Deck 1: The Earliest Human Societies

Question 1

Homo Sapiens physically changed in the Paleolithic Age wit

A) sharper eyesight.
B) shorter arms.
C) larger hips.
D) larger skulls.
E) All of the options are correct.

Answer 1

All of the options are correct.

Question 2

How did society change with agriculture

Answer 2

Answers would include diversification of labor,private property issues,gender issues in addition to a treatment of agrarian civilizations and their social structures.

Question 3

Which of the following problems could cause conflict with hunter and gatherer groups?

A) theft
B) water scarcity
C) territorial claims
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Answer 3

All of the options are correct.

Question 4

Trace the physical changes in humans from the hominid through the Neolithic Age and describe their significance.

Question 5

Homo Sapiens originated in

A) Asia.
B) Europe.
C) North America.
D) East Africa.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 6

The modifications humans made in the Paleolithic indicate an ability to

A) adapt.
B) manipulate the environment.
C) communicate.
D) organize.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 7

Which of the following marks the beginning of the Paleolithic Age?

A) cave art
B) stone tools
C) Cro-Magnon man
D) Venus figurines
E) iron production

Question 8

Which of the following specialists is essential to understanding ancient writing

A) paleoanthropologists
B) paleoenvironmentalists
C) paleographers
D) None of the options are correct.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 9

In which of the following ways was Paleolithic society different from today?

A) Urban development.
B) Complex developed cultures.
C) Particular metals and tools.
D) The family unit was larger.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 10

Before the beginning of the historical period,humans had

A) created art forms.
B) mastered agriculture.
C) developed religions.
D) made tools.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 11

Which of the following changed in humans during the Paleolithic Age?

A) mental capacity
B) family size
C) art
D) hunting tools
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 12

What role did metals play in Prehistoric times? Why has iron been called one of history's "key metals"?

Question 13

Paleolithic hunting and gathering groups usually numbered no more than

A) 60
B) 25
C) 100
D) 40
E) 5

Question 14

Describe life in Paleolithic society.

Question 15

Explain why the Agricultural Revolution was one of man's greatest changes.

Question 16

Elaborate on the multidisciplinary nature of the study of prehistory.

Question 17

Past forms of humans died out due to

A) a lack of emphasis on fertility in the culture.
B) an inability to adapt to environmental changes.
C) a diminished ability to reason over time.
D) natural disasters.
E) almost no hierarchy in societal development.

Question 18

Which of the following would be associated with the Neolithic Age

A) Hunting mammoth and gathering grasses.
B) Living in caves and painting horses.
C) Primarily scavenging for food.
D) Choosing livestock specifically for breeding.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 19

Prehistory refers to the period before

A) the last Ice Age.
B) the development of writing.
C) the use of fire.
D) the appearance of hominids.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 20

The most crucial factor in the success of the Paleolithic family was

A) the bravery of a few individuals.
B) relations with outside groups.
C) skill in hunting and child bearing.
D) skill in warfare.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 21

Which of the following was true of the Agricultural Revolution?

A) The development of agriculture usually occurred over a 50-100 year period.
B) Agriculture first emerged in the Near East and then gradually spread into Asia and Africa.
C) Agriculture developed in at least seven separate areas at about the same time.
D) People began to use agricultural practices in northern China much earlier than in West Africa.
E) Every society of people in the world has now experienced a true agricultural revolution.

Question 22

The key metal of history has been

A) copper.
B) bronze.
C) gold.
D) silver.
E) iron.

Question 23

In an agrarian civilization,one would find

A) religious leaders.
B) a city.
C) artisans.
D) tax collectors.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 24

Which of these early agricultural areas had a river that was peaceful and predictable?

A) Egypt
B) Central America
C) Mesopotamia
D) China
E) Both B and C.

Question 25

By the end of the Paleolithic Age,groups were ____ nomadic.

A) more
B) less
C) not
D) completely
E) seasonally

Question 26

The basic social unit during the Paleolithic Age was the ____________________.

Question 27

Neolithic religions focused on

A) Natural phenomena that they could not control.
B) Rituals and sacrifices.
C) Spiritual leaders to communicate with supernatural forces.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 28

Which of the following is necessary for Neolithic populations to grow?

A) More women than men.
B) Domesticated draft animals.
C) Intensive dependable agriculture.
D) Use of fire and stone tools.
E) Both A and D.

Question 29

Which animal was among the last domesticated?

A) horse
B) pig
C) dog
D) sheep
E) goat

Question 30

The introduction of iron

A) changed warfare.
B) brought new areas of land into cultivation.
C) created more durable tools.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 31

Bronze had several disadvantages,including

A) it was extremely hard to work with.
B) it was not resistant to weathering.
C) it was too easy to make.
D) it was very light weight.
E) it was difficult to obtain.

Question 32

Which of the following artifacts appears to be evidence of a female centered religion in Neolithic society?

A) Venus figurines
B) Clay pots
C) Cave art
D) Law scrolls
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 33

The study of history as a field by an individual is known as ____________________.

Question 34

What aspect about women explains the Neolithic emphasis on women in religion?

A) Their ability to have children.
B) Their physical appeal.
C) Their stronger body.
D) Their larger brains.
E) Their perceived moral superiority.

Question 35

All of the following are considered developments of the Neolithic Age EXCEPT

A) privately owned property.
B) specialization of labor.
C) enlarged public roles for women.
D) the family unit.
E) settlement of people in permanent locations.

Question 36

Most civilizations developed near which of the following geographic features?

A) mountains
B) deserts
C) rivers
D) forest
E) oceans

Question 37

Agrarian civilizations had social values that emphasized

A) family and kin.
B) profit and production.
C) hunting and warfare.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) Both A and C.

Question 38

The earliest humanlike creatures are thought to have originated in ____________________.

Question 39

The physical change with the most significant impact on humans during the Paleolithic was their ____________________.

Question 40

The intentional use of fire indicates

A) a manipulation of the environment.
B) a change in the food that was eaten.
C) a reliance on agriculture.
D) a social organization.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 41

The first farmers were probably ____________________.

Question 42

Agrarian civilizations believed time to be ____________________.

Question 43

In early agrarian and irrigation societies,religion used ____________________ and ____________________ as ways to control the deities.

Question 44

The first metal used by humans appears to have been ____________________.

Question 45

The idea that knowledge of new techniques spreads through human contact is termed the ____________________.

Question 46

The gradual adoption of agriculture required more settled,or ____________________ ways of life.