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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

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The natural herding instinct of what animal paved the way for pastoralism?


A) Pigs
B) Yaks
C) Humans
D) Sheep

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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What term describes a crop that has been modified by selective breeding?


A) Trained
B) Marketed
C) Domesticated
D) Husbanded

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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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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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

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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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

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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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

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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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? 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?   A)  North America B)  South America C)  Europe D)  Northern Asia


A) North America
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Northern Asia

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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What are the advantages and disadvantages to Homo sapiens in having a larger forebrain?

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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? Which feature of the remains of the Neolithic-era Village at Banpo, pictured in Global Viewpoints, is indicative of this community's sedentary nature?   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

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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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.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Use the following to answer questions : -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.

Q) E) and M)
R) L) and O)

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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.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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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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Animal domestication led to humans becoming able to digest which of the following?


A) Milk
B) Meat
C) Grain
D) Minerals

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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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.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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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

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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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.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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What kinds of religious rituals did Neolithic people develop? Who performed them?

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Use the following to answer questions : -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.

Q) F) and H)
R) A) and D)

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