History of World Societies 11th Edition 1/2 Wiesner
Hanks Test Bank ( BUNDLES )
Hominids - ANSWER:A creature belonging to the family Hominidae, which includes human and human-
like species (gorillas, orangutans, etc.)
Paleolithic Era - ANSWER:Called the Old Stone Age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were
concerned with food supply, used stone as well as bone tools, nomadic hunters and gatherers
Foraging - ANSWER:Behavior associated with recognizing, searching for, capturing, and consuming food
Neolithic Era - ANSWER:"New Stone Age" characterized by the development of agricultural settlements
Neanderthals - ANSWER:An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe
between circa 120,000-35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The
Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithic
Megafaunal Extinction - ANSWER:Dying out of a number of large animal species, including the
mammoth and several species of horses and camels, that occurred around 11,000-10,000 years ago, at
the end of the Ice Age; the extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing
climate of the era
Division of Labor - ANSWER:Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by
different workers
, Animism - ANSWER:Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms
and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
Shamans - ANSWER:Religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the
gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their
companions of their gods' will
Agricultural Revolution - ANSWER:Resulted not only in a more reliable food source, but also in a shifting
of dependancy and power to males over females, the claiming and defending of land, and the
establishment of the first political and religious institutions
Domesticated - ANSWER:Brought under human control; tamed or cultivated
Horticulture - ANSWER:Cultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or
hoes
Pastoralism - ANSWER:A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising
of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter
Social Hierarchies - ANSWER:Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people that have been
a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era
Patriarchy - ANSWER:A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of
the family and descent is traced through the male line
Polytheism - ANSWER:The belief in many gods
Cuneiform - ANSWER:A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and
clay tablets
Hanks Test Bank ( BUNDLES )
Hominids - ANSWER:A creature belonging to the family Hominidae, which includes human and human-
like species (gorillas, orangutans, etc.)
Paleolithic Era - ANSWER:Called the Old Stone Age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were
concerned with food supply, used stone as well as bone tools, nomadic hunters and gatherers
Foraging - ANSWER:Behavior associated with recognizing, searching for, capturing, and consuming food
Neolithic Era - ANSWER:"New Stone Age" characterized by the development of agricultural settlements
Neanderthals - ANSWER:An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe
between circa 120,000-35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The
Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithic
Megafaunal Extinction - ANSWER:Dying out of a number of large animal species, including the
mammoth and several species of horses and camels, that occurred around 11,000-10,000 years ago, at
the end of the Ice Age; the extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing
climate of the era
Division of Labor - ANSWER:Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by
different workers
, Animism - ANSWER:Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms
and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
Shamans - ANSWER:Religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the
gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their
companions of their gods' will
Agricultural Revolution - ANSWER:Resulted not only in a more reliable food source, but also in a shifting
of dependancy and power to males over females, the claiming and defending of land, and the
establishment of the first political and religious institutions
Domesticated - ANSWER:Brought under human control; tamed or cultivated
Horticulture - ANSWER:Cultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or
hoes
Pastoralism - ANSWER:A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising
of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter
Social Hierarchies - ANSWER:Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people that have been
a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era
Patriarchy - ANSWER:A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of
the family and descent is traced through the male line
Polytheism - ANSWER:The belief in many gods
Cuneiform - ANSWER:A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and
clay tablets
