Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
NREM test 1
Test one for final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fossils of one of the most revolutionary of our ancestors, Homo erectus (ergaster), have been found as far to the northeast of Africa as here. Referred to as Peking Man here. | China |
| Found as far as southeast of Africa as here and referred to as Java Men here. | Indonesia |
| Polynesian sailors may have also been one of several groups of people to migrate from the old world to the new based off of genetic markers found here | Venezuela |
| Based on the history of domestication, chicken in orange sauce could be the national dish today in | Vietname |
| Rice, tea, the dye plant indigo and some varieties of the chicken were first domesticated in what today is | India |
| Long-staple cotton was first domesticated in what today is | Pakistan |
| Sorghum, a grain that was first domesticated in what today is | Kenya |
| Sugercane, bananas, and pepper were domesticated in what today is | Indonesia |
| Coffe was first domesticated what today is | Ethiopia |
| Has long history of having domesticated several grains, legumes, tubers, vines, and livestock | Iraq |
| Technological first in paper, the printing press, the compass, the center post ships rudder, and the wheelbarrow | China |
| Exports coffee and orange juice | Brazil |
| Exports alkyloidal stimulants like caffeine | Nigeria |
| World's largest consumer of chemical herbicides and insecticides due to its displacement of rural peasantry to industrial jobs in the cities | Brazil |
| One of the ten greatest famines of the 20th Century was the result of the attempt to suppress Christianity | Sudan |
| The following statement by the French microbiologist Rene Dubos is an example of which environmental ethic discussed in class: "Science and technology are the source of our worst nightmares and have made societies unmanageable. | Holothetic |
| The following quote is an example of which of environmental ethic? "Natural science is one of man's weapons in his fight for freedom. For the purpose of attaining freedom in the world of nature, man must use natural science to understand, conquer etc | Developmental |
| The evolutionary phenomenon of opening a trophic niche by the elimination of a class of organisms is called | Extinction |
| The evolutionary phenomenon of successfully producing offspring who go on to successfully produce offspring who go on to successfully produce offspring who go on to successfully produce offspring is called | Fitness |
| The truly revolutionary aspect of Homo erectus (ergaster) was | Hunting-and-gathering |
| The truly revolutionary aspect of Homo sapiens v. sapiens has been | Language |
| According to class lecture, the notion that growing population density required the domestication of food plants is known as the | Boserup thesis |
| Prior to the development of intensive market agriculture, almost all the world's food production was | subsistence |
| Prior to the development of intensive market agriculture, all the world's system of food production were | Nomadic |
| The green Revolution and other intensive, commercial, industrial agricultural system exist and expand to take advantage of | economies of scale |
| The production input that is most critical implementing technology such as the Green Revolution is | Capital |
| What is not an obstacles to small- scale traditional agriculturalists participation in the Green revolution | Labor intensity |
| The greatest famines in the 20th century were most often cause by | war and government policies |
Created by:
Larycraig
Popular Earth Science sets