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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.
2
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates the Grotte de Chauvet cave
paintings to around
(A)
35,000 B.C.
(B)
2500 B.C.
(C)
7000 B.C.
(D)
22,500 B.C.
3
The first signs of human settlement appeared along the banks of the Huang Ho River in the
grasslands of Mongolia just before
(A)
35,000 years ago.
(B)
10,000 years ago.
(C)
5,000 years ago.
(D)
50,000 years ago.
4
During the last glaciation, what geographical feature joined extreme northwestern Siberia
and Alaska?
(A)
the Bering land bridge.
(B)
the Yukon.
(C)
the Verkhene-Trotiskaya site.
(D)
none of these
5
The site in Oregon’s Cascade Range where a scatter of human feces was found dates to
12,300 years ago is called
(A)
the Paisley Five-Mile Point.
(B)
the Debra L. Friedkin site.
(C)
Valsequillo.
(D)
Fort Rock Cave.
6
Although we cannot yet rule out that earlier settlement may be found someday, consistent
distributions of human settlement in the New World currently date to
(A)
35,000 years ago.
(B)
15,000 years ago.
(C)
50,000 years ago.
(D)
6,000 years ago.
7
All of the following is true of the Clovis people EXCEPT
(A)
they were purely big-game hunters.
(B)
they preyed on bison.
(C)
their tool kit was highly portable.
(D)
they used atlatls to kill their quarry.
8
Discuss evidence that indicates when Homo sapiens appeared in Southeast Asia. Why is
this timing significant?
Answer:
9
Describe the four interrelated foundations of Cro-Magnon technology.
Answer:
10
Discuss the limitations of archaeology in northern China, northeastern Siberia, and Alaska.
What modern technologies can you think of that may open up this territory to research in
the future?
Answer:
11
Explain how “stone artifacts” can be potentially misleading. How it is possible to prove that
such objects were made by prehistoric people and are not products of natural processes?
Answer:
12
Henri Breuil classified the late Ice Age cultures of southwestern France into several basic
cultural traditions, which culminated in which culture that dates to about 18,000 to 12,000
years ago?
(A)
burin makers.
(B)
Magdalenian.
(C)
Cro-Magnon.
(D)
Wallacian.
13
Cro-Magnon chisel-like stone tools made on a blade used for grooving stone, antler, bone,
and wood are called
(A)
burins.
(B)
blade cores.
(C)
scrapers.
(D)
groove-and-splinter tools.
14
The large landmass made up of the present day islands of Sulawesi and Timor in Southeast
Asia was known as
(A)
Wallacea.
(B)
Pangea.
(C)
Sunda.
(D)
Sahul.
15
The Ice Age landmass made up of New Guinea, Australia, and the now flooded shelf
between them was known as
(A)
Sunda.
(B)
Sahul.
(C)
Wallacea.
(D)
Pangea.
16
Homo sapiens had appeared in Southeast Asia by at least
(A)
20,000 years ago.
(B)
25,000 years ago.
(C)
50,000 years ago.
(D)
55,000 years ago.
17
The primary method used to date the archaeological record from between about 40,000
years ago and the past 2,000 years is known as
(A)
dendrochronology.
(B)
potassium-argon dating.
(C)
radiocarbon dating.
(D)
historical documentation.
18
Human occupation in what is now Australia is well documented by 35,000 years ago, but
may extend
(A)
15,000 years earlier.
(B)
25,000 years earlier.
(C)
35,000 years earlier.
(D)
45,000 years earlier.
19
The Willandra lakes region in Australia contains the earliest human remains, with shell
middens and campsites dating from at least as early as
(A)
26,000 years ago.
(B)
10,000 to 15,000 years ago.
(C)
50,000 years ago.
(D)
2,000 years ago.
20
The first fully modern Europeans are known to physical anthropologists as
(A)
Homo ergaster.
(B)
Homo neadertalensis.
(C)
Cro-Magnons.
(D)
Homo sapiens.
21
The Neanderthals vanished by
(A)
30,000 years ago.
(B)
20,000 years ago
(C)
10,000 years ago.
(D)
5,000 years ago.
22
All of the following were preferred by Cro-Magnons for blade cores EXCEPT
(A)
chert
(B)
antlers
(C)
flint
(D)
obsidian
23
The Cro-Magnons’ primary stone tool-making objective was to produce
(A)
fire.
(B)
blades.
(C)
axes.
(D)
clothing.
24
Name three sites famous for Cro-Magnon art and discuss the characteristics each site is
known for. Given the differences and the similarities among the sites, why is it difficult for
us to interpret this art?
Answer:
