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HIS120 Module 1 Inquizitive M1A1: InQuizitive Chapter 1 As human communities developed, they made the active choice between settled agriculture and pastoralism based primarily on their beliefs and values

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HIS120 Module 1 Inquizitive M1A1: InQuizitive Chapter 1

1. As human communities developed, they made the active choice between settled agriculture and pastoralism based primarily on their beliefs and values.

2. Settled agriculturalists used their labor and tools to grow food on a fixed plot of land for multiple growing seasons.

3. Which of the following hominins developed first?Homo neanderthalis      Homo erectus Homo habilis          australopithecines

4. Imagine that archaeologists located the well-preserved remains of this central European long house (shown here).

   The following statements all focus on how various scholars might answer different questions about its past. Complete the statements below about building a narrative of the past based on evidence. 

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   To determine ––––––––––––––––––––––––SELECT A LABELpotassium-argon datingDNA analysisradiocarbon datingwhen the long house was constructedthe temperature of the earththe inhabitants’ religious beliefsmarine isotope stageswhy the long house was builtthe genetic relationships of the people who lived there, scientists could use ––––––––––––––––––––––––SELECT A LABELpotassium-argon datingDNA analysisradiocarbon datingwhen the long house was constructedthe temperature of the earththe inhabitants’ religious beliefsmarine isotope stageswhy the long house was builtthe genetic relationships of the people who lived there to measure the age of the logs in the structure. If the archaeologists also discovered a nearby burial ground, they might be able to determine ––––––––––––––––––––––––SELECT A LABELpotassium-argon datingDNA analysisradiocarbon datingwhen the long house was constructedthe temperature of the earththe inhabitants’ religious beliefsmarine isotope stageswhy the long house was builtthe genetic relationships of the people who lived there using ––––––––––––––––––––––––SELECT A LABELpotassium-argon datingDNA analysisradiocarbon datingwhen the long house was constructedthe temperature of the earththe inhabitants’ religious beliefsmarine isotope stageswhy the long house was builtthe genetic relationships of the people who lived there. To learn about the climate at the time the long house was built and inhabited, scholars could use information about ––––––––––––––––––––––––SELECT A LABELpotassium-argon datingDNA analysisradiocarbon datingwhen the long house was constructedthe temperature of the earththe inhabitants’ religious beliefsmarine isotope stageswhy the long house was builtthe genetic relationships of the people who lived there, which is based on analysis of ––––––––––––––––––––––––SELECT A LABELpotassium-argon datingDNA analysisradiocarbon datingwhen the long house was constructedthe temperature of the earththe inhabitants’ religious beliefsmarine isotope stageswhy the long house was builtthe genetic relationships of the people who lived there.

5. Which comparative statements about creation narratives are accurate?

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   Though different creation narratives describe the origin of humans differently, they all agree that human beings originated in Africa., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   Although scientists believe the universe to be 13.75 billion years old, creation narratives all assert that the world is less than 10,000 years old., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   The scientific narrative of creation is unique in that no previous creation narrative included the concept of evolution., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   The Rig-Veda, the Bible, and the Popol Vuh all describe how humans were created by a divine being or beings.

6. The following items all address developments from 200,000 to 12,000 years ago. Place them in order from oldest to most recent.

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   Homo sapiens began migrating into North America.Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa and developed complex spoken language.Homo sapiens emerged in Africa.Homo sapiens began to develop agriculture.Almost all hominin cousins of Homo sapiens were extinct.Homo neanderthalis died out.

7. Place each agricultural development in chronological order, from oldest to most recent.

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   People in Southwest Asia were actively cultivating barley and wheat.The expansion of the Sahara Desert caused inhabitants to migrate south and east, dispersing agricultural knowledge in Africa.People in the Yangzi River valley began cultivating rice.The inhabitants of Mesoamerica began the 5,000-year-long process of developing large ears of maize (corn).The inhabitants of southeastern Europe began shifting from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to agricultural food production.

