AESC 2050 Test 1 Already Graded A+
Definitions and Key Concepts - Agriculture:
️ The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for growing crops and rearing
animals to provide food, wool, and other products. - Cotton, tobacco, timber, and marijuana:
️ Non-agr...
✔️ The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for growing crops and rearing
animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- Cotton, tobacco, timber, and marijuana:
✔️ Non-agricultural crops.
- Culture:
✔️ The unique combinations of customs, beliefs, and practices that are transmitted from one
generation to another and distinguish societies from each other.
- Human Culture:
✔️ Cultural attributes that are considered normal, typical, or average within a particular group.
- Counterculture:
✔️ Attributes that are opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norms.
True/False Statements
- Does agriculture only concern the production of food?
✔️ False.
- The human population of the earth recently passed the ___________ mark:
✔️ 7 billion.
Food and Resources
,- Ethyl alcohol:
✔️ The chemical that American culture has deemed legal for reuse.
- The TOP 3 "nonperishable storable" cereal grains produced globally are:
✔️ Corn, rice, wheat.
- The continent with a high population density, but low cereal grain production:
✔️ Africa.
- The video, "The Science of Overpopulation," states that in the US, we use more water irrigating
_________ than any other crop:
✔️ Lawn grass.
Historical Context
- Incas:
✔️ The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 was between the conquistadors and the Incas.
- The separation between prehistory and history occurred about _____________ years ago with the
_________:
✔️ 5000; invention of writing.
- About ________ years ago, humans began ____________ which scientists believe was the first
conscious cultural act:
✔️ 2 million; tool making.
- Cultural adaptation:
✔️ Instead of just using biological evolution to adjust to their environment, early humans also
developed cultural adaptation using intellectual and social skills.
- Middle East:
, ✔️ Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as the Fertile Crescent, which is
located in the Middle East.
- Which of the following was not a characteristic of early emerging hominids?
✔️ Male-dominated small families.
Social Structures and Roles
- Why did early hominid males do more dangerous things (hunting/defense)?
✔️ They were more expendable than the females.
- Homo sapiens can be translated to:
✔️ "Wise" humans.
- Advantages of emerging farming lifestyle over nomadic lifestyle do not include:
✔️ Less work.
- Agriculture allowed humans to produce ______________ which led to the creation of
______________:
✔️ Surplus food; labor specialization.
- Civilization:
✔️ The stage in human development in which a concentrated group of individuals developed
sustained advanced social, organizational, and cultural interactions.
- Marine life provided an abundant food source:
✔️ The video "Crash Course: The Agricultural Revolution" states that early humans tended to
concentrate and settle on coasts because of this.
Agricultural Education and Practices
- Total number of acres farmed:
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