ASB 222: EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Band societies correct answer small population size
-tight-nit group
-egalitarianism
Beringea correct answer -a land bridge that connected Asia and North America
together from 35 kya to 11 kya
-the land bridge was a glassland by lard communities of herbivores
Cahokia correct answer -contained multiple mounds
-was a complex of mounds and plaza
-contains burial indicative of high social status
-evidence of human sacrifice
-had large scale feasting, potentially a tool used by the elite.
Chiefdom correct answer -end of 20th century, the last chiefdom died out
-thousands of individuals
-practiced agriculture
-irrigated field for food surplus
-start to see social status
-power is transferred hereditarily
-chief controls the accumulation and distribution of wealth
, Complex technologies correct answer -started to appear during the Middle Stone
Age of Africa (250-60 kya)
-mode 4 tools (blade technology)
tools were made from raw materials of stone.
-the start of the beginnings of "micro" blades
-putting the tip of the spears which termed complex or composite tools (a tool
made up of multiple parts).
Consequences of farming correct answer -increase population size
-1 acre of land can feed many more people
-stay in one place allowing women to have more children
-surplus of food and food storage
Denisovans correct answer -newly discovered ancient group that lived from 50-30
kya
-known as a very distant cousin of ours
-used EPAS1 to acquired the mating of the past species
-revealed that the gene flow between modern humans, denisovans and
neanderthals.
domestication of dogs correct answer -diverged from wolves about 33 kya
-happened in Europe, or asia
-shorter nose
-used as hunting partners, to carry loads, or pets
Emergence of state societies correct answer -adopted writing systems
ANSWERS
Band societies correct answer small population size
-tight-nit group
-egalitarianism
Beringea correct answer -a land bridge that connected Asia and North America
together from 35 kya to 11 kya
-the land bridge was a glassland by lard communities of herbivores
Cahokia correct answer -contained multiple mounds
-was a complex of mounds and plaza
-contains burial indicative of high social status
-evidence of human sacrifice
-had large scale feasting, potentially a tool used by the elite.
Chiefdom correct answer -end of 20th century, the last chiefdom died out
-thousands of individuals
-practiced agriculture
-irrigated field for food surplus
-start to see social status
-power is transferred hereditarily
-chief controls the accumulation and distribution of wealth
, Complex technologies correct answer -started to appear during the Middle Stone
Age of Africa (250-60 kya)
-mode 4 tools (blade technology)
tools were made from raw materials of stone.
-the start of the beginnings of "micro" blades
-putting the tip of the spears which termed complex or composite tools (a tool
made up of multiple parts).
Consequences of farming correct answer -increase population size
-1 acre of land can feed many more people
-stay in one place allowing women to have more children
-surplus of food and food storage
Denisovans correct answer -newly discovered ancient group that lived from 50-30
kya
-known as a very distant cousin of ours
-used EPAS1 to acquired the mating of the past species
-revealed that the gene flow between modern humans, denisovans and
neanderthals.
domestication of dogs correct answer -diverged from wolves about 33 kya
-happened in Europe, or asia
-shorter nose
-used as hunting partners, to carry loads, or pets
Emergence of state societies correct answer -adopted writing systems
