Reference no: EM133209836
1. Coffee, millet, okra, and sorghum were domesticated in ________.
a. Africa
b. eastern North America
c. Mesopotamia
d. Asia
2. The age and sex of animals from archaeological sites can be used to infer the existence of domesticated animals.
True
False
3. ________ was/were NOT domesticated in eastern Asia.
a. Beans
b. Tea
c. Onion
d. Rice
4. Skeletal evidence from the Hayonim Cave reveals that this group ________.
a. selected mates from a fairly wide geographic area
b. mated with members of their own group rather than with outsiders
c. had low levels of social stratification
d. experienced malnutrition because of their reliance on cultivated grains
5. Many archaeologists believe, along with Robert Wenke, that "people have proved to be excellent devices for cereals to conquer the world."
True
False
6. Grave goods are ________.
a. items that are inherited from family members after they pass
b. objects buried with a corpse
c. objects that are produced for distribution to mourners at a funeral
d. items of any type that bear few distinguishing features
7. The earliest evidence of domesticated plants and animals is found in ________.
a. Mexico
b. Southwest Asia
c. the Indus Valley (India)
d. Namibia and South Africa
8. The term "________" is used by archaeologists to describe societies that are neither egalitarian nor socially stratified.
a. transegalitarian
b. Harifian
c. complex
d. chiefdom
9. In the article "Brewing an Ancient Beer", from studying the "Hymn to Ninkasi", anthropologists know that Sumerian society
a. was literate and complex.
b. was egalitarian.
c. hunted wild game.
d. practiced cannibalism.