The peopling of the New World
A.occurred first in South America
B.was accomplished via the Bering Strait land bridge.
C.certainly occurred prior to 20,000 BP.
D.was accomplished via boats from Egypt.
Carrier Mills is located in
A.Central Europe.
B.southern England.
C.southern Illinois.
D.Washington State.
Mound 72 at Cahokia
A.marked the north/south center axis of Cahokia and contained at least six separate
burial episodes.
B.was a charnel house located in a high-status residential area.
C.was a linear “ridgetop marker” mound that marked the edge of the site.
D.is the number designation for Monk’s Mound.
Present evidence suggests the collapse of the Minoan state was caused by
A.volcanic eruptions on Thera.
B.Mycenaean conquest.
C.plague or disease.
D.cultural evolution.
Sea mammals were hunted by the inhabitants of which site?
A.the Draper site
B.Snaketown
C.Poverty Point
D.Ozette
The shaft graves at Mycenae were opened by
A.Arthur Evans.
B.Heinrich Schliemann.
C.Louis Leakey.
D.V. Gordon Childe.
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.
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
The Inca capital was
A.Sipn.
B.Hunuco Pampa.
C.Machu Picchu.
D.Cuzco.
E.Chan Chan.
Primary characteristics of humanness include all of the following except:
A.large brains.
B.tool use.
C.use of fire.
D.bipedal locomotion.
The principal form of residential architecture at the Draper site were
A.longhouses.
B.semisubterranean pithouses.
C.singular family rectangular structures.
D.multiroom pueblos.
Maiden Castle was
A.a Bronze Age stronghold.
B.a Neolithic monument.
C.an Iron Age hillfort.
D.a nunnery.
Kingship at which of the following centers was most similar to that of the Classic Maya
in Mesoamerica?
A.Angkor
B.Harappa
C.Eridu
D.Jenn-jeno
E.Great Zimbabwe
The capital of the Chim (Kingdom of Chimor) was
A.Wari.
B.Chan Chan.
C.Tiwanaku.
D.Cuzco.
Huaca del Sol is
A.an Inca administrative center.
B.a Moche deity often represented on pottery.
C.a Late Horizon site noted for its finely cut and coursed masonry.
D.a Tiwanaku outpost located on the South coast of Peru.
E.a huge adobe brick pyramid dating to Moche times.
One of the first North American archaeologists was
A.Robert Hall.
B.Hernando de Soto.
C.Thomas Jefferson.
D.A. E. Douglass.
Homo erectus skulls are characterized by all of the following except
A.the absence of molars.
B.prominent brow ridges.
C.a protruding face.
D.cranial capacity of around 1000 cc.
E.a low sloping forehead.
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 Aztec pochteca were specialists in
A.religion.
B.long-distance exchange.
C.human sacrifice.
D.chinampa farming.
The earliest known fossil human ancestor is called
A.Australopithecus.
B.Paranthropus.
C.Orrorin.
D.Homo.
The argument that expanded food supply makes population growth possible is most
closely associated with
A.Thomas Malthus.
B.Ester Boserup.
C.Karl Wittfogel.
D.Marshall Sahlins.
C.K. Brain has argued that __________ were responsible for the deposits of human
fossils in the caves of South Africa
A.leopards
B.elephants
C.australopithecines
D.geological forces
Which of the following is an ascribed status?
A.Queen of England
B.President of the United States
C.Archaeology professor
D.Prime Minister of Canada
E.Starting quarterback in the Super Bowl
The following term does not belong with radiocarbon dating
A.isotope
B.argon
C.Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
D.calibration
Domestication in the Americas
A.involved the domestication of many animal species.
B.occurred later than the earliest Old World domestication.
C.was dependent on the use of canal irrigation.
D.never truly happened.
Reciprocity and redistribution are both modes of
A.ritual behavior.
B.production.
C.information gathering.
D.exchange.
Where would you expect to find the best archaeological preservation for ancient
textiles?
A.the Peruvian coast
B.the monta”a
C.Amazonia
D.highland Andean open-air sites
Phosphate analysis is used to
A.determine the number of artifacts per square meter.
B.interpret air photographs.
C.date organic material.
D.find traces of human activity.
Faunal remains found at Mesolithic sites
A.will usually be dominated by reindeer or horse.
B.are likely to include domesticated wheat.
C.will have Levallois points in them.
D.are likely to involve a wide variety of animal species.
One of the advantages of plant and animal domestication is
A.an increase in leisure time.
B.variety in the diet.
C.an increase in the amount of food produced per unit area.
D.increased chances for social contact with neighboring groups.
E.decreased incidence of diarrhea.
What is the mit’a system? Do you think this system had antecedents in earlier South
American polities?
Answer:Answers will vary.
Create a definition of language and argue that the development of language was
responsible for the creative explosion of the Upper Paleolithic.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Upper Paleolithic mural art may have been created for a variety of reasons. What are
some of these possible reasons and the evidence that suggests them?
Answer:Answers will vary.
Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age,
location, and significance.
1) Handaxe
2) Homo erectus
3) Interglacial
4) Clactonian
5) Acheulean
6) Mammoth
7) Kalambo Falls
8) Ambrona
9) soft hammer technique
10) Kilombe
11) Gran Dolina
12) Schningen
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Select two archaeologists and discuss their contributions to Mesoamerican archaeology.
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Evaluate Carneiro’s circumscription hypothesis for the origin of the state.
Answer:Answers will vary.
An Archaeological Problem
The following multiple choice questions 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.
Outline the oasis theory for the origins of agriculture. Using information from
Southwest Asia, evaluate the usefulness of this theory.
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Discuss the differences between biological and cultural evolution.
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Discuss the major changes witnessed during the Upper Paleolithic period.
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Where do the first stone tools appear and when? What do these tools represent in terms
of human evolution? Were the earliest tools made of stone?
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What is meant by split inheritance?
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What are some of the ways that trade and exchange operated in past societies?
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What are the major trends in the development of Europe from the Neolithic through the
Iron Age?
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Discuss the principal themes of Classic Maya writing.
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The human skeleton is a remarkable storehouse of information. Discuss some of the
ways that archaeologists study the skeleton and the kinds of information they obtain.
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Mesolithic sites in Europe have certain common features. Discuss the general
characteristics of the Mesolithic in the context of several of the Mesolithic sites you
know.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Discuss some of the various theories relating to the emergence of the three major
characteristics of humanness. Be sure to list these characteristics as well.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Many of the sites from the Lower Paleolithic in Europe are “kill” sites, where animals
were hunted and butchered. Describe the sites of Torralba and Ambrona in this context.
Answer:Answers will vary.
When documentary records are available, does archaeology have relevance for
interpreting the past?
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Discuss two strategies promoted by the Inca rulers to integrate and consolidate their
political domain.
Answer:Answers will vary.