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The social structures of early civilizations were typically based on
communication with the spirit world
military rank
Economic power
Obedience
2
A way to describe things that have no religious or spiritual basis
aboriginal
native
ritual
secular
3
Which of the following are ways that scientists can collect info about prehistoric people
artifacts
radiocarbon dating
oral history
All of the above
4
Someone's culture can change, but their heritage does not.
True
False
5
A photograph of civil war soldiers
Primary
secondary
6
Hunter-gatherer societies tend to be more__________than farming villages
sedentary
egalitarian
settled
populated
7
The period of time before written record is called
prehistory
olden times
ancient history
Anthropology
8
Anthropology is best described as the study of
underground insects life
ancient texts
tools and weapons
human life and culture
9
Relative chronology is
None of the above
spending time with a sibling
a method of determining the age of an artifact.
time
10
Hinduism, a religion of many gods, would be considered
polytheistic
universalist
monotheistic
multideity
11
Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
Theocracy
Matriarchy
Hierarchy
Kleptocracy
12
Rituals can be secular
True
False
13
All of the following are advantages of agriculture EXCEPT
specialization
food surplus
improved technology
Environmental degradation
14
A Millennium is 1 million years long
False
True
15
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place
unique
Indigenous
fundamental
Innate
16
Human culture is
entirely learned
inherited genetically from our parents
only found in the most developed societies
All of the above
17
An arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under another
Apprenticeship
masterpiece
a loveless marriage
artisanship
18
An example of
________
is the tradition of the German Christmas pickle becoming popular in the United States
Cultural Diffusion
monoculture
polycultural
subculture
19
Because trade brought new civilizations in contact with one another,
early river valley civilizations developed independently
ruler claimed that their power was based on divine approval
painting and sculpture were developed
the transfer of new technology often occurred
20
Culture cannot be lost
True
False
21
A timeline is an example of using ___________________________________to order events
a line
biology
mathematics
chronology
22
What century is 564 C.E.?
None of the above
5th century
500th century
6th century
23
Culture change or loss occurs as a result of
All of the above
Cultural diffusion
invention
Extinction
24
Which of the following is a study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind
history
Artifacts
Paleontology
Archaeology
25
Hunter-gatherer societies are considered nomadic
True
False
26
In early civilizations writing was most commonly used for
keeping records
individual self expression
recording laws and codes of justice
poetry only
27
An_____________, or skilled worker is someone who has benefited from the success of agriculture
apprentice
All of the above
artisan
itinerant
28
Compared to what it was before the last Ice Age, the rate of culture change is now happening
slower
about the same speed
faster
29
A Surplus is
just barely enough
A man and another person
an elevated status
more than we need
30
The Paleolithic Age is
not proven to have existed
the period in which humans used simple tools
the Primitive Age
The New Stone Age
31
What is the name for a government that bases its laws and values on a specific religion
monotheism
polytheism
theocracy
democracy
32
Hey Jude by the Beatles
Secondary
Primary
33
12,000 B.C.E is more recent than 13,000 B.C.E
True
False
34
It is impossible to know anything about the lives of humans living before written record
True
False
35
American Sphinx: A biography of Thomas Jefferson
Secondary
Primary
36
Which of the following is more useful for learning prehistory than for learning about history?
radiocarbon dating
ancient trading records
diaries and journals
secondary sources
37
The first civilizations developed in river valleys
True
False
38
The revolutionary change in the Neolithic Revolution was the shift from
destroying the environment to preserving it
gathering food to growing & raising food
living villages to living in walled fortresses
having no control over fire to using fire as a tool
39
Stylized and usually repetitive acts that take place at a set time and location
All of the above
secular
ritual
community
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A branch of knowledge that records and explains past events
Linguistics
Psychology
prehistory
history
