Quizzes: Unwritten Histories & Religion and Culture

‭QUIZ‬‭#2:‬‭Unwritten‬‭Histories‬‭(Chapters‬‭1,7,‬‭10‬‭&‬
‭15)‬


‭1.‬ ‭What‬‭society‬‭was‬‭the‬‭most‬‭egalitarian‬‭in‬‭character?‬
‭-‬ ‭Paleolithic‬
‭2.‬ ‭What‬‭physical‬‭trait‬‭distinguishes‬‭hominids‬‭from‬‭apes‬‭and‬‭other‬‭primates?‬
‭-‬ ‭Upright‬‭walking‬
‭3.‬ ‭What‬‭foods‬‭contributed‬‭the‬‭most‬‭to‬‭the‬‭development‬‭of‬‭early‬‭human‬‭growth‬‭of‬
‭brain‬‭size?‬
‭-‬ ‭Proteins‬
‭4.‬ ‭The‬‭shift‬‭from‬‭the‬‭nomadic‬‭band‬‭to‬‭the‬‭single‬‭family‬‭being‬‭the‬‭primary‬‭social‬‭unit‬
‭happened‬‭during‬‭which‬‭era?‬
‭-‬ ‭Neolithic‬‭Age‬
‭5.‬ ‭MtDNA‬‭is‬‭unique‬‭in‬‭that‬‭it‬‭can‬‭trace‬‭your‬‭ancestry‬‭through‬‭what‬‭person?‬
‭-‬ ‭Mother‬‭only‬
‭6.‬ ‭What‬‭human‬‭species‬‭is‬‭the‬‭lone‬‭survivor‬‭of‬‭all‬‭human‬‭species‬‭to‬‭exist‬‭on‬‭Earth?‬
‭-‬ ‭Homo-sapiens‬
‭7.‬ ‭What‬‭is‬‭the‬‭era‬‭when‬‭humans‬‭developed‬‭stone‬‭tools‬‭to‬‭harvest‬‭cultivated‬‭plants?‬
‭-‬ ‭Neolithic‬
‭8.‬ ‭Despite‬‭the‬‭advantages‬‭of‬‭farming,‬‭which‬‭group‬‭of‬‭people‬‭did‬‭not‬‭begin‬‭farming‬
‭by‬‭choice?‬
‭-‬ ‭Aborigines‬
‭9.‬ ‭What‬‭is‬‭not‬‭consistent‬‭with‬‭the‬‭uses‬‭of‬‭Written‬‭Records‬‭in‬‭ancient‬‭history?‬
‭-‬ ‭Details‬‭true‬‭events‬‭from‬‭all‬‭perspectives‬
‭10.‬‭What‬‭characteristics‬‭did‬‭early‬‭American‬‭cultures‬‭(North,‬‭South,‬‭and‬
‭Mesoamerica)‬‭have‬‭in‬‭common?‬
‭-‬ ‭Mounds‬‭for‬‭rituals‬‭and/or‬‭burials‬
‭11.‬‭What‬‭land‬‭animals‬‭were‬‭not‬‭brought‬‭with‬‭Pacific‬‭Islanders‬‭from‬‭the‬‭mainland‬‭as‬
‭they‬‭colonized‬‭atolls‬‭(islands)?‬
‭-‬ ‭Cattle‬
‭12.‬‭What‬‭makes‬‭the‬‭practices‬‭and‬‭rituals‬‭of‬‭the‬‭Bantu,‬‭Olmec,‬‭and‬‭Polynesian‬
‭peoples‬‭difficult‬‭to‬‭understand‬‭with‬‭a‬‭high‬‭degree‬‭of‬‭accuracy?‬
‭-‬ ‭There‬‭is‬‭no‬‭written‬‭evidence‬‭to‬‭be‬‭found‬
‭13.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭led‬‭to‬‭wealth‬‭and‬‭political‬‭power‬‭among‬‭the‬‭Bantu‬‭tribes?‬
‭-‬ ‭Size‬‭of‬‭Cattle‬‭herds‬
‭14.‬‭What‬‭major‬‭cultural‬‭shift‬‭occurred‬‭over‬‭time‬‭in‬‭Bantu‬‭culture?‬

