Human Migration and Agriculture: Key Questions Answered

Learning Curve Q&A 1. About when did humans first migrate into Europe? a. 45,000 years ago 2. What new food source became available to Paleolithic peoples around 16,000 years ago after the end of the last Ice Age? a. Wild grains 3. Which ecological change after the last Ice Age helped to account for the emergence of agriculture between 4,000 and 12,000 years ago? a. Cereal grasses flourished in warmer, wetter weather. 4. Which region is the likeliest point of origin for Indo-European languages? a. Anatolia in the Middle East 5. Where did the chiefdom of Cahokia emerge? a. Eastern woodlands of North America 6. Which of the following most accurately describes current scholarship on the migration of humans into the Americas? a. There is much debate over when and how the migration took place. 7. The arrival of humans in Australia, North America, Siberia, Madagascar, and the Pacific islands had what shared result on these environments? a. A number of large animals when extinct fairly quickly after their arrival.

Learning Curve Q&A 8. What distinguished the process of plant domestication in sub-Saharan Africa in comparison to the Fertile Crescent? a. In sub-Saharan Africa crops emerged in widely scattered regions, whereas in the Fertile Crescent a large number of crops were domesticated in a small region. 9. Why did the Agricultural Revolution so often displace or disadvantage indigenous Paleolithic populations? a. Land must be possessed and traffic through it controlled in order to maximize food production. 10. Which of the following statements best reflects current thought on gender systems in early agricultural village societies? a. Some societies traced their descent through matrilineal lines, others through patrilineal lines. 11. Refer to the map The Global Dispersion of Humankind to answer the following:

Learning Curve Q&A The text mentions the theory of a "kelp highway," a rich marine ecosystem that supported sufficient marine life to sustain early migrants as they sought a new home by sea. Which arrow on the map runs roughly parallel to this kelp highway? a. The migration across the Russia-Alaska land bridge and into South America. 12. Which of the following best describes Paleolithic societies? a. They were small, consisting of bands of twenty-five to fifty people. 13. Refer to the map The Global Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism to answer the following question. How did the early agriculture of the Andean region of South America differ from the rest of the Americas? a. The Andes people had access to large mammals that could be domesticated to meet multiple agricultural needs.

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Learning Curve Q&A 14. What factor had the most significant effect on agricultural innovations in sub-Saharan Africa? a. Bantu-speaking people migrated east and south from southern Nigeria or Cameroon, absorbing, killing, or displacing indigenous Paleolithic peoples. 15. What did pastoralists and gathering and hunting societies from the Paleolithic period share? a. Women enjoyed relative equality in these communities compared to others in human history. 16. Which of the following has been cited as early evidence of Homo sapiens rather than other hominids in Africa? a. Use of body ornaments, beads, and pigments. 17. What does the presence of rock art deep inside caves, well away from living areas, tell us about the lives of Paleolithic peoples? a. Some Paleolithic peoples created ceremonial spaces separate from ordinary life. 18. Which of the following was a factor that helps account for the emergence of agriculture between 4,000 and 12,000 years ago after countless millennia of human life without it? a. The extinction of many large mammals drove people to agriculture. 19. Which evidence gathered from early farmers' remains most strongly suggests that agricultural life required more sustained

Learning Curve Q&A physical strength and thus was more taxing to the body than hunting and gathering? a. Slipped disks in the spine, arthritis of the joints, and hernias. 20. Which of the following is true of chiefs in Polynesia? a. Chiefs served in both religious and secular roles. 21. Which human migration was the first to use boats to cross open waters? a. To Australia 22. Which of the following was a rule of Paleolithic societies? a. There was a gender-based division of labor, with women as gatherers and men as hunters. 23. Refer to the map The Global Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism to answer the following question.

Learning Curve Q&A New Guinea, a large island with no large northern neighbors that is directly to the north of Australia, is the only area depicted on the map with staple crops that did not successfully diffuse in a north/south direction. What is the likeliest reason for this phenomenon? a. New Guinea's agricultural practices failed to diffuse south to Australia because Australia's indigenous people were disinterested in switching from their traditional hunter- gatherer lifestyle. 24. Which of the following was a distinctive outcome of the Agricultural Revolution? a. An unprecedented rise in the human population. 25. Which of the following statements best describes human life in early farming communities? a. People were more vulnerable to famine, as they relied on a small number of plants or animals. 26. What significant agricultural advantage did those in Europe, Asia, and Africa have over most people living in the Americas? a. Access to a secondary products revolution. 27. Which of the following statements about the Neolithic Revolution is true? a. It led to a new mutual dependence between humans and the plants and animals they domesticated.

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Learning Curve Q&A 28. Which of the following statements best reflects the transition from gathering and hunting to agriculture? a. Some gatherers and hunters had developed the ability to actively manage the environment before settling down. 29. Refer to the map The Global Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism to answer the following question. Which factor set the Fertile Crescent apart from other regions of the map? a. Access to a wide variety of large wild animals that could be domesticated. 30. Refer to the map The Global Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism to answer the following question.

Learning Curve Q&A Which statement best characterizes the different places around the world that developed pastoralism? a. People relied on different domesticated species of large animal. 31. Which of the following best describes the impact of pastoralists on Eurasian history? a. Their powerful military confederations played a major role in Eurasian history for thousands of years. 32. Why did the Agricultural Revolution so often displace or disadvantage indigenous Paleolithic populations? a. Land must be possessed and traffic through it controlled in order to maximize food production. 33. Refer to the map The Global Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism to answer the following question.

Learning Curve Q&A Which statement best characterizes the different geographical zones around the world that developed agriculture independently? a. They were most often either temperate or tropical zones. 34. Which pastoral people first mastered horseback riding? a. Pastoralists of Central Asia 35. Which statement best describes how agricultural village societies governed themselves? a. The lineage system performed the functions of government without the formal apparatus of government. 36. Which of the following best describes Aboriginal society in Australia before the arrival of Europeans in 1788 C.E.? a. Groups of gatherers and hunters frequently exchanged ritual items, useful materials, and drugs. 37. Which of the following is a true statement concerning Paleolithic religious beliefs?

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Learning Curve Q&A a. Some societies were monotheistic, while others believed in layers of supernatural beings. 38. Refer to the map The Fertile Crescent to answer the following question. Although the rapid development of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent was likely associated with a variety of favorable factors in that region, what geographical feature allowed for the speedy diffusion of that region's agricultural developments to other regions such as Africa and Southeast Asia? a. The Fertile Crescent was an accessible location at a junction between several continents.

Learning Curve Q&A 39. In what way did the north/south axis of the Americas hinder agriculture in the region? a. The spread of domesticated crops to new regions required significant adaptation. 40. Which of the following statements about the Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution is true? a. It occurred independently, with parallel development taking place in many widely scattered parts of the world. 41. Which evidence gathered from early farmers' remains most strongly suggests that agricultural life required more sustained physical strength and thus was more taxing to the body than hunting and gathering? a. Slipped disks in the spine, arthritis of the joints, and hernias. 42.

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