History Chapter 1

Plants and animals modified by selective breeding so as to serve human needs; animals will behave in specific ways and breed in Captivity.

Dramatic transformation in human history resulting from the change from foraging to raising crops and animals

Period during which humans used tools of stone, bone, and wood obtained food by gathering and hunting. 250,000-9000 BCE

Crop-raising done with hand tools and human power

Group of Homo erectus with brains as large as those of modern humans that flourished in Europe and western Asia between 150,000 and 30,000 years ago

Period beginning in 9000 BCE during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood

Members of the family Hominidae that contains humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans

Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction

An economic system based on herding flocks of goats, sheep, cattle, or other animals

Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people, that have been a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era

Social system in which men have more power and access to resources than women and some men are dominant over other men

Die-off of large animals in many parts of the world about 15,000-10,000 BCE cause by climate change and perhaps human hunting

A style of life in which people gain food by gathering plant products, trapping or catching small animals and birds, and hunting larger prey

In arms of labor, horticulture required

Most of the food that Paleolithic foragers ate was

One of the features that distinguishes Ardipithecus from earlier hominids are

In most Neolithic communities which group of people were the first to work out a law code

One of the results of endogamy was

Blumenach gave the name "Caucasian" to light-skinned Europeans because

A specialist within the Paleolithic society who regularly received messages from the spirit world was the

The earliest Egyptian hieroglyph for weaving shows

One of the duties of the shaman was

Paleolithic burial sites indicate that Paleolithic humans held the belief that all things and natural occurrences had

When a crop has been modified by selective breeding, it has been

What was one of the consequences for Neolithic populations from

In early foraging societies, it is probable that how many hours were needed weekly to find food

Evolving better social skills might have been especially important for early human female who needed particular help with

Which of the following is evidence that Neanderthals had an understanding of the symbolic meaning of death

The first labels that scientists gave to periods of human history were based on

Horticulture refers to the growing of plants using

In modern, or recent, foraging societies, who in a community might be most responsible for hunting?

Neolithic peoples built circular structures to predict

Pastoralism, a new way of life in which humans raised livestock, developed as a result of the natural herding instinct of

The first fully bipedal hominid known to paleontologists is

What alley is created by mixing copper with another metal such as

As Neolithic religions structures became more hierarchical, what was the purpose of the most important religious practice?

Ninety-right percent of the DNA in modern humans is shared with what species?

The term forager is now used by historians instead of the traditional term

Homo sapiens migrated to Australia and New Guinea by

Animal domestication changed human evolution by making humans able to digest

How is the term species generally defined?

What discovery marks the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic

Paleolithic humans may have encouraged the growth of new plants

According to theories based on mitochondria DNA evidence, Homo sapiens evolved first in

Most skeletal remains of the Australopithecus have been found in

Residents of Catal Hüyük lived in houses that were

Why is it difficult to get llamas and alpacas in South America to pull heavy loads?

Neolithic peoples used obsidian to make

How did Homo erectus differ from modern humans

Paleolithic humans tended to find mating partners from

Every society that has left a written record was