17. During the Natufian period in the Levant, a. the domestication of maize led

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17. During the Natufian period in the Levant,

a. the domestication of maize led to the development of urban centers

b. nomadic hunter-gathers developed highly hierarchical society

c. the intensified was fully established, which led to the emergence of dynastic rulers

d. agriculture was fully established, which led to the emergence of dynastic rulers.

18. Modern hunter-gatherer societies may be best characterized as:

a. marginalized by modern farming socieites and mostly incorporated into the state systems

b. major groups composing approximately 30% of the todays world population

c. communal groups I perfect balance with nature

d. big-game hunter covering most regions of southern Africa

19. The Tlingit and Kwakiutl on the American Northwest Coast:

a. developed social hierarchy with hereditary chiefs without the benefit of agriculture because they had rich natural resources including salmon.

b. developed social hierarchy with hereditary chiefs because they developed highly productive agriculture with elaborate irrigation systems

c. had egalitarian societies because they did not have agriculture

d. had egalitarian societies despite their highly developed agriculture system

Explanation / Answer

17. Question: During the Natufian period in the Levant?

Answer: B. Nomadic hunter-gathers developed highly hierarchical society.

Explanation: The natufian culture is the name given to sedentary late epi-paleolithic hunter gatherers living in the Levant region who developed hierarchial society.

18. Question: Modern hunter-gatherer societies may be best characterized as?

Answer: B. Big-game hunter covering most regions of southern Africa.

Explanation: Over the century and particularly in last thirty years hunger gatherer societies have been forced to adopt a different way of life and many societies living in the San of the Kalahari desert (southern Africa)

19. Question: The Tlingit and Kwakiutl on the American Northwest Coast?

Answer: A. Developed social hierarchy with hereditary chiefs without the benefit of agriculture because they had rich natural resources including salmon.

Explanation: The people of Northwest Coast were basically hunter gatherers and since there was plenty of food available they never needed to develop agriculture system.

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