Anthropology Lecture 3

Question 1

technological process was initially, for a very long time, ____

Answer 1

slow

Question 2

the Great Leap Forward

Answer 2

according to Diamond, when, 35,000 years ago, innovation took off; sedentary populations contributed

Question 3

the four significant social revolutions, according to Diamond, and when they occurred

Answer 3

domestication, 15,000 years ago; agricultural, 10,000 years ago; industrial, late 18th century; and information, last half of the 20th century

Question 4

negative impacts of agricultural revolution

Answer 4

poorer nutrition, conquest and slavery, environment destruction

Question 5

three industrial revolutions and their times

Answer 5

1st - late 18th century in Britain, machinery used; 2nd - 1800s in Germany and U.S., mass production; 3rd - 20th century, spread

Question 6

industrial revolution drawbacks

Answer 6

poor sanitation and pollution, harsh work, child labor