Deck 1: The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

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Which of the following skills did Homo sapiens acquire around 25,000 years ago?

A) The capacity to weave cloth
B) The capacity to make tools from stone
C) The capacity to domesticate sheep
D) The capacity to use fire for warmth
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The Neanderthals of Europe were a branch of what hominid group?

A) Homo sapiens
B) Homo habilis
C) Australopithecus
D) Homo erectus
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Scientists used which of the following to label the first periods of human history?

A) The material used for tools
B) The height of the human form
C) Language ability and skill level
D) The location of human settlements
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Neanderthals lived side by side with which of the following for millennia?

A) Homo sapiens
B) Cro-Magnon
C) Homo habilis
D) Australopithecus
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During which of the following periods did the ancestor common to both chimpanzees and humans probably live?

A) 3 to 5 million years ago
B) 5 to 7 million years ago
C) 10 to 12 million years ago
D) 12 to 14 million years ago
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How many hours a week did early foragers generally spend gathering food?

A) One to three hours
B) Forty hours
C) Fifty hours or more
D) Ten to twenty hours
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Where did the earliest australopithecines live?

A) Northern Africa
B) Southern and eastern Africa
C) Western and northern Africa
D) Southern Africa
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How did Homo erectus migrate from China about 1.5 million years ago to settle on Java?

A) By sailing woven grass boats
B) By walking over land
C) By floating on planks
D) By paddling canoes
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How is the term species generally defined?

A) A group of organisms that can communicate with one another
B) A group of organisms that will share food with one another
C) A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring of both sexes
D) A group of organisms that originate from a different ancestor
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Where did Homo sapiens first evolve?

A) The Black Sea region
B) The Nile Valley
C) China
D) East Africa
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How did Homo erectus differ from modern humans?

A) Homo erectus had a slightly smaller brain size than modern humans.
B) Homo erectus had no capacity for making and using tools.
C) Homo erectus lived in larger groups than modern humans.
D) Homo erectus shared food preparations and gathering.
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Which of the following is evidence that Neanderthals understood death to have significance?

A) They drew pictures of the dead on walls.
B) They buried the dead with symbolic objects.
C) They wrote stories about the meaning of death.
D) They built large funerary monuments.
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Although the date varies by location, when did the shift to agriculture first occur?

A) 3000 B.C.E.
B) 15,000 B.C.E.
C) 9000 B.C.E.
D) 1000 B.C.E.
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The term forager is now used by historians instead of what traditional term?

A) Hunter-gatherer
B) Stone-age man
C) Caveman
D) First people
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What was one of the results of endogamy?

A) An increase in fertility
B) A lack of diversity of languages
C) The inability of Homo sapiens to mate with one another
D) Differences in physical features and spoken language
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What term is used for the first fully bipedal hominid known to palaeontologists?

A) Ardipithecus
B) Homo habilis
C) Australopithecus
D) Homo sapiens
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Why were better social skills especially important for early human females?

A) They needed help with food gathering.
B) They needed help with home building.
C) They needed help with attracting a mate.
D) They needed help with child rearing.
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Which of the following allowed Homo sapiens to migrate to Australia and New Guinea?

A) Simple rafts
B) Land bridges
C) Large boats
D) Swimming
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Paleolithic humans may have encouraged the growth of new plants by doing what?

A) Planting seeds
B) Hunting large game
C) Harvesting crops
D) Setting fires
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Which of the following foods dominated the diet of Paleolithic foragers?

A) Trapped animals
B) Fish
C) Hunted animals
D) Plants
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What did Paleolithic peoples believe about dead members of their kinship groups?

A) That the dead were gone forever
B) That deceased family members were still with them
C) That the dead became new gods
D) That the dead would return one day
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The burial sites of Paleolithic humans reveal that they believed that all things and natural occurrences had which of the following?

A) Meaning
B) Economic value
C) Danger
D) Spirits
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What was one of the shaman's primary duties?

A) Healing the sick
B) Leading the war band
C) Harvesting crops
D) Leading building projects
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How did women's work change as a result of settled agriculture?

A) Women were responsible for working the fields while their husbands hunted.
B) Women became merchants because they now had time to produce things to sell.
C) Women continued to be quite mobile and continued to add to family diet through foraging.
D) Women likely began to spend more time tending to household needs.
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What term describes a crop that has been modified by selective breeding?

