Chapter 9 Practice Quiz

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. Which of the following is NOT associated with the use of domestication and agriculture?

Sedentism correct incorrect

Storage correct incorrect

Processing and harvesting technology correct incorrect

Having very little work to do correct incorrect

Creation of surpluses correct incorrect

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. Cities developed with the rise of civilizations because _______.

of the desire to live close to temples correct incorrect

of similar crafts grouping together correct incorrect

of leaders requiring close communication correct incorrect

of increased use of agriculture correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What are some of the effects of agriculture on early human health?

Increased frequency of cavities correct incorrect

More tooth wear and bone stress correct incorrect

Increased malnutrition correct incorrect

Growth in population density correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Human interference with the reproduction of another species, with the result that specific plans and animals become more useful to and dependent on people, is known as ________.

pastoralism correct incorrect

domestication correct incorrect

sedentism correct incorrect

ecological niching correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about plant domestication?

The process was developed by hunter-gatherers through observation and selection correct incorrect

Domestication types and times vary by region around the world correct incorrect

There are co-adaptation processes between animals and plants correct incorrect

Some plants were domesticated for use by humans correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The following characteristics of wild wheat would have been selected by humans as they chose suitable seeds:

durable glume, seed heads that mature at the same time, less brittle rachis correct incorrect

seed heads that mature at the same time, less brittle rachis, softer glume correct incorrect

softer glume, seed heads that mature over a longer period, brittle rachis correct incorrect

durable glume, seed heads that mature over a longer period, brittle rachis correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. A village that raises its crops on tilled fields and diverts water from the nearby river to water it, allowing the inhabitants to have more food that they sustain through their work is an example of a(n) _______.

natural process correct incorrect

environmental process correct incorrect

ecological niche correct incorrect

pangenerational niche correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Finding different artifacts in graves of a village, along with some house foundations being much larger than other ones could be interpreted as _______.

ecological niches correct incorrect

social stratification correct incorrect

egalitarian construction correct incorrect

systemic interpretation correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not part of a state?

Stratified society that possesses territory that is defended correct incorrect

Sophisticated food-production and food-storage techniques correct incorrect

Egalitarian social structure correct incorrect

Monumental public buildings correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Robert Carneiro, in his examination of conflict in ancient societies and states, argues that population pressure may have contributed to warfare, a situation he calls _______.

conscription correct incorrect

environmental niche correct incorrect

bloodwealth correct incorrect

environmental circumscription correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The end of the Pleistocene was marked by a slow change in climate.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Domestication can be seen as a human form of niche construction.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. With each successive form of plant domestication the amount of energy people put in increases, while the amount of food back does not.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The earliest animal domesticated was the goat.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Once humans became dependent on agriculture they were unable to change their society structures to more egalitarian ones.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Agriculture leads to immediate inequality in Neolithic farming villages.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Writing developed in all state level societies.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Mesopotamia has been referred to as the cradle of civilization.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Wheat and barley were the first plant domesticates in the Middle East.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Agriculture may have emerged as a response to a broad-spectrum foraging strategy.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect