Some questions will be drawn from the quizzes you have taken.
You should be able to define the following terms (as they relate to the contents of the course) and know the importance of the sites:
Neolithic
Levant
Kebaran
tell
domestication
cultivation
sedentism
Natufian
Younger Dryas climate in SW Asia rachis
glume
‘Ain Mallaha
Abu Hureyra
Jericho
Ganj Dareh
Gilgal 1
Catalhoyuk
Asikli
Gobekli Tepe Bandkeramik villages Cishan
Hemudu culture Jiahu
Lajia
Lapita Culture
Easter Island Teosinte
Uan Afuda
Nabta Playa Xihuatoxtla
Guilá Naquitz Cave
Be able to answer the following questions:
What did the Natufians eat and where and when did they live?
What ailments afflicted the inhabitants of Abu Hureyra?
Why were early farmers not as healthy as their forager ancestors?
What sorts of theories have been proposed to explain the origins of farming? What factors do the different theories emphasize?
What characterizes animals that were suitable for domestication?
Where was pottery invented?
When did people in tropical areas of the world become dependent upon agriculture in comparison with people in other regions?
Which animals were domesticated in SW Asia?
Why did human fertility rates increase with the transition to farming in SW Asia?
What was the “secondary products revolution”?
Were domesticated crops and animals introduced into Europe via diffusion or human migrations according to recent genetic studies of Neolithic skeletons?
What do we know about Otzi the Iceman?
Was Catalhoyuk a town? (The answer requires more than “yes” or “no”.)
How were cattle used by the people of Catalhoyuk?
What are some of the important food crops that were first domesticated in China?
Which are the key Neolithic sites in China?
What is the earliest evidence for beer, flutes, and noodles?
In which parts of the world were chickens and bananas domesticated?
What are two of the plants independently domesticated in the SE USA?
What were the four major centers of native plant domestication in the Americas?
Where was the earliest maize (corn) and squash discovered?
What plants and animals were domesticated in the Andes of South America?
