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1. Paleolithic humans
(A) domesticated animals
(B) discovered agriculture
(C) organized themselves based on a well-defined social hierarchy
(D) formed exclusively matriarchal societies
(E) relied on foraging
2. In which of the following regions did native peoples NOT develop
agriculture?
(A) southern Asia
(B) southwestern Asia
(C) Australia
(D) northern Africa
(E) Andean highlands
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3. All of the following are means of determining the approximate dates
of human cultures in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras EXCEPT
(A) stratigraphy
(B) cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation
(C) paleontology
(D) paleobotany
(E) typology
4. It is believed that women in early Neolithic society
(A) usually accompanied men on hunting expeditions
(B) usually led the clan
(C) were expected to devote themselves solely to child care
(D) experienced a rigid sexual division of labor
(E) were probably the first farmers
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5. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of eras?
(A) Paleolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, Chalcolithic
(B) Paleolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Chalcolithic
(C) Neolithic, Bronze Age, Paleolithic, Chalcolithic
(D) Chalcolithic, Iron Age, Bronze Age, Paleolithic
(E) Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age
6. The knowledge of agriculture
(A) was confined to river valley cultures
(B) arose in different areas of the world around the same time
(C) was usually passed from one culture to another
(D) diffused throughout the Eastern Hemisphere only
(E) developed first in Mesoamerica
7. All of the following are true of the Bering land bridge EXCEPT that it
(A) allowed wooly mammoths to travel from Asia to North America
(B) disappeared about 12,000 BCE
(C) was close to 1,000 miles north to south at its widest point
(D) existed during the Pleistocene ice ages
(E) enabled Paleo-Indians to colonize Asia from North America
8. The Lascaux cave paintings could be used as a primary source
in a study of
(A) Paleolithic humans
(B) Neolithic humans
(C) the Nok culture
(D) ancient Austronesian peoples
(E) Australopithecus robustus
9. The Neolithic Revolution refers to
(A) the invention of metallurgy
(B) the ability to create fire at will
(C) the extinction of the Neanderthals that allowed Homo sapiens sapiens
to populate the planet
(D) the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
(E) the development of tool-making capabilities by humans
10. Most Neolithic cultures included all of the following EXCEPT
(A) religious beliefs
(B) tools
(C) sundials
(D) artwork
(E) fire
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