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Cultural Aspects - Culture is made up of: - ️ Rituals and language - ️ Customs and beliefs - ️ Clothing and food - ️ Thoughts and values
Agriculture - (T/F): Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops: - ️ True
Human P...
- (T/F): Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food crops:
- ✔️ True
Human Population
- The human population of the earth recently passed the _____________ mark:
- ✔️ 8.2 billion
Global Cereal Grains
- The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are:
- ✔️ Corn, Rice, Wheat
Food and Income Correlation
- The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of _____________ in countries across the
globe:
- ✔️ Malnutrition of children
Population Density and Cereal Production
,- Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain production?
- ✔️ Africa
Water Usage in Agriculture
- The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S., we use more water irrigating
__________ than any other crop:
- ✔️ Lawn Grass
Cultural Differences
- (T/F): Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference between humans than Genetics:
- ✔️ True
Malthus and Overpopulation
- In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of:
- ✔️ Overpopulation of the globe
Income Expenditure Difference
- The biggest difference between the Upper 20% and Lower 20% of U.S. income earners in terms of
average annual expenditures, is that the Upper 20% are able to spend significantly more of their income
on:
- ✔️ Personal insurance and pensions
Historical Battles
- The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors against the ____________:
- ✔️ Incas
Early Human Development
- About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which scientists believe was the first
conscious cultural act:
- ✔️ 2 million / tool making
, Prehistory and History
- The separation between "Prehistory" and "History" occurred about ___________ years ago, with the
________________:
- ✔️ 5,000 / invention of writing
Adaptation
- Instead of just using Biological Evolution to adjust to their environment, early humans also developed
through _____________________, using intellectual and social skills:
- ✔️ Cultural adaptation
European Impact on New World
- The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New World was/were:
- ✔️ Disease
Early Hominids Characteristics
- Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early emerging hominids:
- ✔️ Male dominated small families
Emergence of Agriculture
- Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the "Fertile Crescent", which is
located in (the) modern:
- ✔️ Middle East
Hunting and Defense
- Early hominid males most often took on the dangerous tasks of hunting and defense because:
- ✔️ they were expendable
Taxonomy
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