A) Trained
B) Marketed
C) Domesticated
D) Husbanded
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What discovery marks the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic?

A) Stone tools
B) Religion
C) Burial
D) Agriculture
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How did the amount of labor required for horticulture compare to that for foraging?

A) Horticulture required less time and labor than foraging.
B) Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging.
C) Horticulture required the same amount of time and labor as foraging.
D) Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging, but only during harvesting season.
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What major climate change occurred about 15,000 years ago?

A) Temperatures warmed and glaciers melted.
B) Monsoon patterns began.
C) Temperatures became slightly colder.
D) El Nino wind patterns first developed.
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The natural herding instinct of what animal paved the way for pastoralism?

A) Pigs
B) Yaks
C) Humans
D) Sheep
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Who in Paleolithic society was believed to regularly receive messages from the spirit world?

A) The chief
B) The shaman
C) The king
D) The warriors
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Beginning about 9000 B.C.E., people in the Fertile Crescent began to domesticate what crop?

A) Yams
B) Wheat
C) Squash
D) Rice
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Horticulture refers to the growing of plants using what tool?

A) Clubs
B) Plows
C) Digging sticks
D) Sickles
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Beginning in the sixth millennium B.C.E., people attached wooden sticks to frames and pack animals to use as a simple version of what developing technology?

A) Weapons
B) Fences to mark boundaries of territory
C) Early threshers
D) Plows
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What did the use of plows allow Neolithic people to do?

A) Produce a significant amount of surplus food
B) Spend less time working
C) Develop the first religions
D) Develop less specialized economies
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Which of the following is true of Paleolithic mating patterns?

A) Most Paleolithic humans sought mates from outside their kinship groups.
B) Mates were usually selected from within the same kinship group.
C) Most mates were purchased from a distant tribal group.
D) Mates were generally people taken captive in conflict.
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In most Neolithic communities, which group of people were the first to work out written codes of law?

A) Craftsmen
B) Priests
C) Warriors
D) Farmers
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Potatoes and quinoa were domesticated by 3000 B.C.E. in what region?

A) Indus Valley
B) Western United States
C) Andes Mountains
D) Fertile Crescent
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Which of these was primarily "women's work" during the Neolithic period?

A) Herding sheep and goats
B) Hunting
C) Plowing fields
D) Weaving cloth
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Animal domestication led to humans becoming able to digest which of the following?

A) Milk
B) Meat
C) Grain
D) Minerals
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Which of the following was a consequence of humans living in close proximity with animals?

A) Humans had an easier time domesticating animals.
B) Humans spread disease to animals, leading to the extinction of some species.
C) Humans were exposed to more pathogens.
D) Humans began to consider animals as property.
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What kinds of religious rituals did Neolithic people develop? Who performed them?
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Historians used to call Paleolithic peoples hunter-gatherers but now prefer the term foragers. What does this terminology shift indicate about Paleolithic peoples' daily lives?
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What kinds of animals were lost in the megafaunal extinctions at the end of the last Ice Age, and what role did humans play in those extinctions?
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According to Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras," low sea levels were likely what enabled Homo sapiens to migrate into which part of the world? <strong>According to Map 1.1, Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras, low sea levels were likely what enabled Homo sapiens to migrate into which part of the world?  </strong> A) North America B) South America C) Europe D) Northern Asia <div style=padding-top: 35px>

A) North America
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Northern Asia
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What characteristics did the gods of polytheistic Neolithic societies develop?

A) They took on social hierarchies and had specific labor responsibilities.
B) They were originally believed to resemble people but later were depicted as animals.
C) They were always depicted as strong animals.
D) They were seen as heavenly creatures with wings.
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As Neolithic religious structures became more hierarchical, what was the purpose of the most important religious practice?

A) Ensuring military success
B) Granting a special skill
C) Foretelling the future
D) Ensuring fertility
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Why did Neolithic peoples build circular structures?

A) It helped them to predict where best to herd their animals.
B) Circular structures were believed to predict the movements of the stars.
C) Circular structures were believed to possess magical powers to help people know where to migrate next.
D) Priests taught their populations that building large circular structures would ensure a large harvest for years to come.
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Which of the following was an important feature of the houses of Çatal Hüyük?

