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Of the animals killed at the Olsen-Chubbuck site, it is estimated that what percentage
were actually butchered?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100%
Entry level archaeologists will find the best opportunities and career potential in
a. academic archaeology.
b. the private sector.
c. larger companies.
d. government.
The primary method used to date the archaeological record from between about
40,000 years ago and the past 2,000 years.
a. dendrochronology
b. potassium-argon dating
c. radiocarbon dating
d. historical documentation
Excavations of Crete's Minoan civilization were performed by
a. Sir Leonard Woolley.
b. Charles Darwin.
c. Austen Henry Layard.
d. Heinrich Schliemann.
Of all the types of archaeologists, which uses technical scuba gear to complete field
work?
a. commercial archaeologists
b. diving archaeologists
c. pressurized chamber archaeologists
d. underwater archaeologists
Of these Chinese dynasties, which civilization continued more or less untouched?
a. Huang
b. Xia
c. Shang
d. Zhou
The destruction of archaeological sites continues through the
a. inaction by disinterested citizens.
b. demand for antiquities.
c. profession of archaeology.
d. tourist industry.
Rice cultivation on the Ganges Plain was accelerated by
a. the use of fertilizer.
b. slash and burn agriculture.
c. global cooling.
d. iron tools.
Bed I from Olduvai lies on a volcanic bedrock known as
a. tuff.
b. silica.
c. granite.
d. obsidian.
They lived along the Mexican South Gulf Coast from about 1500 to 500 B.C.
a. Tolmec
b. Aztec
c. Olmec
d. Maya
Fluent speech, the full flowering of human creativity expressed in art, religion, and
expert tool making are some of the hallmarks of
a. Homo neandertalensis.
b. Homo ergaster.
c. Homo sapiens sapiens.
d. Homo erectus.
Perhaps the best way to describe much Southwestern organization is as a
a. theocracy.
b. democracy.
c. kingdom.
d. tribe.
An important school of thought in archaeology that argues that cultures are not made up
of random selections of cultural traits.
a. analogy
b. inductive reasoning
c. diffusion
d. functionalism
From where did Egypt acquire its gold and ivory?
a. Anatolia
b. Nubia
c. Iran
d. China
Which of the following did NOT give rise to more complex hunter-gatherer societies
along the Pacific coast?
a. abundant and predictable food sources
b. increasingly efficient technology
c. sedentary settlements
d. slash and burn agriculture
He was a businessman-turned-archaeologist who found the city of Troy.
a. Archbishop James Ussher
b. Charles Darwin
c. Austen Henry Layard
d. Heinrich Schliemann
Almost no one has studied the archaeology of
a. social stratification.
b. age-sets.
c. ethnic minorities.
d. gender pattern.
Archbishop James Ussher of Ireland calculated the date of Creation at
a. 7004 B.C.
b. 6004 B.C.
c. 5004 B.C.
d. 4004 B.C.
Of the following, which is NOT one of the cultural consequences of food production in
North America?
a. a long-term trend toward greater political elaboration
b. a degree of social ranking
c. an elaboration of writing and record keeping
d. greater interdependency in a wide range of village farming societies
An example of this would be an all-embracing religious cult transcending
cultural boundaries and spreading over an enormous area.
a. horizons
b. traditions
c. phases
d. culture areas
Some 15,000 years ago, when the great ice sheets began to retreat.
a. Holocene
b. late-Pleistocene
c. Miocene
d. Oligocene
Each tree ring represents
a. one month of growth.
b. six months of growth.
c. one decade of growth.
d. one year of growth.
