Compare key themes of early written texts in Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica.
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The most common technique for making stone tools at Olduvai was
A.percussion.
B.pressure.
C.nucleation.
D.addition.
Which of the following were domesticated in South America?
A.turkey and dog
B.sheep and goat
C.guinea pig and llama
D.horse and cat
Which of the following characteristics of modern India does NOT have roots back to
the Harappan civilization?
A.ceremonial bathing
B.the use of decorative bangles
C.the drinking of tea
D.crossed-leg posture
Eridu is significant because it was the site of
A.the world’s first city of more than 10,000 people.
B.an early Mesopotamian temple.
C.the longest cuneiform written text.
D.a decisive battle between Natufian farmers and Sumer chiefs.
Mural art at Teotihuacn
A.glorified past rulers.
B.depicted ritual feasts and offerings.
C.portrayed major military battles.
D.helped predict eclipses.
The Mousterian lithic industry is characterized by
A.many types of tools derived from the basic blade form.
B.many types of tools made of flakes.
C.geometric microliths made of amber.
D.choppers, spheroids, and atlatls.
E.handaxes, cleavers, and arrowpoints.
Mousterian tools are characteristic of the
A.Magdalenian.
B.Middle Pleistocene.
C.Middle Paleolithic.
D.Mesolithic.
Which of the following is not matched appropriately?
A.pithousesSnaketown
B.longhousesthe Draper site
C.pueblosChaco Canyon
D.kivasMoundville
The earliest permanent dwellings in the American Southwest were
A.pueblos.
B.rectangular brick dwellings.
C.pithouses.
D.teepees.
The functions of Upper Paleolithic cave paintings may have been all of the following
except
A.hunting magic.
B.a way male hunters attracted mates.
C.to assure the reproduction of animals for food.
D.records of events.
The term ethnography refers to
A.decipherment of ancient texts.
B.analysis of the chemical composition of marble.
C.descriptive studies of living peoples.
D.study of prehistoric textiles.
Petroglyphs are
A.Maya carved stones.
B.drawings carved on rocks.
C.oil-based paints used on bark paper.
D.code words known only to chieftains.
Early Egyptian writing tended to be concerned with
A.economic transactions.
B.political/dynastic events.
C.divination.
D.architectural planning.
Mesopotamian temples were generally associated with
A.large storage facilities.
B.major markets.
C.obsidian blade production.
D.kilns for ceramic firing.
Which craft item was most central to the workings of the Inca polity?
A.pottery
B.cloth
C.stone tools
D.quipu.
Objects placed in Mississippi burials suggest
A.that long-distance trade was rare, unlike in Hopewell.
B.a shortage of garbage disposal areas.
C.that warfare was the primary cause of death among Mississippians.
D.status differences in the society.
Which of the following statements best characterizes Teotihuacn?
A.a highly nucleated city built on a grid plan with wide avenues, a market, many
temples, and apartment-style dwellings
B.a large urban settlement in central Mexico buried by a volcanic eruption around 1
A.D.
C.a Triple Alliance capital city on an island in Lake Texcoco, surrounded by chinampas
D.a large hilltop settlement with defensive walls and separate neighborhoods, which
may have been founded by competing groups who decided to form a confederacy
Bullae are
A.large storage facilities that were associated with temples.
B.supernatural Egyptian creatures that are part bull and part human.
C.hollow clay spheres.
D.geometrically shaped clay tokens.
E.Mesopotamian tombs.
The earliest domesticated plants now known come from
A.Tehuacn.
B.Khok Phanom Di.
C.Catalhyk.
D.Abu Hureyra.
A(n) ________ is an example of an archaeological feature.
A.arrowhead
B.deer bone
C.fireplace
D.human bone
Differences between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations included
A.absence of writing systems in Mycenae.
B.palaces versus citadels.
C.Bronze Age versus Iron Age.
D.Second Millennium versus First Millennium B.C.
Archaeozoologists would help analyze
A.the stone tools at a site.
B.the remote sensing data from a site.
C.modern vegetation in the area of the site.
D.faunal remains from the site.
The Inca capital was
A.Sipn.
B.Hunuco Pampa.
C.Machu Picchu.
D.Cuzco.
E.Chan Chan.
According to Zhou texts, a primary symbol of the Chinese state was
A.a cooking vessel.
B.the ruler’s sword.
C.the ruler’s helmet.
D.the chopstick.
The Angkor state arose along a tributary of the _____ River.
A.Mekong
B.Nile
C.Euphrates
D.Niger
_______ was not among the most important centers of Bronze Age Europe.
A.Czechoslovakia.
B.Denmark.
C.England.
D.Spain.
E.Greece.
The period between the end of the Pleistocene and the introduction of agriculture in
Europe is called
A.the Upper Paleolithic.
B.the Solutrean.
C.the Middle Paleolithic.
D.the Mesolithic.
E.the Acheulean.
The city of __________ in southern Pakistan is one of the earliest cities in South Asia
with evidence for baked brick buildings and drainage systems.
A.Mohenjo-daro
B.An-yang
C.Uruk
D.Gujarat
E.Jenn-jeno
The site of Lindenmeier is
A.the oldest habitation site in the New World.
B.a Paleoindian settlement in Colorado.
C.an Upper Paleolithic site in northern Germany.
D.a painted cave in northern Spain.
La Venta is
A.an Olmec ceremonial center on Mexico’s Gulf Coast with a principal occupation from
800-400 B.C.
B.a site in central Mexico with rare examples of round architecture.
C.the source of valuable green obsidian.
D.the largest site in the Valley of Oaxaca before the establishment of Monte Albn.
Key features of the Ubaid period in southern Mesopotamia were
A.large urban settlements and the establishment of the earliest states.
B.the development of the temple institution and the spread of canal irrigation.
C.beveled-rim bowls and other mold-made pottery vessels.
D.the world’s earliest known written documents.
An Archaeological Problem The following multiple choice question refer to the
paragraph below. Base your answers on the information given below, your
archaeological knowledge, and common sense.
Recent excavations in the Levant have uncovered a small settlement of approximately
twenty houses. These structures were circular in shape and had rock-wall foundations. A
number of burials were found in a small cemetery adjacent to the settlement. Storage
pits and roasting areas for preparing plant foods also were found, but there was no
evidence for domesticated plants at the site. Animal bones from deer, gazelle, sheep,
and goat were common at the site. The investigators noticed that a high number of
young male animals were represented in the sheep bones. This difference was not noted
among the bones of the other species. Other materials from the site included sickle
blades, bone tools, charcoal, and grinding slabs.
Evidence from the animal bones suggests that the sheep were
A.hunted like the rest of the animal species.
B.scavenged.
C.traded.
D.herded.
Sea mammals were hunted by the inhabitants of which site?
A.the Draper site
B.Snaketown
C.Poverty Point
D.Ozette
Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Karanga”
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Horizontal Excavation”
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Levallois technique”
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Outline the current debate regarding the classification of early human fossils. Be sure to
indicate the two major schools of thought and their positions.
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Pebble Tool”
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Datum”
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Maritime Hypothesis”
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Maize”
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Discuss some of the recent evidence for the peopling of the New World and the primary
route of the first colonists.
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Band”
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What are the major components of human society that provide a focus of archaeological
research?
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Sumer”
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Design an archaeological project that will collect data amenable to the study of
community layout.
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Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
“Handaxe”
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How can individuals help to protect the past?
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