A) They were constructed without roofs.
B) Elites lived in round houses with two doors.
C) They were made of mud brick.
D) They were spaced far apart to combat disease.
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For what did Neolithic peoples use obsidian?

A) It was melted to construct plow blades.
B) It was used to make knives and blades.
C) It was easily carved into storage jars.
D) It was woven into carpets to make them stronger.
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How did climate affect the development of human cultures during the Ice Age?
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What effect did the domestication of plants have on human population growth?
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What advantages did the domestication of dogs provide to both dogs and humans?
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Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature? <strong>Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature?  </strong> A) The close proximity of the pits in relation to one another B) The uneven depth of the pits C) The relatively small number of pits D) The existence of storage pits <div style=padding-top: 35px>

A) The close proximity of the pits in relation to one another
B) The uneven depth of the pits
C) The relatively small number of pits
D) The existence of storage pits
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What evidence and characteristics do scientists use to place animals, such as humans, in a particular classification, such as a kingdom, order, or family?
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Based on Map 1.2, "The Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism," which of the following regions demonstrated the greatest pastoral diversity? <strong>Based on Map 1.2, The Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism, which of the following regions demonstrated the greatest pastoral diversity?  </strong> A) Andean Region B) Sahara C) Fertile Crescent D) East Asia <div style=padding-top: 35px>

A) Andean Region
B) Sahara
C) Fertile Crescent
D) East Asia
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What kinds of goods were created and traded at Çatal Hüyük? What do these goods indicate about Neolithic culture?
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What did humans learn about selective breeding from the domestication of sheep around 9000 B.C.E.?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to Homo sapiens in having a larger forebrain?
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How is the intellectual and toolmaking superiority of Homo sapiens reflected in Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras"? <strong>How is the intellectual and toolmaking superiority of Homo sapiens reflected in Map 1.1, Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras?  </strong> A) Homo sapiens travelled farther and crossed bodies of water. B) Homo sapiens travelled primarily along coastlines. C) Homo sapiens travelled faster. D) Homo sapiens often mimicked the routes travelled by Homo erectus. <div style=padding-top: 35px>

A) Homo sapiens travelled farther and crossed bodies of water.
B) Homo sapiens travelled primarily along coastlines.
C) Homo sapiens travelled faster.
D) Homo sapiens often mimicked the routes travelled by Homo erectus.
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How do the footprints pictured in "Fossil Footprints from Laetoli in Tanzania" reflect the belief of many scholars that Australopithecines had short legs and travelled slowly? <strong>How do the footprints pictured in Fossil Footprints from Laetoli in Tanzania reflect the belief of many scholars that Australopithecines had short legs and travelled slowly?  </strong> A) The uneven depth of the footprints B) The footprints are spaced closely together. C) The directional variation of the footprints D) The relatively small size of some of the footprints <div style=padding-top: 35px>

A) The uneven depth of the footprints
B) The footprints are spaced closely together.
C) The directional variation of the footprints
D) The relatively small size of some of the footprints
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What are some of the theories about gender relationships in Paleolithic societies? What changed in those relationships in the Neolithic period? What kinds of evidence are used in supporting or arguing against these theories?
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Neanderthals

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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division of labor

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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foraging

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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How did early Homo erectus spread out of East Africa into other parts of the world? Where did they go, and how early did they reach those places?
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megafaunal extinction

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Agricultural Revolution

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Neolithic era

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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What were the key features of Paleolithic food attainment and Paleolithic diets?
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horticulture

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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domesticated

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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What are some of the problems in using evidence from contemporary gatherer societies to study early humans?
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pastoralism

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Paleolithic era

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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hominids

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Deck 1: The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce
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Which of the following skills did Homo sapiens acquire around 25,000 years ago?

A) The capacity to weave cloth
B) The capacity to make tools from stone
C) The capacity to domesticate sheep
D) The capacity to use fire for warmth
The capacity to weave cloth
2
The Neanderthals of Europe were a branch of what hominid group?

