Ancient Lives: An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory 6th Edition

1 Modern archaeologists use the remains of a civilization to (A) study the human past. (B) reconstruct ancient city plans. (C) enrich themselves and their benefactors. (D) confirm existing hypotheses about the origin of the species. Answer: (A) study the human past. Feedback: The answer is study the

1 During the late Ice Age, the Sahara was (A) a vast grassland. (B) wetter than present conditions. (C) dry, if not drier than modern times. (D) 75% covered with glaciers. Answer: (C) dry, if not drier than modern times. Feedback: The answer is dry, if not drier

1 Food production is a phenomenon of (A) the last 100,000 years. (B) the last 12,000 years. (C) 99 percent of human existence. (D) the last millennia. Answer: (B) the last 12,000 years. Feedback: The answer is the last 12,000 years. Answer: (B) the last 12,000 years. Feedback:

1 Who coined the phrases agricultural revolution and urban revolution? (A) Mary Leakey (B) Vere Gordon Childe (C) Edward Taylor (D) Brian Fagan Answer: (B) Vere Gordon Childe Feedback: The answer is Vere Gordon Childe. Answer: (B) Vere Gordon Childe Feedback: The answer is Vere Gordon Childe. Answer:

1 Which was the largest of the Harappan cities built on artificial mounds? (A) Harappa (B) Mohenjodaro (C) Kiligangan (D) Dhoraji Answer: (B) Mohenjodaro Feedback: The answer is Mohenjodaro. Answer: (B) Mohenjodaro Feedback: The answer is Mohenjodaro. Answer: (B) Mohenjodaro Feedback: The answer is Mohenjodaro. 2

1 All projectile points in North America are ultimately derived from the ancient (A) Donner point. (B) Clovis point. (C) Aleutian point. (D) Siberian point. Answer: (B) Clovis point. Feedback: The answer is Clovis point. Answer: (B) Clovis point. Feedback: The answer is Clovis point. Answer: (B) Clovis

1 The roots of which civilization went back at least 1,500 years before Spanish conquest? (A) Maya (B) Aztec (C) Yanomamo (D) Inca Answer: (B) Aztec Feedback: The answer is Aztec. Answer: (B) Aztec Feedback: The answer is Aztec. Answer: (B) Aztec Feedback: The answer is Aztec.

1 Tawantinsuyu, ""The Land of the Four Quarters,"" is a name used for (A) the tropical rain forest of Upper Amazonia. (B) an important city in the Moche state. (C) Southern Peru. (D) the Inka empire. Answer: (D) the Inka empire. Feedback: The answer is the Inka empire.

1 An education in archaeology should begin as being (A) somewhat specialized. (B) broadly based. (C) highly specialized. (D) individualized. Answer: (B) broadly based. Feedback: The answer is broadly based. Answer: (B) broadly based. Feedback: The answer is broadly based. Answer: (B) broadly based. Feedback: The answer

1 Which best defines the concept of culture history? (A) Cultural anthropologists have built up a picture of the past through time. (B) The record of the human past described and classified in a context of time and space. (C) This process is the secondary stage to any archaeological

1 Lascaux Cave is an example of an archaeological site that was (A) an accidental discovery. (B) found via remote sensing. (C) found via ground survey. (D) destroyed as a result of excavation. Answer: (A) an accidental discovery. Feedback: The answer is an accidental discovery. Answer: (A) an

1 All of the following are archaeological types of types EXCEPT (A) descriptive. (B) chronological. (C) functional. (D) redactive. Answer: (D) redactive. Feedback: The answer is redactive. Answer: (D) redactive. Feedback: The answer is redactive. Answer: (D) redactive. Feedback: The answer is redactive. 2 Which is

1 Archaeologists were able to glean all of the following information about tzi the Ice Man EXCEPT his (A) health. (B) nutritional history. (C) occupation. (D) way of dressing. Answer: (C) occupation. Feedback: The answer is occupation. Answer: (C) occupation. Feedback: The answer is occupation. Answer: (C) occupation.

1 Late Ice Age cave art shows that humans melded the living and spiritual worlds at least (A) 3,000 years ago. (B) 30,000 years ago. (C) 300,000 years ago. (D) 3 million years ago. Answer: (B) 30,000 years ago. Feedback: The answer is 30,000 years ago. Answer: (B)

1 The primary objects of interest to a culture historian are (A) artifacts and structures. (B) artifacts and art. (C) burial sites and art. (D) burial sites and architecture. Answer: (A) artifacts and structures. Feedback: The answer is artifacts and structures. Answer: (A) artifacts and structures. Feedback: The

1 The origins of humanity date deep in geological time, to the (A) Cenozoic era. (B) Holocene period. (C) Oligocene epoch. (D) Eocene epoch. Answer: (A) Cenozoic era. Feedback: The answer is Cenozoic era. Answer: (A) Cenozoic era. Feedback: The answer is Cenozoic era. Answer: (A) Cenozoic era.

1 Eugene Dubois named his Trinil, Java, find, which means ape-human which stood upright, (A) Homo sapiens. (B) Homo habilis. (C) Pithecanthropus erectus. (D) Australopithecus africanus. Answer: (C) Pithecanthropus erectus. Feedback: The answer is Pithecanthropus erectus. Answer: (C) Pithecanthropus erectus. Feedback: The answer is Pithecanthropus erectus. Answer: (C)