Module 2 Human Evolution and culture

Question 1

Higher states will protect the lower states

Answer 1

social contract

Question 2

Included the creation of artworks that required a longer length of time and a greater number of people (e.g., Stonehenge)

Answer 2

Neolithic Period

Question 3

Book of Charles Darwin about the human evolution

Answer 3

Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1959)

Question 4

Forcing other states to be under the higher states

Answer 4

Force theory

Question 5

Our thinking capacity

Answer 5

Frontal lobe and motor cortex – function for cognition and motor abilities
Parietal lobe – allows for touch and taste abilities
Temporal lobe – allows for hearing skills
Occipital lobe – allows for visual skills

Question 6

No social division

communal lifestyle

Answer 6

Paleolithic Period

Question 7

Developed by Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)

Named after a site in France called Le Moustier

Answer 7

The Mousterian industry

Question 8

Walking and standing Ability

two forms of locomotion

Answer 8

Bipedalism-capacity to walk and stand by two feet

quadropedalism- uses all four limbs

Question 9

Leadership is Not rigid; based on age and knowledge

Answer 9

Paleolithic Period

Question 10

Paleolithic word origin

Answer 10

palaois-means old
lithos meas stone
paleolithic means old stone age

Question 11

New roles of the museum ( acc. to the 2010 Conference of the Museum Association)

Answer 11

1 Fostering community solidarity through shared history

2 Regeneration and development of the local economy

Question 12

True or false

“The development of culture is not directly linked to the physical development of humans.”

Answer 12

false

The development of culture is directly linked to the physical development of humans

Question 13

Artifact of previous statesman who died at the age of 19 because of overlapping genes

Answer 13

sarcophagus of king tutankhamun

Question 14

is the primary transnational entity that manages and negotiates matters relating to human heritage

Answer 14

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Question 15

Average size of human brain

Answer 15

1.4 kg

Question 16

This industry was named after Saint Acheul, a patron saint in southwest France.

Developed by Homo Erectus

Answer 16

The acheulian industry

Question 17

a theory which believes that it is according to God’s will

Answer 17

Divine Right Theory

Question 18

Biological capacity for culture

Answer 18

1. Our thinking capacity
2. Our speaking capacity
3. Our gripping capacity
4. Walking and standing ability

Question 19

Leadership is Semirigid; based on legitimacy (religious beliefs, social status)

Answer 19

Neolithic Period

Question 20

Dominant gender is male

-passing of throne through generations

Answer 20

Paternalistic Theory

Question 21

2. Our speaking capacity

Answer 21

human tongues are more flexible

humans have larger pharynx

Question 22

What made this industry a cultural milestone for the modern humans in Europe is their development of self-awareness; such as cave paintings and fabrication of accessories (figurines, bracelets and beads).

Answer 22

The aurignacian industry

Question 23

Included a wider array of small and bigger tools due to sedentary lifestyle

Answer 23

Neolithic Period

Question 24

one of the most important artifacts who owns 3 different inscriptions(language)

Answer 24

Rosetta stone

Question 25

Human Evolution Stages

Answer 25

Hominid
Homo Habilis (Handy Man)
Homo Erectus (Upright Man) (fire)
Homo Sapiens (Wise Man)

Question 26

Agriculture Subsistence

Answer 26

Neolithic Period

Question 27

Who proposed demokratia as a political ideology that aimed at dispersing power from the monopoly of the elites to the masses?

Answer 27

Athenian statesman named Cleisthenes

Question 28

a stone tool industry, is characterized by the use of “hard water – worn creek cobbles made out of volcanic rock” (O’ Niel, 2012)
This industry spread out to Europe and Asia during the migration of Homo Erectus

Answer 28

The oldowan industry

Question 29

a theory which states that humans are political animals

Answer 29

Natural Theory

Question 30

five primary theories as to how states rose

Answer 30

1. Divine right theory
2. Force theory
3. Paternalistic theory
4. Social contract
5. Natural theory

Question 31

Named after the La Madeleine site in Dordogne, France.

Saw the end of the Paleolithic period as it transformed to the Neolithic period.

Another cultural milestone for the users of this industry was the use of temporary man-made shelters such as tents made of animal skin.

Answer 31

The Magdalenian industry

Question 32

repository of archaeological finds that allow people from the contemporary period to reconstruct the culture and environment of their ancestors.

Answer 32

Museums

Question 33

an example of artifact that cannot be moved
built 5000 years ago
one of a kind structures in England

Answer 33

Stonehenge

Question 34

This term was derived from Aurignac.

Answer 34

Aurignacian

Question 35

dispersing power from the monopoly of the elites to the masses.

Answer 35

demokratia

Question 36

Two types of Grip and their function

Answer 36

Power Grip- enabled humans to wrap the thumb and fingers on an object
Precision Grip- enabled humans to hold and pick objects steadily using their fingers.