Chapter 6: Cultural Diversity from 20,000 to 5,000 YA

Question 1

20,000-15,000 YA

Answer 1

Domestication of dogs

People begin colonizing Americas

Question 2

15,000-10,000 YA

Answer 2

Transition in many parts of the world to food production

megafauna hunting in N. America

Question 3

10,000-5,000 YA

Answer 3

Significant population growth

Civilization and writing emerge

Question 4

Possible entry routes to N.America

Answer 4

Coastal Migration, Ice Free Corridor, Solutrean Hypothesis, Kelp Highway

Question 5

Kennewick Man

Answer 5

Discovered by accident
Oldest human remains found in N.America (over 9000 years old)
Claimed and reburied by the Umatilla people

Question 6

Fluted (Clovis) points

Answer 6

Spearheads used until about 3,000 YA to hunt mammoths

Question 7

Foraging

Answer 7

Hunting and Gathering

Question 8

Cultivation

Answer 8

Horticulture and Agriculture

Question 9

Pastoralism

Answer 9

Domesticated animals
Symbiotic relationship
Direct use of animals for food

Question 10

Industrialism

Answer 10

Modern subsistence strategy

Question 11

Foraging

Answer 11

All humans until 10,000 YA

Women gather, Men hunt

Question 12

Neolithic

Answer 12

Period with 1st signs of domestication
Hunting to farming
Sedentism
Town life
Development of states

Question 13

Domesticated crops

Answer 13

Larger seeds
Higher overall yield
More brittle husks

Question 14

Trade-offs of food production

Answer 14

Sedentism vs. Mobility
Security vs. Risk (more than 1 crop)
Increasing population vs. Increasing production to support it

Question 15

Signs of domestication

Answer 15

Animals outside natural range
Fences/Walls
Have selected traits