Chapter 1 Flashcards
agriculture began how many years ago
12,000
people who forage for food instead of producing it
Paleolithic or hunter gatherer people
where did humans first develop
Africa
about 100,000 years ago human beings began
to migrate from Africa
Paleolithic carved female figures often with exaggerated breasts and hips are known as
Venus figurines
in the Australian aboriginal concept everything in the present day is a vibration or echo of ancient happenings
dreamtime
members of what Paleolithic society in North America spread widely across the continent perhaps in pursuit of large mammals that were there major source of food
Clovis culture
speakers of what languages begin migrating to the Pacific islands about 3500 years ago
austronesian
Paleolithic society in general consisted of bands of how many people
25 to 50
occurring between 16,000 and 10,000 years ago what was the most significant factor in changing Paleolithic life
The end of the last Ice Age
Paleolithic societies in Japan known as what settled in permanent seaside villages where they invented some of the earliest poetry
Jomon
The San people lived on the fringe of the what
Kalahari Desert
most of the khoisan speaking Paleolithic cultures of south Africa were absorbed and or displaced by agricultural people who spoke what
Bantu
send society included a denigration of good hunting called what intended to keep successful hunters from boasting about skill
insulting the meat
The San believed that most serious threat to human welfare was the gauwasi which means
ghosts of dead ancestors
the chumashpeople established a sedentary Paleolithic society in what is now
Southern California
what’s society was transformed by the creation of an ocean going canoe known as the tomol
Chumash
The first hominid species to use fire in a controlled fashion was
Homo erectus
The early human settlers in what are now south France and north Spain left a record of the world in the form of hundreds of
cave paintings
The dying out of many large animal species came out about the end of the Ice Age either because of climate change or humans hunted them to extinction this was known as
megafaunal extinction
which did not develop in the Paleolithic era
the first writing systems
modern scholars use all except which of the following to understand Paleolithic people
The study of written ritual text
The last Ice Age may have helped early gather Hunter societies in what way
The lower sea levels associated with the Ice Age created bridges allowing human beings to travel many regions of the earth
which is generally true of Paleolithic people
developed elaborate and complex outlooks on the world
in what way were the Austronesian migrations to the Pacific islands not distinct from earlier human migration
they had a significant impact on their new environments unlike earlier migrants
all except which was a common feature of hunting and gathering societies
they had clear defined social hierarchies
in which of the following ways the Paleolithic people purposely alter the natural environment
they deliberately set fire to encourage the growth of particular plants
which of the following was not a result of the end of the last Ice Age
humans learned to sew instead of wearing simple animal skin as clothes
in what way did the settling down of human populations change the way the societies were organized
people became increasingly unequal and societies became more complex
in which environment is it most likely that a Paleolithic society would have been able to settle down permanently in villages while continuing to live from hunting and gathering
near is a sea which would provide a permanent food supply
which of the following is a significant difference between the San and Chumash people
unlike the sand, the Chumash made use of the ocean as an important source of food
all except which of the following made the jomon society of Japan different from most Paleolithic societies
The Jomon people were the first to invent the bow and arrow
which factors made it more likely that hunting and gathering people would turn to agriculture
population pressure placing a heavy demand on environment and living in settled communities which made heavier demands on the environment than gathering and hunting could supply
A and C only
which of the following statements about the San people is false
The lifestyle of the modern san markedly different from that of earlier khoisan speaking Paleolithic people’s of southern Africa
The reason for the San unequal gift exchange is
to win respect friendship and obligation from others
among on the San people the spiritual potency called n/um is important because
it counteracts evil influences from the world of gods and ancestors
which of the following was not a result of the Chumash invention of the planked canoe
because H use was controlled by women it led women to gain a superior position in society
which of the following Paleolithic societies lived in substantial permanent houses developed a market economy and had an elite craft Guild
Chumash
which of the following is not true of political leadership among the Chumash
political leaders drew their power and prestige exclusively from their role as war leaders
in recent decades some people have celebrated Paleolithic life on the grounds that
Paleolithic people enjoyed much greater gender a quality had an ideal diet and valued sharing and equality rather than competition and materialism
