A History of World Societies, Concise, Combined Volume Twelfth Edition - by Merry E.
Wiesner-Hanks - Complete Test Bank | All Chapters
Hominids - (answer)A creature belonging to the family Hominidae, which includes human and human-
like species (gorillas, orangutans, etc.)
Paleolithic Era - (answer)Called the Old Stone Age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were
concerned with food supply, used stone as well as bone tools, nomadic hunters and gatherers
Foraging - (answer)Behavior associated with recognizing, searching for, capturing, and consuming food
Neolithic Era - (answer)"New Stone Age" characterized by the development of agricultural settlements
Neanderthals - (answer)An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe
between circa 120,000-35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The
Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithic
Megafaunal Extinction - (answer)Dying out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth
and several species of horses and camels, that occurred around 11,000-10,000 years ago, at the end of
the Ice Age; the extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing climate of the
era
Division of Labor - (answer)Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by
different workers
Animism - (answer)Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms
and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
Shamans - (answer)Religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the
gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their
companions of their gods' will
, A History of World Societies, Concise, Combined Volume Twelfth Edition - by Merry E.
Wiesner-Hanks - Complete Test Bank | All Chapters
Agricultural Revolution - (answer)Resulted not only in a more reliable food source, but also in a shifting
of dependancy and power to males over females, the claiming and defending of land, and the
establishment of the first political and religious institutions
Domesticated - (answer)Brought under human control; tamed or cultivated
Horticulture - (answer)Cultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or
hoes
Pastoralism - (answer)A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of
livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter
Social Hierarchies - (answer)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people that have been
a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era
Patriarchy - (answer)A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the
family and descent is traced through the male line
Polytheism - (answer)The belief in many gods
Cuneiform - (answer)A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and
clay tablets
Epic Poem - (answer)A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Wiesner-Hanks - Complete Test Bank | All Chapters
Hominids - (answer)A creature belonging to the family Hominidae, which includes human and human-
like species (gorillas, orangutans, etc.)
Paleolithic Era - (answer)Called the Old Stone Age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were
concerned with food supply, used stone as well as bone tools, nomadic hunters and gatherers
Foraging - (answer)Behavior associated with recognizing, searching for, capturing, and consuming food
Neolithic Era - (answer)"New Stone Age" characterized by the development of agricultural settlements
Neanderthals - (answer)An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe
between circa 120,000-35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The
Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithic
Megafaunal Extinction - (answer)Dying out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth
and several species of horses and camels, that occurred around 11,000-10,000 years ago, at the end of
the Ice Age; the extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing climate of the
era
Division of Labor - (answer)Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by
different workers
Animism - (answer)Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms
and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
Shamans - (answer)Religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the
gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their
companions of their gods' will
, A History of World Societies, Concise, Combined Volume Twelfth Edition - by Merry E.
Wiesner-Hanks - Complete Test Bank | All Chapters
Agricultural Revolution - (answer)Resulted not only in a more reliable food source, but also in a shifting
of dependancy and power to males over females, the claiming and defending of land, and the
establishment of the first political and religious institutions
Domesticated - (answer)Brought under human control; tamed or cultivated
Horticulture - (answer)Cultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or
hoes
Pastoralism - (answer)A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of
livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter
Social Hierarchies - (answer)Divisions between rich and poor, elites and common people that have been
a central feature of human society since the Neolithic era
Patriarchy - (answer)A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the
family and descent is traced through the male line
Polytheism - (answer)The belief in many gods
Cuneiform - (answer)A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and
clay tablets
Epic Poem - (answer)A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