A) Homo sapiens
B) Homo habilis
C) Australopithecus
D) Homo erectus
Homo erectus
3
Scientists used which of the following to label the first periods of human history?

A) The material used for tools
B) The height of the human form
C) Language ability and skill level
D) The location of human settlements
The material used for tools
4
Neanderthals lived side by side with which of the following for millennia?

A) Homo sapiens
B) Cro-Magnon
C) Homo habilis
D) Australopithecus
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During which of the following periods did the ancestor common to both chimpanzees and humans probably live?

A) 3 to 5 million years ago
B) 5 to 7 million years ago
C) 10 to 12 million years ago
D) 12 to 14 million years ago
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How many hours a week did early foragers generally spend gathering food?

A) One to three hours
B) Forty hours
C) Fifty hours or more
D) Ten to twenty hours
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Where did the earliest australopithecines live?

A) Northern Africa
B) Southern and eastern Africa
C) Western and northern Africa
D) Southern Africa
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How did Homo erectus migrate from China about 1.5 million years ago to settle on Java?

A) By sailing woven grass boats
B) By walking over land
C) By floating on planks
D) By paddling canoes
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How is the term species generally defined?

A) A group of organisms that can communicate with one another
B) A group of organisms that will share food with one another
C) A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring of both sexes
D) A group of organisms that originate from a different ancestor
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Where did Homo sapiens first evolve?

A) The Black Sea region
B) The Nile Valley
C) China
D) East Africa
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How did Homo erectus differ from modern humans?

A) Homo erectus had a slightly smaller brain size than modern humans.
B) Homo erectus had no capacity for making and using tools.
C) Homo erectus lived in larger groups than modern humans.
D) Homo erectus shared food preparations and gathering.
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Which of the following is evidence that Neanderthals understood death to have significance?

A) They drew pictures of the dead on walls.
B) They buried the dead with symbolic objects.
C) They wrote stories about the meaning of death.
D) They built large funerary monuments.
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Although the date varies by location, when did the shift to agriculture first occur?

A) 3000 B.C.E.
B) 15,000 B.C.E.
C) 9000 B.C.E.
D) 1000 B.C.E.
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The term forager is now used by historians instead of what traditional term?

A) Hunter-gatherer
B) Stone-age man
C) Caveman
D) First people
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What was one of the results of endogamy?

A) An increase in fertility
B) A lack of diversity of languages
C) The inability of Homo sapiens to mate with one another
D) Differences in physical features and spoken language
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What term is used for the first fully bipedal hominid known to palaeontologists?

A) Ardipithecus
B) Homo habilis
C) Australopithecus
D) Homo sapiens
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17
Why were better social skills especially important for early human females?

A) They needed help with food gathering.
B) They needed help with home building.
C) They needed help with attracting a mate.
D) They needed help with child rearing.
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Which of the following allowed Homo sapiens to migrate to Australia and New Guinea?

A) Simple rafts
B) Land bridges
C) Large boats
D) Swimming
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Paleolithic humans may have encouraged the growth of new plants by doing what?

A) Planting seeds
B) Hunting large game
C) Harvesting crops
D) Setting fires
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Which of the following foods dominated the diet of Paleolithic foragers?

A) Trapped animals
B) Fish
C) Hunted animals
D) Plants
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What did Paleolithic peoples believe about dead members of their kinship groups?

A) That the dead were gone forever
B) That deceased family members were still with them
C) That the dead became new gods
D) That the dead would return one day
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The burial sites of Paleolithic humans reveal that they believed that all things and natural occurrences had which of the following?

A) Meaning
B) Economic value
C) Danger
D) Spirits
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What was one of the shaman's primary duties?

A) Healing the sick
B) Leading the war band
C) Harvesting crops
D) Leading building projects
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How did women's work change as a result of settled agriculture?

A) Women were responsible for working the fields while their husbands hunted.
B) Women became merchants because they now had time to produce things to sell.
C) Women continued to be quite mobile and continued to add to family diet through foraging.
D) Women likely began to spend more time tending to household needs.
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What term describes a crop that has been modified by selective breeding?

A) Trained
B) Marketed
C) Domesticated
D) Husbanded
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What discovery marks the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic?

A) Stone tools
B) Religion
C) Burial
D) Agriculture
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How did the amount of labor required for horticulture compare to that for foraging?

