Question 1

Modern diseases made possible by overcrowding include, but are not limited to,

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A)   measles, mumps, and cholera.
B)   smallpox and influenza.
C)   chicken pox.
D)   measles, mumps, cholera, smallpox, and influenza.

Question 2

An oval cross section of an adult femur suggests that the individual

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A)   was likely very physically active.
B)   was lethargic and largely sedentary.
C)   had a nutritional deficiency as a child.
D)   You cannot discern anything from the shape of a bone.

Question 3

The domestication of wheat and barley spread to Greece by ________ yBP.

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A)   1,000
B)   7,000
C)   15,000
D)   18,000

Question 4

The archaeological record suggests that farming began in southeastern Turkey by ________ yBP.

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A)   6,000
B)   4,000
C)   1,500
D)   10,500 D

Question 5

New World domesticated products include

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A)   wheat.
B)   rice.
C)   cotton.
D)   pigs.

Question 6

Domestication produced more food per unit area of land than had hunting and gathering, meaning

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A)   more people were needed to produce more food.
B)   more people could be fed from the same amount of land.
C)   more storage was necessary for the extra food provided by domestication.
D)   fewer people were available for labor.

Question 7

A(n)  ________ is a scientist who studies plant remains in the archaeological record.

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A)   paleontologist
B)   paleoethnobotanist
C)   ethnologist
D)   zooarchaeologist

Question 8

The Neolithic site Çatalhöyük is located in

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A)   southwest Asia.
B)   southern Africa.
C)   central Mexico.
D)   India.

Question 9

Discuss how morphologic changes to modern humans' faces, mandibles, and teeth changed after
the shift to agriculture and consumption of softer foods.

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Question 10

In the American Midwest, native seed crops goosefoot, sumpweed, and sunflowers were farmed about ________ yBP.

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A)   11,500
B)   8,000
C)   6,000-1,000
D)   10,500 C

Question 11

Some cases of anemia, which cause red blood cell production to increase in response to iron deficiency or blood loss, may lead to

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A)   cribra orbitalia in eye orbits.
B)   expansion and porosity of long bones.
C)   a parasitic infection.
D)   a genetic disease.

Question 12

The dog was the first animal to be domesticated by

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A)   30,000 and 15,000 years ago.
B)   the beginning of the Middle Paleolithic.
C)   the Lower Paleolithic.
D)   the beginning of the Cenozoic.

Question 13

The masticatory-functional hypothesis states that

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A)   over time there was a clear reduction in the size of the face and jaws.
B)   tooth and jaw size have decreased over time.
C)   change in skull form represents a response to decreased demands on the chewing muscles.
D)   tooth and jaw size increased over time.

Question 14

Domesticated plants such as ________ come from temperate zone wild ancestors, while ________ come from warmer, more tropical regions.

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A)   rye and rice; squash and taro
B)   yam and taro; sorghum and millet
C)   wheat and yam; cotton and barley
D)   rye and wheat; yam and manioc

Question 15

Two-thirds of calorie intake comes from the key cereal grains domesticated in the earlier Holocene, especially

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A)   barley, sorghum, and wheat.
B)   wheat, barley, corn, and rice.
C)   oats, wheat, and rice.
D)   corn, rice, and beans. B

Question 16

Cavities in the teeth are also called

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A)   hypoplasias.
B)   enamel defects.
C)   dentin foramina.
D)   dental caries.

Question 17

A symptom of anemia where spongy bone invades the eye sockets is called

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A)   hyperostosis.
B)   trabeculitis.
C)   orbital arthritis.
D)   cribra orbitalia.

Question 18

One of the MOST important adaptive transitions in hominin evolution is

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A)   the shift from foraging to farming.
B)   having color depth perception.
C)   a larger brain.
D)   a change in the arm-to-leg ratio.

Question 19

The last 10,000 years is called the

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A)   Cenozoic.
B)   Quaternary.
C)   Solutren.
D)   Holocene.

Question 20

The Neolithic demographic transition resulted in

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A)   a decrease in birthrate.
B)   earlier weaning.
C)   a slow increase in the world's population.
D)   a shift from high birthrate to low birthrate.

Exam 13: The Past 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, Biology

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An oval cross section of an adult femur suggests that the individual

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The domestication of wheat and barley spread to Greece by ________ yBP.

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The archaeological record suggests that farming began in southeastern Turkey by ________ yBP.

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New World domesticated products include

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Domestication produced more food per unit area of land than had hunting and gathering, meaning

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The Neolithic site Çatalhöyük is located in

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In the American Midwest, native seed crops goosefoot, sumpweed, and sunflowers were farmed about ________ yBP.

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Some cases of anemia, which cause red blood cell production to increase in response to iron deficiency or blood loss, may lead to

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The dog was the first animal to be domesticated by

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The masticatory-functional hypothesis states that

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Domesticated plants such as ________ come from temperate zone wild ancestors, while ________ come from warmer, more tropical regions.

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