a way that Paleolithic humans shaped their environment?

Why did some areas of the world not experience the Agricultural Revolution?

In what ways were chiefdoms different from agricultural village societies?

Which describes a religious or spiritual aspect of Paleolithic culture?

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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