Test Bank For History of World Societies Volume 2 11th Edition
By Wiesner Hanks 9781319059330 ALL Chapters .
Hominid - ANSWER: Family that humans were placed in because they shared many features with
great apes
Stone Age - ANSWER: Earliest human era
Paleolithic era - ANSWER: Time period when people used stone, bone, and other natural products to
make tools and gain food by foraging
Foraging - ANSWER: Gathering of plant products, trapping or catching small animals or birds, and
hunting larger prey
Neolithic era - ANSWER: Time period that saw the beginning of agricultural and animal domestication
New Stone Age - ANSWER: Another name for the Neolithic era
Holocene epoch - ANSWER: The last twelve thousand years
Pleistocene - ANSWER: Time period that began about 2.5 million years ago
What was the Pleistocene marked by? - ANSWER: Repeated advances in glaciers and continental ice
sheets
When did a group of humans in East Africa begin to walk upright? - ANSWER: Between 6 and 7 million
years ago
Ardipithecus - ANSWER: Genus that indicates a combination of two-limbed movement on land and
four-limbed movement in trees
Australopithecus - ANSWER: Earliest fully bipedal hominids
When did a group of Australopithecines begin to use simple tools? - ANSWER: 2.5 million years ago
What is the meaning of Homo habilis - ANSWER: handy human
Homo habilis - ANSWER: Group that made sharpened stone pieces, and used them for various tasks
Home erectus - ANSWER: Species in East Africa that made slightly specialized tools, lived in large
groups, engaged in social gatherings
Migration to Northern Africa - ANSWER: One activity that Homo erectus carried out most successfully
Place that Homo erectus reached at least 800,000 years ago - ANSWER: spain
Germany - ANSWER: Place that Homo erectus reached by 500,000 years ago
Places that Homo erectus lived in included... - ANSWER: Open, caves, and simple shelters
Place that Homo erectus reached as early as 1.8 million years ago - ANSWER: Asia
What is the meaning of Homo sapiens? - ANSWER: thinking human
Main trait of Homo sapiens - ANSWER: larger brain
, What were individuals who had better social skills more likely to do? - ANSWER: mate
What did Homo sapiens' brains invent? - ANSWER: highly specialized tools
Which species' tools did Homo sapiens improve? - ANSWER: homo erectus
By 25,000 years ago, what were some humans capable of doing? - ANSWER: weaving
By 17,000 years ago, what were some humans using to hunt? - ANSWER: Bows and atlatls
Atlatls - ANSWER: Notched throwing sticks made of bone, wood, or antler
When did Homo sapiens begin to move to Eurasia? - ANSWER: 120,000 years ago
What modern humans are called - ANSWER: Homo sapiens sapiens
Which species did Homo sapiens sapiens replace? - ANSWER: homo erectus
Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons - ANSWER: Best-known example of interaction between Homo
erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens
Cro-Magnons - ANSWER: A group of anatomically modern humans
Where did Neanderthals live about 150,000 years ago? - ANSWER: europe and western asia
Red ochre - ANSWER: A form of colored clay
When did Cro-Magnons move to parts of Western Asia? - ANSWER: 70,000 years ago
When did Cro-Magnons move to parts of Europe? - ANSWER: 45,000 years ago
How much DNA in modern humans living outside of Africa came from Neanderthals? - ANSWER:
between 1 and 4 percent
Hobbits - ANSWER: Nickname for Flores hominids
When did Homo sapiens reach the Americas? - ANSWER: 15,000 years ago
Endogamy - ANSWER: The practice of mating with only members of the same group or those who
lived nearby
Race - ANSWER: -Word that originally meant lineage, the division of people by skin color
First four races - ANSWER: Americanus, Europaeus, Asiaticus, and Africanus
Caucasian - ANSWER: Word used to describe the light-skinned people of Europe and Western Asia
Paleolithic Society - ANSWER: Society that took place from 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
When did Paleolithic people begin hunting in groups? - ANSWER: About 15,000 B.C.E.
When did the final retreat of glaciers occur? - ANSWER: 10,000-15,000 years ago
Megafaunal extinction - ANSWER: When an animal becomes extinct in a certain region due to climate
change
By Wiesner Hanks 9781319059330 ALL Chapters .
