1. What is the discussion mainly about?
A. Interactions between hunter-gatherers and people living in sedentary societies
B. Reasons why most hunter-gatherer societies have disappeared
C. The recent discovery of a prehistoric agricultural settlement
D. Some consequences of the transition to sedentism
2. What point does the professor make when she mentions the first appearance of sedentism in western Europe?
A. The worldwide spread of the Neolithic Revolution was not sudden
B. Climate and geography played a key role in the Neolithic Revolution.
C. Skills like weaving and pottery making existed before the Neolithic Revolution.
D. Societies during Neolithic times were aware of each other’s existence
3. According to the professor, what were two disadvantages of living in an early sedentary society?
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A. A limited variety of foods
B. Unstable family structures
C. Very little leisure time
D. Dependence on a steady climate
4. Why does the professor mention that people in early sedentary societies lived close to their animals?
A. To contrast early sedentary societies with later ones
B. To point out how diseases spread within a sedentary society
C. To acknowledge a similarity between sedentary people and hunter-gatherers
D. To explain why sedentism did not appear before 10,000 years ago
5. According to the professor, what two differences between Hunter-gathers and sedentary societies did a study of prehistoric European skeletons reveal?
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A. Hunter-gatherers ate less animal protein than sedentary people did.
B. Hunter-gatherers had more dental problems than sedentary people had.
C. Hunter-gatherers were taller than Sedentary people.
D. Hunter-gatherers were exposed to more dangers than sedentary people were.
6. What does the professor imply when she says this
A. Hunter-gatherers are efficient farmers and animal tenders
B. Hunter-gatherers are more common today than many people realize.
C. Hunter-gatherers prefer their lifestyle to that of sedentism
D. Hunter-gatherers have long oral traditions