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Arriving at a conclusion based upon the
respectability
or
credibility
of a
source
is
intuition
logic
evidence
authority
2
What key ingredient is necessary for community formation?
Unified system of governance
Large population
Shared identity or experience
Common spiritual or religious beliefs
3
What attribute of Homo sapiens separates us from all other life forms on Earth, including our hominid ancestors?
The size of our brain
Information retention
Collective learning
Bipedalism
4
What barrier to expansion has the Internet allowed communities to surpass?
Geographic barriers
Economic barriers
Legal barriers
Political barriers
5
Which of the following was the most important advancement between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras?
The transition to agriculture
Humans began living in semi-permanent structures
Tools became less advanced
Humans began hunting and gathering primarily
6
How old is the Earth?
As old as the Universe
13.8 billion years
Scientist are unsure
4.5 billion years
7
Believing a claim based on the information you can observe and verify, is using
intuition
evidence
authority
logic
8
On the global scale, what are some negative impacts networks have on the people they connect?
Violence and disease
Isolation of communities
Collaboration and exchange
Breakdown of the economy
9
In what ways is the modern story of "Big History"
different
from other origin stories?
It is the only study of history that includes time before humans
It based solely on written records & does not include oral tradition.
It focuses solely on themes & patterns, ignoring specific dates & people
It draws on a collective, evidence-based understanding of the world
10
How old is the Universe?
Scientists are unsure
3.5 million years
13.8 billion years
100 million years
11
What are the three frames in the World History Project origins course?
Political sphere, economic sphere, and social sphere
Large events, long-term processes, and revolutionary movements
Communities, production and distribution, and networks
Continuity and change, causation, and contextualization
12
What is a frame, as it is described in a world history class?
A tool that helps us ask questions and tell stories about the past
An individual’s perspective on a historical event or process
A historian’s decision to divide history into time periods
A lens w/ which we can connect pieces of the present to predict the future
13
What term describes moving between different events, eras, and countries through the span of time and space?
Scale-switching
Scope-changing
Era-jumping
Time-jumping
14
What aspect of communities has stayed
most consistent
over the course of human history?
The ways communities form
The general size of communities
The human need for communities
The way communities disband
15
What is the best example of a Regional or Civilizational history?
A study of the early settlements in the Indus River Valley
A detailed dive into emergence of the United States as a nation
A historical record outlining the life of a national leader
A summary of the US' role in upholding corrupt Latin American governments
16
In the context of Big History, what is the best description of the term “thresholds”?
Moments when humans attained certain population sizes
Moments where significant changes happened
Marking points for human progress
Eras where lots of things happened at once across the globe
17
What are networks in the context of world history?
Infrastructure that connects people including roads, bridges, and paths
Patterns of connections & interactions btw people and their communities
Exchanges of goods and items along trade routes
Groups of people who have a shared identity or experience
18
How did the transition from hunter-gatherer communities to farming-based communities occur?
Quickly, as communities transitioned at similar times around the world
Smooth, as people tended to respect other with different lifestyles
Violently, as people’s differing lifestyles and identities clash
Peacefully, as one slowly declined, and the other filled its place
19
What did Ardi’s ( Ardipithecus ramidus) community that existed 3.2 million YA likely have in common with humans today?
Language
Similar sized brains
Long-term relationships
Farming
20
How have production and distribution changed over the course of human history?
They consistently grew.
They both expanded and contracted.
They shrank over time.
They have remained relatively the same.
21
An extensive study of Abraham Lincoln and his role as a national figure would fall into what category of history?
Deep History
Micro-history/Biography
Regional or Civilizational History
National History
22
Which best describes collective learning as a concept?
Unique human ability to share & collect information & knowledge as a group
The ability the Internet gives us to connect & learn from people far away
Human tendency to learn better in groups than individually
Forms of language that humans use to communicate complex, abstract ideas
23
Why is it crucial to study the history of the universe as a whole and not just the history of humans?
Human history is an unimportant blip in the long history of the universe
All animals are collective learners, so their skills useful to humans
So humans can connect their stories with animal stories
B/C we are shaped by a world around us that existed LONG before us
24
What is one non-human actor that shaped human history both in the past and the present, and why?
Asteroids, b/c their role in the dinosaur extinction made way for humans
Weather, b/c many ancient religions revolved around the climate
Other hominids, like Neanderthals, b/c their success paved the way for us
Geography, b/c it has influenced where humans settled and their success
25
The Paleolithic Era is also called the ___ because of the types of tools used during this era
New Stone Age
Agricultural Age
Old Stone Age
Patriarchal Age
26
What types of networks allowed for the exchange of goods and ideas between our early foraging ancestors?
Language networks
Village networks
Cultural networks
Metropolitan networks
27
Which
best
describes the role symbolic language plays in our ability to collectively learn?
Allows us to create written works that can be dispersed among many people
Helps us share our experiences with others and form communities
Helps humans develop larger and more complex brains
Allows us to discuss topics that are more complex and abstract
28
What do we call big transitions/changes in history that have had huge impacts?
Origin Stories
Origin Stories
Networks
Thresholds
29
Which best describes how collective learning aided early humans at the beginning of our history?
It pushed people to connect w/ one another to form religious communities
It enabled people to use written language to transmit knowledge
It taught people to cooperate and form states and empires
It helped people share important information about how to survive
30
When did work specialization develop?
Alongside the adoption of agriculture
During the Industrial Revolution
Around 12,000 BCE
Parallel to the formation of the first cities
31
Which of the following is NOT an example of symbolic language?
Computers
Gestures
Art
Architecture
