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What can not be said of scientific inquiry used to understand global climate change? a. Science is based on data collection, hypothesis testing, generalization and verification. b. Scientific investigation can be a long process. c. Scientific investigation frequently involves debate […]

Fluted point technology a. is present at the Pre-Clovis site of Monte Verde b. has clear precursors in northern Asia c. has no clear Asian predecessors d. is primarily associated with the Archaic period e. is probably not an American […]

Which model for the initial settlement is not dependent on the cycle of glacial and inter-glacial periods? a. North Asian Corridor b. Pacific Coastal Route c. Bering Land Bridge d. Australian Connection e. Siberian Highway According to the text, Blombos […]

What are the two major groups of Strepsirhini? a. lemurs and tarsiers b. marmosets and howler monkeys c. lemurs and lorises d. baboons and macaques e. tarsiers and lorises The fact that individuals who possess favorable traits are more likely […]

By the end of the Ice Age, there may have been___________ humans, or _________________. a. 10 million, one person for every 5 square miles of land surface. b. 100 million, one person for every 100 square miles of land surface. […]

The development of formal, non-kin, organization means that: a. the appropriation of the right by the state to decide which acts will be punished as crimes b. the end of kin relations as an important factor in society c. political […]

Neandertal fossil remains have been found to reach as far back as ________ years ago. a. 100,000 b. 500,000 c. 65,000 d. 10,000 e. 130,000 Structural similarities shared by a wide array of distantly related species that are inherited from […]

Which of the following have been taught to use sign language? a. baboons b. chimpanzees c. macaques d. lemurs e. vervets Structural similarities shared by species that are acquired by descent from a common ancestor are a. analogies b. homologies […]

When it came to explaining the origins of variation within species, Darwin a. used Mendel’s theory of heredity b. agreed with Lamarck that it was caused by an animal’s inner needs c. argued it was caused by differential use of […]

Which of the following did NOT characterize the Neolithic lifeways that transformed the central and northern regions of Europe? a. farmers cultivated cereals and legumes, raised cattle and pigs, and collected wild hazelnuts b. settlements consisted of sturdy timber-framed longhouses […]

Ecological factors influencing primate social behavior include which of the following? a. the distribution of food and water, predators, and nutritional value of foods b. levels of testosterone among predators c. Ancestry of primates d. Gene codes for behaviors e. […]

_______ focuses on the study of skeletal remains from archaeological sites. a. osteology b. bioarchaeology c. paleopathology d. forensic anthropology e. primate paleontology A polytypic species a. is one that has no phenotypic variability b. has never been observed in […]

Which of the following features has NOT been associated with the end of Teotihuacn? a. nutritional stress and disease b. burning in the ritual precinct c. gradual population decline over several centuries d. high infant mortality e. dismemberment of members […]

Dating methods indicating that something is older or more recent than something else a. are called chronometric dating methods b. are called absolute dating methods c. include the K/Ar method d. never require stratigraphic information e. are called relative dating […]

Habitual bipedalism is the only form of hominin terrestrial locomotion. H. erectus was the first species with a cranial capacity approaching H. sapiens. Answer: True One interpretation of Oldowan sites is that they served as stockpiles, or caches, for raw […]

New evidence from Zhoukoudian cave has substantiated the long held notion that Homo erectus used controlled fire. The development of the first civilizations in South America was based primarily on maritime resources. Answer: False Bonobo communities, like those of chimpanzees, […]

During the early and middle Holocene, many groups adopt an intensive hunting, fishing, and gathering lifestyle. The Old World constitutes the main center for the development of domestication. Answer: False The bow and arrow seems to have first appeared during […]

Anthropology can be applied to practical issues outside the university setting. Tool use is not a characteristic unique to hominins. Answer: True Thanks to the modern medicine, many infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera are no longer a threat […]

Discuss the form of locomotion called braciation. Among which primates is it most commonly fund? Why are some called “semibrachiators?” Where are the latter found? Answer:Will vary Give an overview of the modes of evolutionary change, including both microevolution and […]

“White Flight in Networked Publics? How Race and Class Shaped American Teen Engagement with Myspace and Facebook,” Danah Boyd Danah Boyd looks at the demographics of MySpace and Facebook and Facebook and finds that these online communities reflect the same […]

“From a Native Daughter,” Haunani-Kay Trask Trask describes her experiences of growing up and learning about Hawaiian history from two sources. Her family described the “”life of the old ones’” ” how they planted, fished, danced and chanted. The second […]

“I Hate It When People Treat Me Like a Fxxx-up,” Jeanne Theoharis Jeanne Theoharis responds to the commonly held belief that urban minority students fail to value education by studying attitudes of African American and Latino high school students who […]

“Label Us Angry” Jeremiah Torres Torres is still angry, years after an incident that he describes as “the most painful and shocking event” of his life. Growing up in Palo Alto California, he and his friend Carlos had not experienced […]

“Tapping Our Strength,” Eisa Nefertari Ulen As a Muslim and a womanist, Eisa Nefertari Ulen stands at an important intersection. She challenges Western feminists who criticize women who embrace Islamic traditions to consider whether women who insist on wearing hijab […]

