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Food production is a phenomenon of
a. the last 100,000 years.
b. the last 12,000 years.
c. 99 percent of our existence.
d. the last millennia.
This culture's art shows some Pukara influence, including motifs that feature
anthropomorphic feline, eagle, and serpent beings.
a. Moche
b. Tiwanaku
c. Wari
d. Chavn
The earliest recorded Mayan monarch.
a. Great Jaguar Paw
b. Yax-Ch"aktel-Xok
c. Yax-Moch-Xoc
d. Chan-Bahlum
The indigenous fauna in tropical Africa has such small variations in skeletal
anatomy that these are used for identification.
a. DNA
b. horn cores or teeth
c. connective tissues
d. foot/claw impressions
An important part of defining a world governed in the above manner is
a. the role of ancestors.
b. myth and ritual.
c. spirit beings.
d. agriculture.
He ventured to the Indus River and brought Greek culture to the area.
a. Alexander the Great
b. Chandragupta Maurya
c. King Darius
d. Asoka
Gender research in archaeology is concerned with people as individuals and their
contributions to
a. interpersonal relationships.
b. social activities.
c. society.
d. state formation.
A type of field survey that is systematic, detailed, and covers an entire area is a
a. surface survey.
b. deliberate survey.
c. intensive survey.
d. limited-area survey.
The largest of the Harappan cities, built on artificial mounds.
a. Harappa
b. Mohenjodaro
c. Kilibangan
d. Dhoraji
The database from the archaeological record includes all but
a. religious beliefs.
b. artifacts.
c. structures.
d. food remains.
The Lord of Sipan belonged to which great Andean civilization?
a. Inka
b. Wari
c. Moche
d. Chimu
The type defined by the form of the artifact, also used as time markers.
a. attribute
b. descriptive
c. functional
d. chronological
Shiva was both a tamer or destroyer of wild beasts, and a god of
a. fertility.
b. fire.
c. death.
d. water.
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.
The powerful leader Virarocha Inka during the fifteenth century became
a. the living god.
b. a slave.
c. a sacrifice.
d. a quetzal.
Chaco Canyon, used for over two centuries, was the center of a remarkable flowering
of which culture?
a. Hohokam
b. Mogollan
c. Mississippian
d. Ancestral Pueblo
The Victorians believed that civilization had originated
a. along the Nile.
b. in East Africa.
c. in Europe.
d. in Asia.
Who conquered the Chimu in the 1460s?
a. the Inka
b. the Moche
c. Pukara
d. the Spanish
Many inventions are not the work of
a. solitary geniuses.
b. climactic change.
c. rising population densities.
d. fundamental social change.
Sedentary villages throughout Mesoamerica were common by
a. 5000 B.C.
b. 3000 B.C.
c. 2000 B.C.
d. 1000 B.C.
Records of changing sea temperatures after the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary
come from
a. tree-ring analysis.
b. deep-sea cores.
c. sensitive geological instrumentation.
d. written records.
This study of rocks has been used to great success in discovering where stone tools are
made.
a. debitage analysis
b. retrofitting
c. experimentation
d. petrological analysis
The bodies of individuals from the past yield information about their
a. genealogy.
b. climate.
c. lives.
d. date of death.
Hernan Corts landed in Vera Cruz in 1519, or the Aztec year
a. 3 reed.
b. 2 reed.
c. 1 reed.
d. 0 reed.
King Zheng, "the Tiger of Qin,"
a. was the first sovereign emperor of China.
b. considered himself unique, so his tomb was to be the largest ever built.
c. became ruler of Qin at the age of thirteen.
d. all of the above
In order to develop a multidisciplinary perspective, an education in archaeology should
include as many courses as possible in
a. unrelated disciplines.
b. archaeology.
c. advanced method and theory.
d. related disciplines.
Carbon isotope analysis uses the ratio between carbon-12 and carbon-13 in hair
to determine the amounts of this type of food eaten.
a. fowl
b. salt
c. protein
d. plant
What is the main source of our knowledge about the Moche state?
a. Moche paintings
b. irrigation systems
c. monuments
d. undisturbed burials
The "Hieroglyphic Staircase" is situated in
a. Palenque.
b. Copn.
c. Chichn Itz.
d. Tikal.
What type of preservation condition can preserve everything except flesh, feathers,
and skins?
a. dry
b. waterlogged
c. cold
d. volcanic ash
As an undergraduate, the opportunities to go in the field are
a. better than ever before.
b. good if you know where to look.
c. better after you graduate.
d. good only if you use personal contacts.
The last geological epoch, also known as the Ice Age.
a. Miocene
b. Pleistocene
c. Oligocene
d. Pliocene
Found in Utah, it was a favored location for more than 9000 years.
a. Olsen-Chubbuck
b. Koster
c. Hogup cave
d. Mesa Verde
