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23 Cards in this Set
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despite hoholding the majority of the world's population civilizations acually inhabited
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less of the wolrd's habitable are than migratory groups
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Sedentary agriculture is common to the
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holding approach to ecological adaptation
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Nomads were found in the following region
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central Eurasia and cantral Arabia
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Slash-and-burn cultivation is usually associeated with what type of ecology?
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rainforests
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Large herds of domesticated animals as the main source of sustenance are normally associated with
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pastoral nomadism
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Which of the following lists correctly gives the order of types of ecological adaptation from largest to smallest in terms of their ability to sustain a population
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civilization, pastoral nomadism, shifting cultization, hunting amd gathering
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What time was postoral nomadism widely distributed?
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after the emergence of civilizations by 1500 bce
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Which of the following groups had the greatest impact on civilizations?
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Horse Nomads
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Which of the following froups was not associated with horse nomadism
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Lapps
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With what region of the world are the horse nomads primarily associated?
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The Eurasisan steppes
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What timed did partoral nomadism become widespread in the Americas?
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after 1492 bce
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Disease, extremes of temperature, and lack of grasses during dry seasons were all reasons for annual?
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Migration
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The hunting and gathering groups that commonly disrupted civilizations in the Americas were called
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chichimecs
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What was the asis for social organization in most nomadic societies
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kin-related bands or clans
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How does the social organization of nomadic society help to explain the failure of nomadic societies to create civilizations?
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Feuds between kin groups wiyhin nomadic societiesmade social cooperation difficult to achieve
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Which of the following was not typical of pastoral nomadic households?
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Strict monogamy
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Which of the following is not a form of social stratification in many pastoral nomadic societies?
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occupational specialty
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Pastoral nomads' interaction with civilizations was primarily
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through trade and military service
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A depiction of an animal venerated as a mythic ancestor and protector was called a
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Totem
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The silk routes were
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major trade routes linking the civilizations of the Middle East with those of India and CHina
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Who was the Muslim historian who suggested that pastoral nomadic dynasties could rule civilizations for three generations before becoming too weak to govern
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ibn khaldun
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When conquering civilizations, dnasties established by nomadic societies often
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ruled through the institutions and personnel of the indigenous peoples
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Why were pastoral nomadic societies unable to establish durable civilzations of their own?
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The nature of sednetary agriculture economy allowed the support of greater numbers of people in smaller areas.
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