A) Horticulture required less time and labor than foraging.
B) Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging.
C) Horticulture required the same amount of time and labor as foraging.
D) Horticulture required more time and labor than foraging, but only during harvesting season.
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What major climate change occurred about 15,000 years ago?

A) Temperatures warmed and glaciers melted.
B) Monsoon patterns began.
C) Temperatures became slightly colder.
D) El Nino wind patterns first developed.
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29
The natural herding instinct of what animal paved the way for pastoralism?

A) Pigs
B) Yaks
C) Humans
D) Sheep
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Who in Paleolithic society was believed to regularly receive messages from the spirit world?

A) The chief
B) The shaman
C) The king
D) The warriors
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Beginning about 9000 B.C.E., people in the Fertile Crescent began to domesticate what crop?

A) Yams
B) Wheat
C) Squash
D) Rice
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Horticulture refers to the growing of plants using what tool?

A) Clubs
B) Plows
C) Digging sticks
D) Sickles
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Beginning in the sixth millennium B.C.E., people attached wooden sticks to frames and pack animals to use as a simple version of what developing technology?

A) Weapons
B) Fences to mark boundaries of territory
C) Early threshers
D) Plows
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What did the use of plows allow Neolithic people to do?

A) Produce a significant amount of surplus food
B) Spend less time working
C) Develop the first religions
D) Develop less specialized economies
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Which of the following is true of Paleolithic mating patterns?

A) Most Paleolithic humans sought mates from outside their kinship groups.
B) Mates were usually selected from within the same kinship group.
C) Most mates were purchased from a distant tribal group.
D) Mates were generally people taken captive in conflict.
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36
In most Neolithic communities, which group of people were the first to work out written codes of law?

A) Craftsmen
B) Priests
C) Warriors
D) Farmers
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37
Potatoes and quinoa were domesticated by 3000 B.C.E. in what region?

A) Indus Valley
B) Western United States
C) Andes Mountains
D) Fertile Crescent
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Which of these was primarily "women's work" during the Neolithic period?

A) Herding sheep and goats
B) Hunting
C) Plowing fields
D) Weaving cloth
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39
Animal domestication led to humans becoming able to digest which of the following?

A) Milk
B) Meat
C) Grain
D) Minerals
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Which of the following was a consequence of humans living in close proximity with animals?

A) Humans had an easier time domesticating animals.
B) Humans spread disease to animals, leading to the extinction of some species.
C) Humans were exposed to more pathogens.
D) Humans began to consider animals as property.
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41
What kinds of religious rituals did Neolithic people develop? Who performed them?
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42
Historians used to call Paleolithic peoples hunter-gatherers but now prefer the term foragers. What does this terminology shift indicate about Paleolithic peoples' daily lives?
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What kinds of animals were lost in the megafaunal extinctions at the end of the last Ice Age, and what role did humans play in those extinctions?
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According to Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras," low sea levels were likely what enabled Homo sapiens to migrate into which part of the world? <strong>According to Map 1.1, Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras, low sea levels were likely what enabled Homo sapiens to migrate into which part of the world?  </strong> A) North America B) South America C) Europe D) Northern Asia

A) North America
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Northern Asia
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What characteristics did the gods of polytheistic Neolithic societies develop?

A) They took on social hierarchies and had specific labor responsibilities.
B) They were originally believed to resemble people but later were depicted as animals.
C) They were always depicted as strong animals.
D) They were seen as heavenly creatures with wings.
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As Neolithic religious structures became more hierarchical, what was the purpose of the most important religious practice?

A) Ensuring military success
B) Granting a special skill
C) Foretelling the future
D) Ensuring fertility
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47
Why did Neolithic peoples build circular structures?

A) It helped them to predict where best to herd their animals.
B) Circular structures were believed to predict the movements of the stars.
C) Circular structures were believed to possess magical powers to help people know where to migrate next.
D) Priests taught their populations that building large circular structures would ensure a large harvest for years to come.
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Which of the following was an important feature of the houses of Çatal Hüyük?

A) They were constructed without roofs.
B) Elites lived in round houses with two doors.
C) They were made of mud brick.
D) They were spaced far apart to combat disease.
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For what did Neolithic peoples use obsidian?

