ASB 222 buried cities lost tribes Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Question 1:
Abu Hureyra
Answer:
a site on the Euphrates River in Syria that was occupied during the Natufian and the
Neolithic periods. Hunting Gazelle, Incipiant hearding.85K years ago domesticated sheep and
goat, Wheat,Rye, and lentils. Women faired the worst and had deformed big toes,
osteoarthritis, and they were over developed on top. Burial of a shaman who had a
deformity,was crippled and covered with stone slabs, buried w/ 50 tortoise shells, chopped off
full foot and other skulls. Natufians
Question 2:
Agriculture
Answer:
any activities to artificially increase plant yields using fertilizers or dividing water. the
benifit is more units of food than plant forging. the down side is alot more labor=
Intensification- more labor into the land and getting more out of it
Question 3:
Agricultural Revolution
Answer:
The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and
2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.
Question 4:
Animism
Answer:
the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of actions. Lasco cave,
Venus Figurines, smpathietic magic, upper paleolithic
Question 5:
Ban- Po- Ts'un
Answer:
5-600K years Ago, earliest site in china along yellow river- has huge drainage ditch and thier
, cemetary are in rows, demesticated pigs and dogs, millet grain and silk
Question 6:
Conscious selection
Answer:
domestication of animals - on purpose
Question 7:
unconscious selection
Answer:
domestication of plants- didn't mean to dometicate the plants, accidental
Question 8:
culture
Answer:
the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and
transmitted from one generation to the next
Question 9:
Dolni Vestonice
3 teenagers-female in middle= ocre in public area
Answer:
Upper Paleolithic; 27,000 BP to 23,000 BP; Czech Republic; site of earliest known
potter's kiln; 3 separate sites; about 100 ppl; venus figurines, animals, and some weapons,
evidence of trade, 2300 clay figurines, hollowed bones for flute. Burial of lady covered in red
ochre- 2 mamoth bones on top of her; Paralysis in her face( theres a clay carving of her found
near her too)
male on right= arms placed in pubic area
Question 10:
other male on stomach
Answer:
turned away from female but holding hand with mask
Question 1:
Abu Hureyra
Answer:
a site on the Euphrates River in Syria that was occupied during the Natufian and the
Neolithic periods. Hunting Gazelle, Incipiant hearding.85K years ago domesticated sheep and
goat, Wheat,Rye, and lentils. Women faired the worst and had deformed big toes,
osteoarthritis, and they were over developed on top. Burial of a shaman who had a
deformity,was crippled and covered with stone slabs, buried w/ 50 tortoise shells, chopped off
full foot and other skulls. Natufians
Question 2:
Agriculture
Answer:
any activities to artificially increase plant yields using fertilizers or dividing water. the
benifit is more units of food than plant forging. the down side is alot more labor=
Intensification- more labor into the land and getting more out of it
Question 3:
Agricultural Revolution
Answer:
The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and
2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.
Question 4:
Animism
Answer:
the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of actions. Lasco cave,
Venus Figurines, smpathietic magic, upper paleolithic
Question 5:
Ban- Po- Ts'un
Answer:
5-600K years Ago, earliest site in china along yellow river- has huge drainage ditch and thier
, cemetary are in rows, demesticated pigs and dogs, millet grain and silk
Question 6:
Conscious selection
Answer:
domestication of animals - on purpose
Question 7:
unconscious selection
Answer:
domestication of plants- didn't mean to dometicate the plants, accidental
Question 8:
culture
Answer:
the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and
transmitted from one generation to the next
Question 9:
Dolni Vestonice
3 teenagers-female in middle= ocre in public area
Answer:
Upper Paleolithic; 27,000 BP to 23,000 BP; Czech Republic; site of earliest known
potter's kiln; 3 separate sites; about 100 ppl; venus figurines, animals, and some weapons,
evidence of trade, 2300 clay figurines, hollowed bones for flute. Burial of lady covered in red
ochre- 2 mamoth bones on top of her; Paralysis in her face( theres a clay carving of her found
near her too)
male on right= arms placed in pubic area
Question 10:
other male on stomach
Answer:
turned away from female but holding hand with mask