, -‭ ‬ ‭Matrilineal‬‭descent‬‭to‬‭Patrilineal‬‭descent‬
‭15.‬‭What‬‭statement6‬‭most‬‭accurately‬‭reflects‬‭that‬‭the‬‭people‬‭of‬‭the‬‭Pacific‬‭Islands‬
‭migrated‬‭to‬‭their‬‭locations‬‭in‬‭the‬‭Pacific‬‭Ocean‬‭with‬‭the‬‭intention‬‭of‬‭permanent‬
‭settlement?‬
‭-‬ ‭Peoples‬‭of‬‭Pacific‬‭Islands‬‭used‬‭canoes‬‭that‬‭were‬‭large‬‭enough‬‭to‬‭carry‬
‭supplies‬‭such‬‭as‬‭livestock‬‭and‬‭other‬‭other‬‭necessities.‬
‭16.‬‭How‬‭did‬‭the‬‭Chavin‬‭civilization‬‭of‬‭South‬‭America‬‭revolutionize‬‭early‬‭textile‬
‭production?‬
‭-‬ ‭Applied‬‭dyes‬‭to‬‭cotton‬‭threads‬
‭17.‬‭What‬‭does‬‭NOT‬‭prove‬‭that‬‭N.‬‭American‬‭peoples‬‭traded‬‭goods‬‭and‬‭ideas‬‭with‬
‭Mesoamericans?‬
‭-‬ ‭Quinoa‬
‭18.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭reasons‬‭informed‬‭the‬‭placement‬‭of‬‭pyramids‬‭and‬‭mounds‬
‭in‬‭early‬‭American‬‭civilizations?‬
‭-‬ ‭Celestial‬‭events‬
‭19.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭statements‬‭is‬‭NOT‬‭true‬‭about‬‭the‬‭importance‬‭and‬‭value‬‭of‬
‭obsidian‬‭stone‬‭in‬‭Mesoamerica?‬
‭-‬ ‭Obsidian‬‭stone‬‭was‬‭common‬‭and‬‭could‬‭be‬‭found‬‭everywhere‬
‭20.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭was‬‭NOT‬‭a‬‭structure‬‭from‬‭the‬‭city‬‭of‬‭Teotihuacan?‬
‭-‬ ‭Pyramid‬‭of‬‭Giza‬
‭21.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭describes‬‭Andean‬‭farmers‬‭who‬‭pooled‬‭their‬‭labor‬‭for‬
‭construction‬‭and‬‭maintenance‬‭of‬‭the‬‭canals,‬‭raised‬‭fields‬‭and‬‭causeways.‬
‭-‬ ‭Ayllu‬
‭22.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭most‬‭accurately‬‭describes‬‭what‬‭happened‬‭to‬‭women‬‭and‬
‭children‬‭who‬‭were‬‭captured‬‭in‬‭war‬‭by‬‭Eastern‬‭Woodlanders?‬
‭-‬ ‭“adopted”‬‭as‬‭replacements‬‭for‬‭lost‬‭kin‬
‭23.‬‭The‬‭Incas’‬‭record-keeping‬‭system‬‭utilized‬‭which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭methods?‬
‭-‬ ‭Knotted‬‭Strings‬
‭24.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭most‬‭closely‬‭relates‬‭to‬‭specialization‬‭of‬‭labor‬‭in‬‭early‬
‭American‬‭societies?‬
‭-‬ ‭Societies‬‭become‬‭less‬‭egalitarian‬
‭25.‬‭Which‬‭two‬‭innovations‬‭allowed‬‭for‬‭desert‬‭peoples‬‭in‬‭southwest‬‭N.‬‭America‬‭to‬‭live‬
‭settled‬‭lives?‬
‭-‬ ‭Bow‬‭&‬‭Arrow‬‭and‬‭Maize‬
‭26.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭explains‬‭how‬‭the‬‭Aztec‬‭language‬‭of‬‭Nahuatl‬‭as‬‭well‬‭as‬
‭Aztec‬‭stories‬‭were‬‭preserved?‬
‭-‬ ‭Use‬‭of‬‭Latin‬‭alphabet‬‭to‬‭create‬‭written‬‭form‬‭of‬‭Nahuatl‬
‭27.‬‭Which‬‭of‬‭the‬‭following‬‭terms‬‭best‬‭describes‬‭the‬‭Aztec‬‭Social‬‭Pyramid?‬
‭-‬ ‭Egalitarian‬
‭-‬ ‭Stratified‬