Hominid - ANSWER: Family that humans were placed in because they shared many features with
great apes
Stone Age - ANSWER: Earliest human era
Paleolithic era - ANSWER: Time period when people used stone, bone, and other natural products to
make tools and gain food by foraging
Foraging - ANSWER: Gathering of plant products, trapping or catching small animals or birds, and
hunting larger prey
Neolithic era - ANSWER: Time period that saw the beginning of agricultural and animal domestication
New Stone Age - ANSWER: Another name for the Neolithic era
Holocene epoch - ANSWER: The last twelve thousand years
Pleistocene - ANSWER: Time period that began about 2.5 million years ago
What was the Pleistocene marked by? - ANSWER: Repeated advances in glaciers and continental ice
sheets
When did a group of humans in East Africa begin to walk upright? - ANSWER: Between 6 and 7 million
years ago
Ardipithecus - ANSWER: Genus that indicates a combination of two-limbed movement on land and
four-limbed movement in trees
Australopithecus - ANSWER: Earliest fully bipedal hominids
When did a group of Australopithecines begin to use simple tools? - ANSWER: 2.5 million years ago
What is the meaning of Homo habilis - ANSWER: handy human
Homo habilis - ANSWER: Group that made sharpened stone pieces, and used them for various tasks
Home erectus - ANSWER: Species in East Africa that made slightly specialized tools, lived in large
groups, engaged in social gatherings
Migration to Northern Africa - ANSWER: One activity that Homo erectus carried out most successfully
Place that Homo erectus reached at least 800,000 years ago - ANSWER: spain
Germany - ANSWER: Place that Homo erectus reached by 500,000 years ago
Places that Homo erectus lived in included... - ANSWER: Open, caves, and simple shelters
Place that Homo erectus reached as early as 1.8 million years ago - ANSWER: Asia
What is the meaning of Homo sapiens? - ANSWER: thinking human
Main trait of Homo sapiens - ANSWER: larger brain
, What were individuals who had better social skills more likely to do? - ANSWER: mate
What did Homo sapiens' brains invent? - ANSWER: highly specialized tools
Which species' tools did Homo sapiens improve? - ANSWER: homo erectus
By 25,000 years ago, what were some humans capable of doing? - ANSWER: weaving
By 17,000 years ago, what were some humans using to hunt? - ANSWER: Bows and atlatls
Atlatls - ANSWER: Notched throwing sticks made of bone, wood, or antler
When did Homo sapiens begin to move to Eurasia? - ANSWER: 120,000 years ago
What modern humans are called - ANSWER: Homo sapiens sapiens
Which species did Homo sapiens sapiens replace? - ANSWER: homo erectus
Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons - ANSWER: Best-known example of interaction between Homo
erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens
Cro-Magnons - ANSWER: A group of anatomically modern humans
Where did Neanderthals live about 150,000 years ago? - ANSWER: europe and western asia
Red ochre - ANSWER: A form of colored clay
When did Cro-Magnons move to parts of Western Asia? - ANSWER: 70,000 years ago
When did Cro-Magnons move to parts of Europe? - ANSWER: 45,000 years ago
How much DNA in modern humans living outside of Africa came from Neanderthals? - ANSWER:
between 1 and 4 percent
Hobbits - ANSWER: Nickname for Flores hominids
When did Homo sapiens reach the Americas? - ANSWER: 15,000 years ago
Endogamy - ANSWER: The practice of mating with only members of the same group or those who
lived nearby
Race - ANSWER: -Word that originally meant lineage, the division of people by skin color
First four races - ANSWER: Americanus, Europaeus, Asiaticus, and Africanus
Caucasian - ANSWER: Word used to describe the light-skinned people of Europe and Western Asia
Paleolithic Society - ANSWER: Society that took place from 250,000-9000 B.C.E.
When did Paleolithic people begin hunting in groups? - ANSWER: About 15,000 B.C.E.
When did the final retreat of glaciers occur? - ANSWER: 10,000-15,000 years ago
Megafaunal extinction - ANSWER: When an animal becomes extinct in a certain region due to climate
change
