Chapter 8 Student Quiz

After the Ice
. Which of the following cultures dates after 16,000 years ago in Northwest Africa and appears to have been replaced by Capsian culture?

. A warming trend at the end of the Pleistocene was interrupted by the _________; this was a rapid return to glacial conditions around ____________ years ago.

. The Holocene Warm Maximum or Mid-Holocene Warm Period began around __________ years ago.

. In comparison to the Pleistocene, the subsistence base of post-Pleistocene Europe was characterized by:

. Which of the following cultures set the stage for the Neolithic in the Middle East by their increased reliance on wild wheat and barley?

. In comparison to simple foraging societies, complex foragers were:

. The ________________ began around 6,000 years ago in Australia and was characterized by the efficient use of stone and production of blade tools, including finely made, unifacially and bifacially retouched spearpoints.

. Archaeological and genetic evidence indicates the earliest domestication of dogs occurred in _________ sometime during the ___________.

. Sheep, goats and cattle were first domesticated in _________; archaeological evidence currently indicates ___________ were the earliest of these to be domesticated.

. The late Pleistocene inhabitants of ______________ exploited wild varieties of cereal grasses. These plants produced _______________ and were among the first to be domesticated during the ___________.

. Which of the following cultures dates from 15,000 to 11,000 years ago in Egypt and harvested wild grains with sickles made with stone blades inset into wooden or bone handles?

. The earliest known Neolithic culture in north China is known as the _____________; domesticates included __________________.

. Although many explanations for the agricultural revolution have been offered, it involved the domestication of plants and animals over thousands of years, beginning as early as _________ years ago; it was often preceded by increased _____________.

. Which of the following cultures was adapted to forest and lakeside environments in Early Mesolithic Europe?

. The __________ period followed the Paleolithic; it was characterized by ___________ in Europe.

. Which foods were among the subsistence base for indigenous civilization in the Americas?

. Which of the following was a Mesolithic stone-tool tradition in Southeast Asia that focused on the manufacture of tools from chipped pebbles?

. The wild progenitor of maize, known as _____________, was domesticated more than _____________ years ago in ______________.

. The Early Neolithic culture of __________ was based on the cultivation of _____________.

. The following were among the principal crops of the European Neolithic:

. Which crop was first domesticated in South America 5,000 years ago and is now among the most important crop in the modern world?

. What was the source of the principal crops of the European Neolithic?

. The period of accelerated worldwide population growth is called the ________; it was associated with _________________.

. The Danish site of Meilgaard contained an enormous ________; it was comprised of ______________.

. Following the Paleolithic in Europe, __________ cultures were characterized by increased ________________.

. The ________ was a littoral cultural tradition of northeast North America during Archaic period.

. In comparison to preceding millennia, the cultures of the European Mesolithic and North American Archaic are characterized by:

. The Lake Forest Archaic tradition relied on ____________ resources and was located around ______________________.

. Which foods were among the subsistence base for indigenous civilization in the Middle East?

. Which of the following cultures dates from 13,000 years ago in Japan and relied on hunting, gathering, and, collecting food from the sea?

. For 99% of human history, humans depended solely on _________ for their subsistence; this began to change in many regions of the world after _________ years ago.

. Based on currently available archaeological evidence, which of the following regions first began controlling food sources by artificially producing conditions under which the plants would grow?

. The process of _____________ led to domestication, in which the production of certain species of plants and animals became more advantageous to humans.

. The maximum population an environment could sustain based on a certain subsistence system is known as its _____________; when it was exceeded, people in many regions of the world responded by ________________.

. Which of the following are generally characteristic of plant domestication?

. Which of the following cultures was characterized by the hunting of wild sheep, collection of shellfish and snails, and harvesting of wild grains after 10,000 years ago in Northwest Africa?

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