anthro exam 2
By about ______ B.C.E., archaeologist had found most of the major characteristics of civilizations.
3500
The first clear indication of a changeover to food production took place in the Near East about_____ B.C.E.
8,000
Why did cities and states emerge in Mesoamerica later than the Near East ?
Agriculture started later in the New World
Into what principal types of political organization did Elman Service suggest most societies could be classified ?
Bands, tribes, chiefdoms, states
How do domesticated plants get to be different from their wild varieties ?
Certain variations are artificially selected through the harvesting and planting process
For most horticulturist, people ________.
Do not own the land, but own the foods obtained from it.
Most anthropologist find the term "chiefdom" to be outdated and no longer useful for anthropological research
Falso
Most archaeologists believe that the __________ was one of the earliest centers of plant and animal domestication
Fertile Crescent
How many separate political units exist in the world today ?
Fewer than 200
Toward the end of the Upper Paleolithic period, people got most of their food from _____.
Hunting
The wild grass teosinte led to today's domesticated ______.
Maize
What is one way that states change the lifestyles of people ?
allowing for larger populations
In the Near East, dogs seem to have been domesticated_____.
before the rise of agriculture
The earliest Neolithic societies were____.
egalitarian
Among horticulturalists _____.
individuals almost always make all their own tools.
intensive agriculture utilizes ________.
sedentism and urbanization
Which of these is a common task for young children ?
tending animals
In addition to government and politics, political life includes ________.
the resolution of disputes
In a(n) _______ production system, most people produce their own food, but an aristocracy controls a portion of the production.
tributary
