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Chapter 2 - The Earliest Human Societies
What is an example of domestication?
Surpluses lead directly to...
Chapter 2 - The Earliest Human Societies
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Surpluses lead directly to...
famine
government
farmers
specialization
2
What is an example of domestication?
building dikes and canals
raising sheep and goats
forming village communities
practicing slash-and-burn farming
3
The disadvantages of living in a village included...
disease, fire, and floods
lack of food
exposure to the weather
attacks from enemies
4
how did non farmers in villages obtain food?
by hunting and gathering
by purchasing it
by growing small gardens
by trading for it
5
How did ancient people get from Siberia to modern-day Alaska?
They never came by this path
They swam the short distance
They Built boats and sailed
They crossed a land bridge
6
When farmers produce more than they need to survive, what is the term for the extra crops?
poverty
specialization
complexity
surplus
7
What probably came about due to the need to cooperate in hunting and gathering?
religion
language
farming
art
8
Pottery-making is a type of...
social class
surplus
domestication
specialization
9
One tool that was NOT used by early humans was the...
anvil
drill
axe
awl
10
Which of the following was not a result of plant agriculture?
cotton
wool
squash
flax
11
Hunter-gatherers were...
settled
nomadic
artisans
large
12
Catal Huyuk is an example of a...
river system
style of pottery
complex village
government program
13
When did farming begin in many different places around the world?
5000 B.C.
2000 B.C.
8000 B.C.
10,000 B.C.
14
Some early advances in farming included...
crop rotation and fertilization
slash-and-burn and pesticides
pottery and tool making
irrigation and terracing
15
Early farming communities needed to have a source of...
water
tools
fertilization
pride
16
Before any other developments, people invented...
fire
farming
government
tools
17
Early humans drew pictures on...
large leaves
cave walls
hut roofs
tree trunks
18
The main job of early governments was to maintain...
population size
livestock
food production
order
19
What evidence indicates that Catal Huyuk was built on marshy land?
cave paintings
bird bones
alligator fossils
sunken houses
20
Hunter-gatherers survived on....
domesticated animals
planted crops
poisonous insects
wild plants
21
Which of the following is not an example of human control over the environment?
slash-and-burn
irrigation
gathering
terracing
22
Around 50,000 B.C. people learned to make and control...
fire
animals
tools
crops
23
The animals that people first domesticated included...
pigs and turkeys
chickens and ducks
horses and cows
sheep and goats
24
The shift from food gathering to food production was called the...
ice age
great migration
agricultural revolution
hunter-gatherer revolt
25
Ruins of shrines tell us about early...
religious beliefs
types of housings
farming techniques
forms of government
26
When farmers grew more than they needed it was a...
surplus
problem
waste
shortage
27
New lands opened up to early humans thanks to...
volcanic eruptions
the shifting of Earth's plates
the retreat of the glaciers
the growth of the oceans
28
What does cave art reflect about people's views of animals?
They were central to life
They were unimportant
They were better than humans
They were scarce
29
One group that did not produce a product for villages were the...
holy people
weavers
potters
artisans
30
compared to cities today, most complex villages were...
small
adavcned
empty
large
