First Peoples, First Farmers: Most of History in a Single Chapter, To 4000 B.C.E.

Chapter 1 Summative Quiz

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1. What did migrants to Australia and the Pacific Islands use to get to their destinations?

Clovis points

Mammoths

The Land bridges

Boats

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2. Which of the following was an important development during the Paleolithic period?

Humankind became food producers rather than collectors.

Humankind spread to inhabit all parts of the globe.

The first civilizations appeared during the Paleolithic period.

Humankind developed iron-working technologies.

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3. What was a feature of society during the Paleolithic era?

High population density

Relative egalitarianism

Class conflict

Widespread slavery

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4. Which of the following offers evidence that Paleolithic peoples were shifting from a nomadic way of life to a more settled lifestyle?

Extinction of large mammals

Increase in the size of tools

Elaborate burial sites

Global warming

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5. Which of the following distinguished the Agricultural Revolution in the Americas from Agricultural Revolutions elsewhere?

The absence of animals that could be domesticated

A common climatic and vegetation zone

High agricultural yields

Uniformity of farming practices

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6. What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?

Fertile Crescent

Neolithic Revolution

“Secondary products revolution”

Mesoamerica

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7. Which factor contributed to the Agricultural Revolution?

A sharp decline in population

An increase in the number of large mammals

A need for additional food

The rise of chiefdoms

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8. The spread of agriculture through diffusion and migration

resulted in the spread of language groups.

always benefited the gathering and hunting peoples with whom migrants came into contact.

resulted in the widespread dissemination of crops from New Guinea.

led to the decline and ultimate disappearance of pastoral societies.

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9. Which of the following explains why some regions did not make the transition to an agricultural way of life?

There were not enough people to do all the work involved with farming.

Farming was considered socially demeaning.

Knowledge about farming did not spread beyond the core areas where the Agricultural Revolution had taken place.

Environmental conditions were not suitable for farming.

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10. Which of the following was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?

The initial human settlement of the earth

The invention of the plow

Higher risk of disease and famine

The decline of trade

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11. What role did women play in agricultural village societies?

Women led important rituals and ceremonies.

Women rode horses and fought in battles.

Women participated in farming and textile work.

Women organized irrigation systems and controlled trade.

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12. Which form of society during the Age of Agriculture is considered to have a distinct element of inequality?

Paleolithic societies

Pastoral societies

Gathering and hunting societies

Chiefdoms