8. Look closely at these skulls.

   Which conclusion is most reasonable, when you combine your knowledge from the chapter with your analysis of the image?

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   The skulls show a clear evolutionary progression from primitive hominins to fully evolved human beings; the skull on the far right is a Homo sapiens skull.The skulls demonstrate the problems with evolutionary theory, as there are radical differences between them and evolutionary theory suggests a continuous, gradual change over time.From the picture, one cannot tell with certainty if or to what extent each of these creatures was a direct ancestor to Homo sapiens.Each skull represents a group of hominins that lived millions of years apart. If they lived at the same time there would be more overlap in characteristics between the skulls.

9. Which of the following statements might accurately describe the life of a pre-agricultural Homo sapiens woman? Choose all statements that apply.

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   She probably lived in an extremely challenging environment, where plant and animal food sources were scarce and the climate was very dry or cold., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   She was probably barred from important activities like religious ceremonies, hunting, fishing, and community decision-making., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   She was probably part of a community of women who communally shared child-rearing responsibilities—known as allomothering., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   She might have crossed the Beringia land bridge from Asia into North America as her community followed big game animals, like mammoths., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

   She might have worn

10. Place the following items in order.

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    Hominins developed complex spoken language.Hominin brains began to increase in size.Hominins, such as the Homo habilis, began making tools.Hominins (Homo erectus) migrated into Asia.Hominins used fire to cook their food.

11. After reading the text and the selection entitled “Mothering and Lactation,” assess the following statement:

    Lactation is an example of a gender role.

12. This map reflects the fact that Homo erectus and Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa at different times, branching off into different hominin species. For example, Indo-Hittite was the language group of Homo neanderthalis, while Miao-Yao was most likely the language spoken by Peking Man.

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    According to this map, Homo erectus migrated to and settled in southern China, Southeast Asia, India, and southern Europe, but did not reach Australia or the Americas.

14. Even though different regions domesticated different plants and animals, the agricultural revolutions that occurred across the world had much in common. What were these commonalities?

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    Increased food supplies led to population growth and the development of more complex societies., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Agriculture and pastoralism existed side-by-side with hunting and gathering for thousands of years., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Climate changes facilitated the beginnings of agriculture in multiple places and later caused migration, spreading knowledge of agriculture and new crops., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Farming began in all the different regions around the world within a period of about 400 years., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Just as agriculture developed independently in multiple regions, goats, sheep, pigs, cattle, and camels were each domesticated separately in multiple regions.

15. Why might one say that modern humans are the “children of the ice age”?

    A. All hominins went extinct because of the Ice Age, then Homo sapiens evolved as the earth became warmer and more hospitable. B. Modern Homo sapiens are descended from Neanderthals, because they were particularly well suited to survive in cold weather.

    C. Homo sapiens were more successful at adapting to radical climate changes than Homo erectus and other hominins. option D. Homo sapiens only began migrating out of Africa after the end of the ice age, when the glaciers had all receded.

16. The chapter text notes that more than 50,000 works of cave art have been discovered in different locations around the world.

    Which statement best explains scholars’ conclusions about these artworks?

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    The cave art must have been made by settled, agricultural communities, as hunter-gatherers would not have had time to paint.Early Homo sapiens probably painted on cave walls because they had not yet developed the ability to speak, and needed to communicate about hunting.The art was probably not for decorative purposes; the drawings have to be viewed by artificial light, and there is no evidence that the caves were homes.Cave painting was the only art form used by early humans before 10,000 BCE, probably because they lacked the tools needed for later art forms, such as carved sculptures.

17. How might the climate 12,000 years ago have facilitated the development of agriculture?

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    Warm, wet weather led to natural abundance, enabling human populations to experiment with food production., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Warm, wet weather made migrations dangerous., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Unusually dry, cold weather forced migrant populations to develop new ways of feeding themselves., Press Alt+DownArrow to open the options.Correct AnswerIncorrect Answer

    Stable, warm, wet weather led to growing human populations.