Chapter 1

Question 1

Hominids

Answer 1

Members of the family hominidae that contains humans, chimps

Question 2

Paleolithic era

Answer 2

Period during humans used tools of store 250k to 9k BCE

Question 3

foraging

Answer 3

a style of life in which people gain food by gathering plants, traps and hunting

Question 4

Neolithic era

Answer 4

period beginning in 9k BCE during which humans obtained foods by raising crops and animals continued by using tools of stone

Question 5

neanderthals

Answer 5

group of homo erectus with brains flourished in europe and west asia 150k years ago

Question 6

megafacinal extinction

Answer 6

die off of large animals in many parts of the world caused by climate change and human huntings 15k-10k BCE

Question 7

Division of Labor

Answer 7

differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status or other social distinctions

Question 8

animism

Answer 8

idea that animals, plants, etc have spirits

Question 9

shamans

Answer 9

spiritually adapt men and women who communicated with spirits (unseen)

Question 10

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 10

Dramatic transformation in human history from the change of foraging to raising food

Question 11

Domesticated

Answer 11

Plants and animals modified to serve human needs

Question 12

horticulture

Answer 12

crop raising done with hand tools

Question 13

pastoralism

Answer 13

an economic system based on herding flecks of animals

Question 14

social hierarchies

Answer 14

division between rich and poor

Question 15

patriarchy

Answer 15

social system in which men are dominant over women. property.

Question 16

How did humans evolve, and where did they migrate

Answer 16

Evolutions include a combination of factors, of brain size, language. Migrated out of Africa.

Question 17

Key Features of Paleolithic Society

Answer 17

small groups of related people searching for food, and they began to decorate their places and began burials

Question 18

How did plan and animal domestication develop, and what effects did it have on human society

Answer 18

part of the agriculture revolution, important to change of instead of hunting all animals, using them to human advantages,started with sheep, and it allowed human pop to grow far.

Question 19

How did growing social and gender hierarchies and expanding networks of trade increase the complexity of human society in the neolithic period.

Answer 19

Put social norms in such a way of class and marrying those similar in your lane.