Transcript Quiz 2 Early Civilizations 1. Old Stone Age people obtained their food by all of the following means, EXCEPT a.

Quiz 2
Early Civilizations
1. Old Stone Age people obtained their food by all of the
following means, EXCEPT
a. farming
b. hunting
c. scavenging
d. gathering fruits, berries, and roots
Old Stone Age people did not plant crops. That development signals the
beginning of the Neolithic era, also known as the New Stone Age.
Scavenging means to feed on the meat that is left behind after a predator
kills an animal and feeds until it has had enough. Some anthropologists
believe that humans relied on scavenging because they lacked the speed
and strength to hunt successfully enough to feed their group. Others claim
that cooperation and the use of intelligence made early humans successful
hunters.
2. Homo sapiens were found in almost all parts of the
world by 12,000 years ago because they
a. evolved independently in different parts of the world
b. built boats to carry them across bodies of water
c. migrated widely when sea levels were low during a
glacial period
d. were led by tribal kings to conquer new territories
Homo sapiens had migrated to most parts of the world by 10,000
B.C. because low sea levels during the last glacial period enabled
them to cross to regions that are now islands or separated by bodies
of water. Most scholars of the prehistoric times accept the "out of
Africa" theory that Homo sapiens evolved in Africa and spread from
there to other continents.
3. Homo sapiens came to North America by
a. a land bridge that linked what is now Siberia to what
is now Alaska
b. boat across Africa to South America
c. a land bridge that linked Europe with Iceland,
Greenland, and Canada
d. rafts carried by ocean currents from Pacific Islands
to South America
The most commonly accepted theory is that during a glacial period Homo sapiens
crossed a land bridge that linked what is now Siberia (Asia) to what is now Alaska
(North America), sometime around or before 15,000 B.C. North and South
American Indians are of the Mongoloid race because they have genetic similarities
more common to the people of East Asia than to the Negroids of Africa or the
Caucasoids of Europe, the Middle East, and northern India.
4. The end of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia and
Egypt is generally accepted to be when
a. the use of mathematics began
b. a system of writing developed
c. tools and weapons were made from iron
d. civilizations developed
The Neolithic period is generally accepted to end in a particular
region with the beginning of the Iron Age. The ability to extract iron
from ore and forge it into weapons and tools in ancient times in
Southwest Asia and Egypt took place more than a thousand years
after civilizations, mathematics, and writing developed. Because of
cultural diffusion, the use of iron in other regions began before the
other cultural characteristics became common.
5. Which of the following animals was LEAST likely to be
domesticated in the Neolithic period?
a. water buffalo
b. sheep
c. goats
d. Bears
Bears were not domesticated. They are difficult to tame. Bears are
carnivores (meat eaters) and, therefore, competed with humans for
food. Herbivores (plant eaters) such as goats, pigs, cattle, and sheep
are more docile and their flesh is better tasting. Some herbivores can
be milked and others, such as water buffalo, can be trained to pull
plows. The only commonly domesticated carnivores were dogs,
which were commonly used in herding.