Anthro 1030? Idk Man I Did Not Study For This
Mf Class Exam Study Guide
Identify one of the major events that occurred in human prehistory:
a.Evolution of the genus Homo about 2.5 million years ago.
b. Increased human intelligence after about 1,000 years ago.
c. Domestication of plants and animals beginning about 100,000 years ago.
d. Sustainable management of plants and animals for the last 10,000 years. - ANSWER
a.Evolution of the genus Homo about 2.5 million years ago.
Archaeologists working in modern day Jordan have come to a number of conclusions
based on their finds. In which of the following statements should you have the LEAST
certainty/MOST doubt?
a. Wheat was domesticated in the Near East between 9,000-7,000 years ago.
b. Pre-Pottery Neolithic people founded the first polytheistic religion.
c. Shortly after wheat domestication, social inequality emerged in the Fertile Crescent.
d. Archaeologists recover only a fraction of the ground stone tools than once existed in a
Natufian village. - ANSWER b. Pre-Pottery Neolithic people founded the first polytheistic
religion.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three necessary and sufficient conditions for
evolution by natural selection?
a. Heritability
, b. Differential survivorship and reproduction
c. Genotypic variation
d. Phenotypic variation - ANSWER c. Genotypic variation
Why did epidemic diseases not appear until the last several thousand years?
a. Because ancient people knew how to avoid disease.
b. Because population densities were not high enough until then to support
transmission.
c. Trick question: there have always been epidemic diseases. - ANSWER b. Because
population densities were not high enough until then to support transmission.
Which society is more likely to have private property?
a. One that has high residential mobility.
b.One that has high population densities.
c. One that has low territorial behaviors.
d. One that has low population densities. - ANSWER b.One that has high population
densities.
True or False: The transition to agriculture was undoubtedly a positive advancement for
humankind. - ANSWER False
A previously unknown state level society once flourished in eastern Africa. Archaeological
evidence suggests that it collapsed during a time of stable climate, but following food
Mf Class Exam Study Guide
Identify one of the major events that occurred in human prehistory:
a.Evolution of the genus Homo about 2.5 million years ago.
b. Increased human intelligence after about 1,000 years ago.
c. Domestication of plants and animals beginning about 100,000 years ago.
d. Sustainable management of plants and animals for the last 10,000 years. - ANSWER
a.Evolution of the genus Homo about 2.5 million years ago.
Archaeologists working in modern day Jordan have come to a number of conclusions
based on their finds. In which of the following statements should you have the LEAST
certainty/MOST doubt?
a. Wheat was domesticated in the Near East between 9,000-7,000 years ago.
b. Pre-Pottery Neolithic people founded the first polytheistic religion.
c. Shortly after wheat domestication, social inequality emerged in the Fertile Crescent.
d. Archaeologists recover only a fraction of the ground stone tools than once existed in a
Natufian village. - ANSWER b. Pre-Pottery Neolithic people founded the first polytheistic
religion.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three necessary and sufficient conditions for
evolution by natural selection?
a. Heritability
, b. Differential survivorship and reproduction
c. Genotypic variation
d. Phenotypic variation - ANSWER c. Genotypic variation
Why did epidemic diseases not appear until the last several thousand years?
a. Because ancient people knew how to avoid disease.
b. Because population densities were not high enough until then to support
transmission.
c. Trick question: there have always been epidemic diseases. - ANSWER b. Because
population densities were not high enough until then to support transmission.
Which society is more likely to have private property?
a. One that has high residential mobility.
b.One that has high population densities.
c. One that has low territorial behaviors.
d. One that has low population densities. - ANSWER b.One that has high population
densities.
True or False: The transition to agriculture was undoubtedly a positive advancement for
humankind. - ANSWER False
A previously unknown state level society once flourished in eastern Africa. Archaeological
evidence suggests that it collapsed during a time of stable climate, but following food
