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An animal that hunts other animals for food.
settled in one place
Origins of Humankind, Foraging, Pastoralism, Mystery Cults, Mother Goddesses, Horse People
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settled in one place
hunting and gathering
foraging
nomadism
sedentry
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An animal that hunts other animals for food.
gatherer
prey
scavanger
predator
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when did the Neolithic farming revolution begin?
c. 100,000 y.a.
after the American Revolution
before Homo sapiens evolved
c. 10,000 y.a.
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earliest species of the Homo genus, nicknamed "handyman", c. 2.4 million y.a.
Australopithecus
Neanerthals
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
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hominid that evolved in cold of Europe and the Middle East 200,000 years ago; 30,000 years ago
Neanderthals
Homo sapiens
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Homo habilis
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Who were the "horse people"?
nomadic pastoralists
the first farmers
hunter-gatherers
foragers
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domestication of wild animals & plants; led to food surplus, sedentry villages, & civilization
neolithic revolution
paleolithic revolution
endemic agriculture
mesolithic revolution
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Mobility, living off the land, captured weapons were all advantages of whom?
civilized armies
hunter-gatherers
nomadic pastoralists
foragers
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term for mounted warriors from nomadic pastoralist societies who raided farming communities
horse archers
long-bow men
knights
special ops
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What is the typical environment pastoralists live in?
forests
dry or cold lands
river valleys
messy
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According to our reading, what was the longest standing conflict in human history?
the religious versus unreligous
settled agriculturalists versus nomadic pastoralists
religious cultism versus polytheism
hunters versus gatherers
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What is the term for a condition causing changes, then those changes increase the condition...
negative feedback loop
a positive feedback loop
a lucky streak
a terrible mixup
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What are burning forests, selective breeding, and irrigation?
accidents of nature
techniques used by farmers to increase harvests
ways barbarians conquered cities
techniques used by foragers
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last common ancestor between man and apes; c. 7 million years ago; ability to walk upright
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Australopithecus
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people who wander from place to place; usually hunter-gatherers or pastoralists
nomads
tardy
the usual culprits
agriculturalists
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only surviving species of hominids, evolved in Africa around 200,000 years ago; now world-wide
Homo ergaster
Australopithecus
Homo sapiens
Neanderthals
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the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
natural selection
specialization
genus
speciation
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What is the term for the ability to maintain, to keep in existence?
remonstrance
resurgance
selective evolution
sustainability
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What advantages does a warrior from a farming society have over a barbarian warrior?
better technology and specialization in fighting
more mobile
better diet
fights alongside relatives
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The Scythians, Parthians, Huns, Magyars, Seljuks, Mongols, & Cossacks were all _.
peaceful
settled agriculturalists
hunter-gatherers
nomadic pastoralists
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the ability to walk upright on two feet
bipedalism
ambidexterity
bimorphism
only a few can do this correctly
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genus that modern humans as well Neandrthals, Homo erectus, and other hominids belong to
Anthro
Australpithecus
Homo
sapiens
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A meat-eater that feeds on the bodies of dead or decaying organisms. Homo ergaster was one.
scavanger
gatherer
pastoralist
hunter
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religious group with secret rites & promise of intense involvement with spiritual forces
mystery cult
silent brigade
nomenclature
clandestine clan
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What are the two main images in prehistoric art?
animals and hunters
animals and Mother Goddesses
spears and carving stones
lightening and fire
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prehistoric stone carvings of a pregnant woman representing the fertility of the earth
Mother Goddesses
cave art
Stone Woman sculptures
pregnancy stelle
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way of life based on maintaining domesticated animals by moving them to new grazing areas
pastoralism
hunting and gathering
foraging
sedentary villagers
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What makes the ability to support larger populations and a division of labor are made possible?
new foraging strategies
food surpluses
hit and run raids
mechanization of industry
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social and economic equality
competition
egalitarian
justice
democracy
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1.9 million y.a. to 150,000 y.a. (longest); brain size 2X, spread beyond Africa, mastered fire;
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
Homo neanderthalis
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Name for an land in which permanently frozen subsoil allows growth of grass but not trees
tundra
plains
savannah
Arendelle
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What was the main food of early agriculturalists?
dried grains
sheep and cattle
wooly mammoth
green vegetables
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hominids of eastern Africa; 4 million y.a.; walked upright; began the use of stone tools
Australopithecus
Sahelanthropcus tchadensis
Homo sapiens
Homo ergaster
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Which advantage does a barbarian warrior have over a warrior from a farming society?
eating more meat makes him bigger and stronger
better technology gives him better weapons
he has a homeland to defend
eating less meat makes him quicker and smarter
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Which of the following was
NOT
a benefit of settled agriculture?
division of labor
food surpluses
improved nutrition
larger population
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people who hunt wild animals and gather wild edible plants and insects
foragers
villagers
people who "do the most"
people who "do too much"
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What kind of places have farming societies left to pastoralists?
jungles and forests
desserts, steppe, and tundra
lands of the middle latitudes
plains, valleys, coasts
