BIO 358 FINAL REVIEW SBU QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Acheulean tools Correct Answers A set of stone tools initially
produced by homo erectus around 1.6 million years ago. They
include hand axe, giant stone arrow heads for cutting, boring,
and chopping.
Adaptive revolution Correct Answers refers to the fact that the
2my interval of human history has consisted of very long
periods of adaptive stasis during which human capabilities
improved very little followed by periods of dramatic increase in
adaptive sophistication. These revolutions result from a
sequence of events: a novel weapon technology allows cost
effective projection of coercive threat producing an expanded
scale of kinship independent social cooperation.
adaptive stasis Correct Answers the tendency of human
adaptive sophistication to remain largely unchanged over an
extended period of time.
Agricultural revolution Correct Answers Dramatic changes in
human adaptive sophistication occurring at different times in
different parts of the world. These changes are associated with
increased reliance on domesticated plants and animals. Are a
result of improvements in weaponry that allowed for local
adaptive revolutions.
American Civil War Correct Answers Traditionally thought of
as a struggle between two very different economic systems, this
war was arguably a major step in the global democratization of
, the modern state. Entire world expected northern democracy to
fail. It is argued that this war finally established the viability and
ascendency of the modern democratic state.
American revolution Correct Answers due to lack of
concentrated mineral wealth and remoteness from Europe- the
North American colonial population remained relatively free of
elite elite domination from Europe. As a result, North America
constituted a massive natural experiment in state formation.
Moreover, North American colonists lived in an environment
with potentially hostile native populations and abundant game
for hunting. Several centuries of this environment produced a
population of highly independent, heavily armed individuals free
of elite military domination. They initiated the American
Revolution in 1776, ultimately breaking free of European
control and founding one of the early, relatively democratized
modern states.
Anasazi Correct Answers term used to describe one of the
major neolithic cultures of American Southwest. This culture
spread throughout the "four corners" region and it was sustained
by maize agriculture and arose around 600-900 AD. They are
famous for building the great houses of Chaco Canyon and the
cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde.
Anatomically modern humans (AMH) Correct Answers were
the first members of our contemporary anatomical species,
homo sapiens, who evolved around 150-250,000 years ago.
They look virtually exactly like us in skeletal morphology, but
didnt display the full capabilities of BMH.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Acheulean tools Correct Answers A set of stone tools initially
produced by homo erectus around 1.6 million years ago. They
include hand axe, giant stone arrow heads for cutting, boring,
and chopping.
Adaptive revolution Correct Answers refers to the fact that the
2my interval of human history has consisted of very long
periods of adaptive stasis during which human capabilities
improved very little followed by periods of dramatic increase in
adaptive sophistication. These revolutions result from a
sequence of events: a novel weapon technology allows cost
effective projection of coercive threat producing an expanded
scale of kinship independent social cooperation.
adaptive stasis Correct Answers the tendency of human
adaptive sophistication to remain largely unchanged over an
extended period of time.
Agricultural revolution Correct Answers Dramatic changes in
human adaptive sophistication occurring at different times in
different parts of the world. These changes are associated with
increased reliance on domesticated plants and animals. Are a
result of improvements in weaponry that allowed for local
adaptive revolutions.
American Civil War Correct Answers Traditionally thought of
as a struggle between two very different economic systems, this
war was arguably a major step in the global democratization of
, the modern state. Entire world expected northern democracy to
fail. It is argued that this war finally established the viability and
ascendency of the modern democratic state.
American revolution Correct Answers due to lack of
concentrated mineral wealth and remoteness from Europe- the
North American colonial population remained relatively free of
elite elite domination from Europe. As a result, North America
constituted a massive natural experiment in state formation.
Moreover, North American colonists lived in an environment
with potentially hostile native populations and abundant game
for hunting. Several centuries of this environment produced a
population of highly independent, heavily armed individuals free
of elite military domination. They initiated the American
Revolution in 1776, ultimately breaking free of European
control and founding one of the early, relatively democratized
modern states.
Anasazi Correct Answers term used to describe one of the
major neolithic cultures of American Southwest. This culture
spread throughout the "four corners" region and it was sustained
by maize agriculture and arose around 600-900 AD. They are
famous for building the great houses of Chaco Canyon and the
cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde.
Anatomically modern humans (AMH) Correct Answers were
the first members of our contemporary anatomical species,
homo sapiens, who evolved around 150-250,000 years ago.
They look virtually exactly like us in skeletal morphology, but
didnt display the full capabilities of BMH.
