Deck 1: Prehistoric Communal Institutions in the Middle East

Question 1

Whats defention of terms:
-communal Society

Answer 1

A family-based collective

Question 2

Whats defention of terms:
-direct democracy

Answer 2

government by the entire population, usually through elected representatives

Question 3

Whats defention of terms:
-economic institutions

Answer 3

sets of relations between people doing economic activities and the ways that people interact in the economy

Question 4

Whats defention of terms:
-Economy

Question 5

Whats defention of terms:
-Ideology

Question 6

Whats defention of terms:
-Institutions

Question 7

Whats defention of terms:
-natural selection

Question 8

Whats defention of terms:
-Prehistoric

Question 9

Whats defention of terms:
-Productivity

Question 10

Whats defention of terms:
-racist discrimination

Question 11

Whats defention of terms:
-sexist discrimination

Question 12

Whats defention of terms:
-social institutions

Question 13

Whats defention of terms:
-Technology

Question 14

Comprehend the genesis of human beings and early societies.
-How was natural selection important in the development of early humanoids?

Question 15

Comprehend the genesis of human beings and early societies.
-What is the definition of a prehistoric society and why is it so difficult to learn about these early communities?

Question 16

Comprehend the genesis of human beings and early societies.
-What are some characteristics of early human society?

Question 17

Comprehend the genesis of human beings and early societies.
-What evidence is used to substantiate claims about early humans and early society?

Question 18

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-List and describe the four basic features of society used as a framework for analysis in this text. Using this framework, what are the basic features of prehistoric society?

Question 19

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-What is an institution?

Question 20

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-What is an economy?

Question 21

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-What is technology? What are examples of technology in early communal societies?

Question 22

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-What are economic institutions? What is the key economic institution in prehistoric society?

Question 23

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-Explain the importance of the communal group and the role of its members for ensuring the survival of all its members.

Question 24

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-Can there be more than one way a society could organize to produce and allocate what it needs to survive and grow?

Question 25

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-What is ideology as used in this text?

Question 26

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-Give examples of ideas or systematic beliefs in early communal society.

Question 27

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-We usually do not think of ideology as necessary for our day-to-day survival. In what ways is it necessary for the survival of the members of the communal society?

Question 28

List and explain the four basic institutions of human society.
-How could prehistoric societies survive so long with little change and without major technological advancements?

Question 29

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-List the six possible interactions of the four basic institutions of society. Give brief examples of each interaction in prehistoric society.

Question 30

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-What is productivity? Why was productivity so low in prehistoric communal societies?

Question 31

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-What is a direct democracy? How does that differ from democracy as practiced in the United States today?

Question 32

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-What is sexist discrimination? Why was it not practical in a prehistoric society?

Question 33

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-What is racist discrimination? Why was it not a factor in prehistoric society?

Question 34

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-What is the importance of the extended family?

Question 35

Describe the six ways in which the four basic institutions of society interacted in prehistoric society.
-Why is cooperation and collective action within the extended family so crucial for survival?

Question 36

The four basic features of any society include

A) customs, laws, norms and ideology
B) hunting, gathering, fishing, and agriculture
C) religion, the family, the political process, and industry
D) technology, economic institutions, social institutions, and ideology

Question 37

Institutions may be defined as

A) more or less coherent systems of ideas about how society works and how we should behave within a given society
B) processes through which a society provisions itself with the goods and services that it needs to survive and grow
C) sets of customs, laws and norms that influence human behavior
D) ways that human beings produce goods and services

Question 38

Productivity is a measure of

A) the amount of inputs available in a given society
B) the amount of output produced by a given society
C) the amount of output produced by each input
D) the methods and tools used to produce goods and services

Question 39

According to Charles Darwin, the process of natural selection operates as follows:

A) Individuals who are the most fit will survive.
B) Individuals who do not adapt to their environment will not survive.
C) Individuals with the behavioral traits best suited for survival will have the highest reproduction rate.
D) Individuals with the genetic traits best suited for survival will have the highest reproduction rate.

Question 40

What is the basis of our knowledge of early communal societies that existed tens of thousands of years ago?

A) Anthropologists study myths and folklore passed from generation to generation.
B) Archaeologists examine artifacts found in early dwellings and graves.
C) Religious leaders in prehistoric societies wrote histories in ancient languages on the walls of caves.
D) Scholars study and translate documents found in prehistoric ruins.

Question 41

Which of the following are examples of economic institutions found in early communal societies?

A) early stone tools
B) hunting and gathering
C) the church or similar religious institution
D) the extended family

Question 42

How did early societies make decisions that affected the entire community?

A) all important decisions were made by the strongest male of the group.
B) decisions were always made by the hereditary head of government.
C) major decisions were made by the oldest female of the group.
D) most decisions were made collectively.

Question 43

Racial prejudice and discrimination was probably unknown in early communal societies. Why?

A) Members of different races were part of a full-time religious priesthood.
B) Members of each group were parted of the same extended family.
C) Discrimination was prohibited by early government leaders.
D) Members of different races were inducted into armies or navies.

Question 44

The interaction of technology and ideology of early communal societies

A) led to a continual search for new and better tools.
B) meant that considerable effort was devoted to creating weapons to wage war against other communities.
C) produced considerable instability in early societies
D) strengthened habits and traditions and a distrust of change

Question 45

In early communal societies, ideas of cooperation and collective action

A) contributed to social anxiety and instability.
B) meant that all members of prehistoric societies lived long and happy lives.
C) were necessary for basic survival.
D) were prohibited and punishable by death.

Question 46

An ideology

A) is the process through which a society provisions itself with the goods and services it needs to survive and grow. .
B) is the way that human beings produce goods and services.
C) is a more or less coherent system of ideas about how society works and how individuals should behave within the society.
D) is always true.