A) It was melted to construct plow blades.
B) It was used to make knives and blades.
C) It was easily carved into storage jars.
D) It was woven into carpets to make them stronger.
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How did climate affect the development of human cultures during the Ice Age?
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What effect did the domestication of plants have on human population growth?
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What advantages did the domestication of dogs provide to both dogs and humans?
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53
Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature? <strong>Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature?  </strong> A) The close proximity of the pits in relation to one another B) The uneven depth of the pits C) The relatively small number of pits D) The existence of storage pits

A) The close proximity of the pits in relation to one another
B) The uneven depth of the pits
C) The relatively small number of pits
D) The existence of storage pits
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What evidence and characteristics do scientists use to place animals, such as humans, in a particular classification, such as a kingdom, order, or family?
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Based on Map 1.2, "The Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism," which of the following regions demonstrated the greatest pastoral diversity? <strong>Based on Map 1.2, The Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism, which of the following regions demonstrated the greatest pastoral diversity?  </strong> A) Andean Region B) Sahara C) Fertile Crescent D) East Asia

A) Andean Region
B) Sahara
C) Fertile Crescent
D) East Asia
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What kinds of goods were created and traded at Çatal Hüyük? What do these goods indicate about Neolithic culture?
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What did humans learn about selective breeding from the domestication of sheep around 9000 B.C.E.?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to Homo sapiens in having a larger forebrain?
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How is the intellectual and toolmaking superiority of Homo sapiens reflected in Map 1.1, "Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras"? <strong>How is the intellectual and toolmaking superiority of Homo sapiens reflected in Map 1.1, Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras?  </strong> A) Homo sapiens travelled farther and crossed bodies of water. B) Homo sapiens travelled primarily along coastlines. C) Homo sapiens travelled faster. D) Homo sapiens often mimicked the routes travelled by Homo erectus.

A) Homo sapiens travelled farther and crossed bodies of water.
B) Homo sapiens travelled primarily along coastlines.
C) Homo sapiens travelled faster.
D) Homo sapiens often mimicked the routes travelled by Homo erectus.
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How do the footprints pictured in "Fossil Footprints from Laetoli in Tanzania" reflect the belief of many scholars that Australopithecines had short legs and travelled slowly? <strong>How do the footprints pictured in Fossil Footprints from Laetoli in Tanzania reflect the belief of many scholars that Australopithecines had short legs and travelled slowly?  </strong> A) The uneven depth of the footprints B) The footprints are spaced closely together. C) The directional variation of the footprints D) The relatively small size of some of the footprints

A) The uneven depth of the footprints
B) The footprints are spaced closely together.
C) The directional variation of the footprints
D) The relatively small size of some of the footprints
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What are some of the theories about gender relationships in Paleolithic societies? What changed in those relationships in the Neolithic period? What kinds of evidence are used in supporting or arguing against these theories?
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A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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division of labor

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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foraging

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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How did early Homo erectus spread out of East Africa into other parts of the world? Where did they go, and how early did they reach those places?
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megafaunal extinction

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Agricultural Revolution

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Neolithic era

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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What were the key features of Paleolithic food attainment and Paleolithic diets?
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horticulture

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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domesticated

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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What are some of the problems in using evidence from contemporary gatherer societies to study early humans?
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pastoralism

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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Paleolithic era

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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social hierarchies

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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How did material goods create, define, and perpetuate social hierarchies in Neolithic societies?
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animism

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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patriarchy

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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What is the relationship between pastoralism, disease, and humans?
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hominids

A)An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals.
B)Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that lived in Europe and western Asia between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago.
C)Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction.
D)Idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences, and other parts of the physical world have spirits.
E)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era.
F)Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men.
G)Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood and obtained food by gathering and hunting. Roughly 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
H)Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals.
I)A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey.
J)Spiritually adept men and women who communicated with the unseen world.
K)Period beginning in 9000 B.C.E. during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood.
L)Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
M)Crop raising done with hand tools and human power.
N)Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 45,000-10,000 B.C.E., caused by climate change and most likely human hunting.
O)Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; these animals will behave in specific ways and breed in captivity.
P)The practice of marrying within a certain ethnic or social group.
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