ANTH-1210 quiz 12 questions and
correct answers rated A+
The process that brings plants and animals under human control is called:
a.agriculture.
b.resource competition.
c.domestication.
d.regional packing. - correct answer ✔✔c.domestication.
Which of the following is a cultural theory for domestication?
a.Binford's "Regional Packing" Theory
b.Childe's Oasis Theory
c.Braidwood's "Nuclear Zone" Theory
d.Flannery's "Broad Spectrum Revolution" - correct answer ✔✔c.Braidwood's
"Nuclear Zone" Theory
The Neolithic stage was one during which:
a.agriculture appeared in the Old World.
b.stone tools began to be made.
c.homo erectus spread across North America.
d.communities became less settled. - correct answer ✔✔a.agriculture appeared in
the Old World.
Sunflowers were first domesticated in:
, a.Africa.
b.Mesopotamia.
c.Southeast Asia.
d.Eastern North America. - correct answer ✔✔d.Eastern North America.
Which of the following is an animal domesticated in the New World?
a.Guinea pig
b.Turkey
c.Alpaca
d.All of these choices - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices
Which of the following is an effect of the development of agriculture?
a.Decrease in the frequency of episodic health stress events such as starvation.
b.Increased use of grinding stones to prepare food-grains.
c.Increased frequency of tooth cavities.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔a.Decrease in the frequency of
episodic health stress events such as starvation.
Most plants and animals of global economic importance were first domesticated
in the New World.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
Farming was a prerequisite to a sedentary lifestyle.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
correct answers rated A+
The process that brings plants and animals under human control is called:
a.agriculture.
b.resource competition.
c.domestication.
d.regional packing. - correct answer ✔✔c.domestication.
Which of the following is a cultural theory for domestication?
a.Binford's "Regional Packing" Theory
b.Childe's Oasis Theory
c.Braidwood's "Nuclear Zone" Theory
d.Flannery's "Broad Spectrum Revolution" - correct answer ✔✔c.Braidwood's
"Nuclear Zone" Theory
The Neolithic stage was one during which:
a.agriculture appeared in the Old World.
b.stone tools began to be made.
c.homo erectus spread across North America.
d.communities became less settled. - correct answer ✔✔a.agriculture appeared in
the Old World.
Sunflowers were first domesticated in:
, a.Africa.
b.Mesopotamia.
c.Southeast Asia.
d.Eastern North America. - correct answer ✔✔d.Eastern North America.
Which of the following is an animal domesticated in the New World?
a.Guinea pig
b.Turkey
c.Alpaca
d.All of these choices - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices
Which of the following is an effect of the development of agriculture?
a.Decrease in the frequency of episodic health stress events such as starvation.
b.Increased use of grinding stones to prepare food-grains.
c.Increased frequency of tooth cavities.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔a.Decrease in the frequency of
episodic health stress events such as starvation.
Most plants and animals of global economic importance were first domesticated
in the New World.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
Farming was a prerequisite to a sedentary lifestyle.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
