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chapter 1
1. To the peoples of the ancient world, the characteristic benefits of civilization—safety
and stability, government, art, literature, and science—were necessarily products of
a. rural life.
b. city life.
c. religion.
d. warfare.
e. nomadic life.
2. Cities were the result of innovations that began roughly
a. 13,000 years ago.
b. 25,000 years ago.
c. 38,000 years ago.
d. 50,000 years ago.
e. 1,000,000 years ago.
3. Primates with human characteristics originated roughly 4–5 million years ago in
, a. China.
b. Africa.
c. North America.
d. South America.
e. Northern Europe.
4. The ability of Neanderthals to make jewelry, bury their dead in distinctive graves, and
create
cave paintings suggests which of the following?
a. Neanderthals were the most advanced ancient peoples.
b. Neanderthals engaged in some recognizable human activities.
c. Neanderthals likely became extinct as a result of famine.
d. Neanderthal women did the same work as men.
e. Neanderthal society was highly stratified.
5. Cave paintings, such as those found in Lascaux, France, are evidence of the development
of
a. a stratified society.
b. permanent settlement.
c. finely crafted and effective tools.
, d. the ability to travel great distances.
e. an artistic class.
6. Before 11,000 B.C.E., virtually all human societies were
a. engaged in settled agriculture to produce crop surpluses for the gods.
b. able to use metal tools for arts, crafts, and building.
c. using men to do the hunting and women to do the gathering.
d. nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food.
e. settled in agricultural communities.
7. With the development of managed food production and the settlements that grew as a
result,
a. great disparities developed in individual wealth.
b. societies could be easily ruled by tribal kings.
c. societies practiced a policy of “divide, defeat, and conquer.”
d. individuals and communities could accumulate and store wealth on a large
scale.
e. wild animals were used as beasts of burden.
8. The switch from subsistence through food gathering to food production
, a. required people to give up their faith in traditional gods.
b. resulted in the development of settlements.
c. meant that women were no longer part of the labor force.
d. prohibited raising domestic animals as livestock.
e. required seasonal movement, allowing for summer and winter settlements.
9. The Neolithic Revolution allowed women to
a. produce cave art for the first time.
b. become the primary laborers in the growing of crops.
c. have fewer children and devote less time to child care.
d. engage in religious rituals for the first time.
e. have more children and devote more time to child care.
10. Why was life expectancy in early cities shorter than among nomadic hunter-gatherer
peoples?
a. The carbohydrate-rich diet was less nutritious.
b. The success of the cities and their stored supplies of food attracted attacks
from outside, chiefly by nomadic peoples.
c. The process of in-home burial led to an increase in contagious disease.
d. Food was often portioned out according to social class and sex, resulting in an
inadequate diet for women and the poor.
chapter 1
1. To the peoples of the ancient world, the characteristic benefits of civilization—safety
and stability, government, art, literature, and science—were necessarily products of
a. rural life.
b. city life.
c. religion.
d. warfare.
e. nomadic life.
2. Cities were the result of innovations that began roughly
a. 13,000 years ago.
b. 25,000 years ago.
c. 38,000 years ago.
d. 50,000 years ago.
e. 1,000,000 years ago.
3. Primates with human characteristics originated roughly 4–5 million years ago in
, a. China.
b. Africa.
c. North America.
d. South America.
e. Northern Europe.
4. The ability of Neanderthals to make jewelry, bury their dead in distinctive graves, and
create
cave paintings suggests which of the following?
a. Neanderthals were the most advanced ancient peoples.
b. Neanderthals engaged in some recognizable human activities.
c. Neanderthals likely became extinct as a result of famine.
d. Neanderthal women did the same work as men.
e. Neanderthal society was highly stratified.
5. Cave paintings, such as those found in Lascaux, France, are evidence of the development
of
a. a stratified society.
b. permanent settlement.
c. finely crafted and effective tools.
, d. the ability to travel great distances.
e. an artistic class.
6. Before 11,000 B.C.E., virtually all human societies were
a. engaged in settled agriculture to produce crop surpluses for the gods.
b. able to use metal tools for arts, crafts, and building.
c. using men to do the hunting and women to do the gathering.
d. nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food.
e. settled in agricultural communities.
7. With the development of managed food production and the settlements that grew as a
result,
a. great disparities developed in individual wealth.
b. societies could be easily ruled by tribal kings.
c. societies practiced a policy of “divide, defeat, and conquer.”
d. individuals and communities could accumulate and store wealth on a large
scale.
e. wild animals were used as beasts of burden.
8. The switch from subsistence through food gathering to food production
, a. required people to give up their faith in traditional gods.
b. resulted in the development of settlements.
c. meant that women were no longer part of the labor force.
d. prohibited raising domestic animals as livestock.
e. required seasonal movement, allowing for summer and winter settlements.
9. The Neolithic Revolution allowed women to
a. produce cave art for the first time.
b. become the primary laborers in the growing of crops.
c. have fewer children and devote less time to child care.
d. engage in religious rituals for the first time.
e. have more children and devote more time to child care.
10. Why was life expectancy in early cities shorter than among nomadic hunter-gatherer
peoples?
a. The carbohydrate-rich diet was less nutritious.
b. The success of the cities and their stored supplies of food attracted attacks
from outside, chiefly by nomadic peoples.
c. The process of in-home burial led to an increase in contagious disease.
d. Food was often portioned out according to social class and sex, resulting in an
inadequate diet for women and the poor.
