Development of domestication associates emergence

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1. Foraging societies employ tools made of wood, stone, and bone that can be easily made by everyone.

True

False

2. From "Brewing an Ancient Beer," which of the following is TRUE?

a. Beer was drunk only by men of the highest social classes and priestly class in Sumer.

b. Ancient beer was less nutritious than bread at the time, but less likely to poison people.

c. The authors tried to recreate the ancient beer, but were unable to do so (it spoiled...).

d. Bread stored ingredients for beer, and was only eaten during times of food shortages.

3. _______ distinguishes the first complex societies to appear in the archaeological record.

a. Surplus production

b. Social stratification

c. Occupational specialization

d. Monumental architecture

4. Mesopotamia is often referred to as the "cradle of civilization" where early complex societies developed.

True

False

5. The shift to a diet based on a wider spectrum of foraged foods is thought to have led to ________.

a. a decline in sedentary communities and expanded migratory range

b. increased conflict between sedentary communities over the control of food sources

c. the emergence of sedentary communities and population growth

d. the emergence of specialized roles within sedentary communities, such as blacksmithing

6. _______ does NOT work to increase the timing between pregnancies among foraging women.

a. Frequent and extended breastfeeding

b. A diet relatively rich in protein

c. High-energy drain

d. A diet relatively rich in carbohydrates

7. According to Richard Lee, the Ju/'hoansi use ________ to meet their feeding needs.

a. more than 80 plants

b. less than 60 plants

c. more than 100 plants

d. less than 20 plants

8. Social stratification refers to ________.

a. the patterning of human interdependence in a given society through the actions and decisions of its members

b. a form of social organization in which people have unequal access to wealth, power, and prestige

c. the process by which humans cope with the behavioural rules established by their respective societies

d. a method of data collection in which a researcher lives and works closely with the people whose way of life she or he is studying, while participating in their lives as much as possible

9. An alternate theory for the development of domestication associates the emergence of farming with ________.

a. competition between local groups to achieve dominance over each other through feasting extravaganzas

b. pressure to provide resources for religious rituals at widely separated shrines

c. sprouting of surplus foraged seeds and tubers during extended storage

d. population expansion into environments with sparse naturally-occurring food sources

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