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The people of any Maya community could identify and verify their
a. cosmos.
b. neighborhood.
c. leaders.
d. ancestors.
Finding archaeological sites depends on locating telltale signs of
a. animal activity.
b. quarrying.
c. migration.
d. human settlement.
The Grotte de Chauvet
a. contains pictures of animals never before seen in painted caves.
b. shows that the artists who painted the images had not yet mastered perspective.
c. has been dated to about 80,000 years ago.
d. all of the above
The name of the Inka empire.
a. Tawantinsuyu
b. Tenochtitln
c. Peru
d. Chinchorro
Archaeology further shows us that Homo sapiens sapiens settled in western Europe
about
a. 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
b. 90,000 years ago.
c. 300,000 years ago.
d. 48,000 years ago.
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.
Social power means
a. wealth.
b. immortality.
c. egalitarianism.
d. ideological power.
Bipedalism is a way of moving best suited for
a. power.
b. speed.
c. endurance.
d. none of the above
The Moche lived at the mercy of droughts and
a. the Inka emperor.
b. the people of Pampa Grande.
c. the Tiwanaku and Wari.
d. El Nio.
British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley reconstructed
a. an Ur funeral.
b. Noah's ark.
c. a Mayan calendar.
d. the Silk Road.
A technique incorporating water or chemicals to free seeds from the earth or the
occupation residue that masks them.
a. flotation
b. extraction
c. levitation
d. centrifuge
What depends on the ability to organize more specialized production and the tasks of
food storage and distribution?
a. social power
b. economic power
c. political power
d. leadership
Herculaneum and Pompeii were both destroyed in A.D. 79. What type of
preservation did they undergo?
a. dry
b. waterlogged
c. cold
d. volcanic ash
The earliest humans to be unearthed in Eurasia are from Dmansi, Georgia, and date
to about
a. 4.7 million years ago.
b. 3.7 million years ago.
c. 2.7 million years ago.
d. 1.7 million years ago.
The information yielded from tzi the Ice Man includes his
a. personal habits.
b. origins.
c. mode of nutrition.
d. medical condition.
The remains of an archaeological site and the activities that unfolded there from the
surviving material
a. tell us a nearly complete story of the past.
b. are what we call the archaeological record.
c. continue to unfold as the materials are always incomplete.
d. challenge us all to think of our own cultures.
NOT a major Cro-Magnon art site.
a. Lascaux
b. Altamira
c. Les Trois Freres
d. Monte Verde
Dramatic confirmation of hominin bipedalism by 3.6 million years ago comes
from Laetoli in Tanzania. At Laetoli, Mary Leakey discovered
a. evidence of elephant hunting by early hominins.
b. a complete Australopithecus skeleton.
c. two almost intact Australopithecus feet.
d. footprints of two hominins.
Archaeological research today is
a. somewhat specialized.
b. broad-based.
c. highly specialized.
d. individualized.
In affluent societies, the differences between rulers and merchants may be revealed by
a. paintings.
b. sculptured reliefs.
c. public inscriptions.
d. grave furniture.
The research by biological anthropologist Theya Molleson of the specific deformities
on skeletal remains found at Abu Hureyra, Syria lead to evidence of
a. how gender works.
b. social relationships.
c. division of labor between men and women.
d. laborious tasks undertaken by women.
One of the most spectacular Olmec sites, built on an island in the middle of a swamp,
featuring long, low mounds surrounding a rectangular plaza; destroyed around
400 B.C.
a. Chichn Itz
b. Tula
c. La Venta
d. Copn
The large landmass made up of the present day islands of Sulawesi and Timor
was known as
a. Sunda.
b. Sahul.
c. Wallacea.
d. Pangea.
The distribution of goods or commodities received by an individual through a
community or group is
a. a trade route.
b. redistribution.
c. a market.
d. reciprocity.
Discovered in the 1950s, it is a body of theoretical constructs that provide a way to look
for "general relationships."
a. general systems theory
b. cultural ecology
c. postprocessual archaeology
d. processual archaeology
His grandfather carved out the Mauryan empire from Nepal into the Deccan.
a. Alexander the Great
b. Chandragupta
c. King Darius
d. Asoka
The first signs of global cooling appeared with the formation of a belt of pack
ice around Antarctica some 35 mya during the
a. Miocene.
b. Oligocene.
c. Pleistocene.
d. Holocene.
If you want to become an academic archaeologist, beware of becoming
a. highly technical.
b. over-specialized.
c. over-educated.
d. broadly-educated.
This specialized expertise requires a background in paleontology or zoology.
a. zooarchaeology
b. paleoarchaeology
c. paleobotany
d. paleopathology
In more egalitarian societies, differences in rank and status may be revealed by
a. pottery.
b. sculptured reliefs.
c. position of the grave.
d. grave furniture.
Before 15,000 years ago, access to the mid-continent was blocked by
a. glaciers.
b. ice sheets.
c. volcanoes.
d. icebergs.
This background data about animal distributions and ancient and modern flora is
essential for studying subsistence.
a. environmental data
b. biological data
c. faunal analysis
d. coprolite analysis
Of the two suborders of primates, apes, humans, and monkeys are
a. anthropoids
b. primates
c. prosimians
d. pongids
Nakbe slid into complete political and economic obscurity as this neighbor rose to
prominence.
a. Copn
b. Palenque
c. Tula
d. El Mirador
The entire San Juan drainage was abandoned by Pueblo peoples by about
a. A.D. 1000.
b. A.D. 1100.
c. A.D. 1200.
d. A.D. 1300.
