ANTHRO TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
A key take-away this week is that societies don't always fit neatly into the Band-
Tribe-Chiefdom-State model. For example, the Celts had characteristics of both a
tribe and a chiefdom. Similar for Great Zimbabwe. Based on the short video you
watched, which of the following traits makes Great Zimbabwe more like a state
than a chiefdom, which is what I categorized as? correct answer
All state-level societies throughout time have been characterized by social
inequality. correct answer false
Anatomically modern humans have been successfully adapted to a hunting-
gatherering diet for 98% of our human existence, from ca. 100,000 years ago to
about ca. 8,000 years ago. correct answer true
Artificial selection of wild plants (such as corn, sunflower and squash) over several
millennia results in domesticated seeds being significantly larger than wild seeds.
correct answer true
Based on recently genetic and nutritional research conducted among the Hadza,
which of the following statements is false about hunter-gatherer diets? correct
answer b)
They have a very poor gastrointestinal (i.e., gut) microbiome due to the limited
resources available in the desert
Based on the picture below, which tombstone motif appeared around 1700, then
lost favor to the point of not being used anymore, only to suddenly reappear with
great popularity several decades later? correct answer Cherub
, Based on the reading of "New Women of the Ice Age," which of the following
statements is false regarding Upper Paleolithic Europe?
a) they played a host of roles, from sha(wo)men, to plant collectors and hunters,
to weavers.
b) the so-called "Venus Figurines" were likely reserved for special events such as
rituals or shamanistic purposes
c) the majority of calories consumed in a typical Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diet
come from plants, shellfish, insects and birds.
d) men did the majority of hunting, mostly of large Ice Age game such as
mammoth and mastodon
e) impressions in clay suggest a prominent woven fiber technology, in the form of
nets, bags, and basketry
f) both men and women hunted and gathered, mostly likely using ingenious (and
safe) net technology, to obtain small mammals such as hare and fox. correct
answer d
Both bands and tribes are characterized by equality, such that there are no major
differences in wealth or and political power. But one can still gain social status
over their lifetime through skill and hard work. Anthropologists call this kind of
status what? correct answer egalitarian
A key take-away this week is that societies don't always fit neatly into the Band-
Tribe-Chiefdom-State model. For example, the Celts had characteristics of both a
tribe and a chiefdom. Similar for Great Zimbabwe. Based on the short video you
watched, which of the following traits makes Great Zimbabwe more like a state
than a chiefdom, which is what I categorized as? correct answer
All state-level societies throughout time have been characterized by social
inequality. correct answer false
Anatomically modern humans have been successfully adapted to a hunting-
gatherering diet for 98% of our human existence, from ca. 100,000 years ago to
about ca. 8,000 years ago. correct answer true
Artificial selection of wild plants (such as corn, sunflower and squash) over several
millennia results in domesticated seeds being significantly larger than wild seeds.
correct answer true
Based on recently genetic and nutritional research conducted among the Hadza,
which of the following statements is false about hunter-gatherer diets? correct
answer b)
They have a very poor gastrointestinal (i.e., gut) microbiome due to the limited
resources available in the desert
Based on the picture below, which tombstone motif appeared around 1700, then
lost favor to the point of not being used anymore, only to suddenly reappear with
great popularity several decades later? correct answer Cherub
, Based on the reading of "New Women of the Ice Age," which of the following
statements is false regarding Upper Paleolithic Europe?
a) they played a host of roles, from sha(wo)men, to plant collectors and hunters,
to weavers.
b) the so-called "Venus Figurines" were likely reserved for special events such as
rituals or shamanistic purposes
c) the majority of calories consumed in a typical Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diet
come from plants, shellfish, insects and birds.
d) men did the majority of hunting, mostly of large Ice Age game such as
mammoth and mastodon
e) impressions in clay suggest a prominent woven fiber technology, in the form of
nets, bags, and basketry
f) both men and women hunted and gathered, mostly likely using ingenious (and
safe) net technology, to obtain small mammals such as hare and fox. correct
answer d
Both bands and tribes are characterized by equality, such that there are no major
differences in wealth or and political power. But one can still gain social status
over their lifetime through skill and hard work. Anthropologists call this kind of
status what? correct answer egalitarian
