Chapter 10 Quiz

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. Domestication is

converting wild plants and animals to human uses correct incorrect

taming of wild animals for use as pets correct incorrect

cultivation of certain types of plants to increase yield correct incorrect

the process of farming correct incorrect

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. The Neolithic revolution

is the stone age when humans had first begun using stone-tool technology correct incorrect

happened in the same way but at different times worldwide correct incorrect

happened just after the last ice age correct incorrect

was a process that happened differently in different ways worldwide correct incorrect

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. People who practice which way of life work the least?

foragers correct incorrect

horticulturalists correct incorrect

agriculturalists correct incorrect

pastoralists correct incorrect

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. The optimal foraging strategy

suggests people capture those calories which are most beneficial to health correct incorrect

suggests people achieve optimal nutrition when in a large group correct incorrect

suggests people capture just enough calories they need to survive correct incorrect

suggests people achieve nutrition when in an optimally sized group correct incorrect

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. Transhumance is

movement from one ecological niche to another correct incorrect

when people stay near their plants correct incorrect

movement across an area in search of grazing lands correct incorrect

regular seasonal movement in relation to an ecological need correct incorrect

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. Foraging is

the search for edible things correct incorrect

raising and maintaining herds of animals correct incorrect

small-scale agriculture correct incorrect

large-scale farming, which uses a lot of inputs correct incorrect

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. Pastoralism is

the search for edible things correct incorrect

breeding, care, and use of domesticated herding animals correct incorrect

small-scale agriculture correct incorrect

large-scale farming, which uses a lot of inputs correct incorrect

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. Carbon-14 dating can be used on what kind of materials?

organic correct incorrect

inorganic correct incorrect

metal and alloy correct incorrect

any material containing sodium correct incorrect

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. Robert Braidwood's "hilly flanks" hypothesis suggests that

most early cultigens were native to the Fertile Crescent lowlands correct incorrect

early cultigens were imported through vast trade networks in the Middle East correct incorrect

few early cultigens were native to the Fertile Crescent lowlands correct incorrect

early cultigens were actually wild plants that humans found to be useful correct incorrect

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. Esther Boserup observed that farming was hard work and instead suggested that the motivation for agricultural practices came from

population growth correct incorrect

the ability to wage war on neighboring communities correct incorrect

the centralization of state power correct incorrect

the emergence of sophisticated tools for farming correct incorrect

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. The skill of hunter-gatherers comes from

their ability to move quietly in their environment correct incorrect

an extraordinary knowledge of their environment correct incorrect

the luck of discovery correct incorrect

their ability to discern information from modern day maps correct incorrect

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. What material do archaeologists prefer to use for Carbon-14 dating?

leather correct incorrect

charcoal correct incorrect

silver correct incorrect

copper correct incorrect

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. Sedentism is

year-round settlement in a particular place correct incorrect

movement of a group according to the seasons correct incorrect

a very recent development in human society correct incorrect

the result of changes in how we work correct incorrect

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. One consequence of sedentism is

an increase in warfare correct incorrect

reductions in social inequality correct incorrect

larger food surpluses correct incorrect

permanent social inequality correct incorrect

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. One result of larger, denser population centers is

the rapid spread of disease correct incorrect

a wider range of social activity correct incorrect

increased respect for artisans and similar classes correct incorrect

the increased levels of corruption correct incorrect