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Ch 7 quiz

Terms in this set (10)

The systematic modification of the environments of plants and animals to increase their productivity and usefulness is called
agriculture
The process of increasingly permanent human habitation in one place is called
sedentism
Which period of history began with the domestication of plants 10,300 years ago and is referred to as the "New Stone Age"?
the Neolithic
Human interference with the reproduction of another species, with the result that specific plants and animals become more useful to people and dependent on them, is called
domestication
Social relations in which no great differences in wealth, power, or prestige divide members from one another are called
egalitarian social relations
Which of the following is archaeological evidence for social complexity?
monumental architecture
Which of the following is a consequence of domestication?
all of the above (correct answer)

decline in quality of diet

reliance on a smaller number of plants

environmental degradation
Societies with large populations, an extensive division of labor, and occupational specialization are known as
complex societies
Which of the following is evidence that the Natufians lived in relatively permanent settlements?
all of the above (correct answer)

there are bones of young gazelles and migratory birds at the sites

there are permanent buildings at settlement sites

there are cemeteries
Which of the following has been an explanation proposed for the rise of complex societies?
all of the above have been proposed (correct answer)

the need arose to construct and maintain irrigation systems in dry regions

population pressure required someone to exercise power to allocate resources and keep social chaos from erupting

sedentary life in farming villages gave people the leisure time to invent social and technological complexity
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