AESC Exam 1 Questions and Answers

AESC Exam 1 Questions and Answers Culture is - Answer ️️ -Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. ALL OF THE ABOVE ON TEST Potatoes were domesticated- - Answer ️️ -8,000 years ago in Peru norms - Answer ️️ -. norms - cultural attributes (customs, beliefs) that are considered "normal", typical or average all human societies have norms we are often unaware that we are influenced by all counterculture - Answer ️️ -•attributes customs/ beliefs) that are opposed to or at variance w/ the pre vailing social norms -all human societies have this, although they are suppressed that are not in the social norm human development of culture is- - Answer ️️ --important -connects us to those we are not related to biologically -without culture we couldn't live / cooperate in groups larger than-100 ppl Agriculture- - Answer ️️ -science/practice of farming, including cultivation of soil, growing crops, animals prehistory vs history began- - Answer ️️ -5,000 ( with invention of writing) there was at least_______other species at the time of homo sapiens - Answer ️️ -6 our ancestors were- - Answer ️️ --superior to us -as an overall pop. we've never known more, but individually, less •largest bio diff- - Answer ️️ -locomotion (new= bipedal) -hominid -Homo - Answer ️️ --chimp line split 6-7 mil yrs ago -emerges 2.5-3 mil yrs ago What did scientists believe was the first indication of a cultural act 2 million years ago? - Answer ️️ -hominids began tool making (Old Stone/Paleolithic start) Biological adaptation_______, while cultural adaptation_______ - Answer ️️ -are physical features, happens over time hominids develop through cultural adaptation which - Answer ️️ -* allowed Homo species to cooperate flexibly in groups Early humans were- - Answer ️️ -*foragers (non-selective omnivores) *resulted in small groups with few possessions because of mobility women were most important in early prehistoric hominid family because- - Answer ️️ -they could reproduce •Gender division was not rigid - Answer ️️ -- females- assisting in hunting/ protection -males- assisted in gathering, childcare What was seen as the start of patriarchy? - Answer ️️ -Hominid males were rewarded for best hunting some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal which means - Answer ️️ -property title are inherited by male lineage Homo sapiens emerged- - Answer ️️ -in Central Afr