“A Different Mirror,” Ronald T. Takaki Through personal reflection and historical summaries, Ronald T. Takaki explores multicultural America. As a Japanese American, Takaki argues that the historical and cultural influence of the Japanese, as well as other racial and ethnic […]

“Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?” Mary Waters Mary Waters explores the difference in ethnic identities experienced by White and non-White ethnic and racial groups. Waters asserts that White ethnics are able to decide if, and what part of, their ethnic […]

“Shadowy Lines That Still Divide,” Janny Scott and David Leonhardt The United States looks like a classless society, the authors say, but class has actually come to play a greater role in determining life chances over the past three decades. […]

“The Invention of Heterosexuality,” Jonathan Ned Katz The author documents the history and invention of the term heterosexuality as a means of categorizing sexual relationships. The author emphasizes how sexuality has been closely linked to structural power and the means […]

“Race as Class,” Herbert J. Gans Noting that most biologists argue that scientifically there can be no human “races’ and that sociologists argue that concepts of race are socially constructed, Gans links the persistent lay definition of “race” to the […]

“Are Emily and Greg More Employable Thank Lakisha and Jamal? Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan Recognizing that all measures of economic success show racial inequalities in the United States labor market, these authors designed and conducted a study to determine […]

“Historic Reversals, Accelerating Resegregation, and the Need for New Integration Strategies,” Gary Orfield and Chungmei Lee Orfield and Lee call for new strategies to integrate schools, because schools are re-segregating as a result of recent court decisions, creating separate and […]

“Missing People and Others: Joining Together to Expand,” Arturo Madrid Arturo Madrid argues that Latinos, as well as other racial and ethnic minorities, are perceived as “other” because of language, culture, and physical attributes that differ from those of the […]

“Straight is to Gay as Family is to No Family,” Kath Weston This essay presents a distinct dichotomy that depicts the establishment and maintenance of family and extended kin in the gay and straight world. Weston delineates a path of […]

Custer’s “last stand” was immortalized in several paintings created in the 1890s by both Native Americans and white American settlers. The images created by the American whites generally show: a. Custer and his army being slaughtered by Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, […]

The goal of middle level theory is to: a. Determine whether modern cultures accurately reflect prehistoric cultures. b. Identify gender through stone tool analysis. c. Help build secure inferences from archaeological remains. d. Identify the role of the individual in […]

Today, most archaeologists feel more comfortable using the following abbreviation when providing a date: a. BC b. BP c. AD d. BCE _______________ evidence usually provides dates for historical sites. a. Geomorphological b. Faunal c. Documentary d. Floral Answer: C […]

The typology of the French archaeologist Franois Bordes classified Mousterian tools into 63 types which occurred in set frequencies, creating four fundamental patterns. Bordes argued that these four patterns reflected four different cultural groups of Neandertals. Bordes’ typology: a. Assumed […]

The following were concerns regarding the excavation and conservation of the Hunley: a. The location of the Hunley was a mystery until a magnetometer was used to locate it. b. The ship would have quickly corroded unless it was sprayed […]

Physical, face to face associations of people are referred to by archeologists as a. Non-residential groups b. Residential groups c. Residences d. Non-residences How has Lewis-Williams explained the cave paintings at Lascaux? a. The paintings represented totems, from which lineages […]

Which of the following is true of archaeological types? a. Archaeological types are assigned with the goal in mind of classifying objects in the same way that prehistoric populations would have classified them. b. Archaeological types are abstractions; the same […]

Rituals in which doing something to an images of an object produces the desired effect in the real object are called a. Structuralism b. Totems c. Sympathetic magic d. Religion In an undisturbed deposit, a stone tool found in a […]

If an archaeologist is excavating in arbitrary levels: a. he or she is following the natural breaks in the sediments (following the stratigraphy). b. natural strata are probably lacking or difficult to recognize. c. the natural strata may be more […]

Argon-argon dates volcanic rock, especially ash, in layers that are _______________years old. a. thousands. b. tens of thousands. c. hundreds of thousands. d. millions. Which of the following was not created by the National Historic Preservation Act? a. The National […]

The 100 countries that have signed the UNESCO Convention of 1970 agree to: a. Regulate the import and export of cultural objects. b. Forbid their nations’ museums from acquiring illegally exported cultural objects, and return or otherwise provide restitution of […]

“Stratigraphy” is: a. The study of a site’s artifact assemblage. b. The thorough and detailed documentation of archaeological excavations. c. The procedure by which archaeological sites are professionally mapped. d. A site’s physical structure produced by the deposition of geological […]

A total station: a. is accurate to +/- 3 millimeters. b. is easily affordable by students and professionals alike. c. is roughly the same in terms of accuracy as a line level and a measuring tape. d. all of the […]

In addition to an artifact’s provenience, archaeologists might also be interested in: a. which side of an artifact was “up” when it was uncovered. b. the compass orientation of an artifact’s long axis. c. whether or not the artifact is […]

The goal of the Gatecliff projectile point typology was: a. To distinguish between arrow and dart points (in other words, to determine functional differences). b. To determine differences in the frequencies of raw material types used in projectile point manufacture […]

Early plantation archaeology (prior to the 1960s) was primarily aimed at: a. Architectural reconstruction, emphasizing the grandeur of the antebellum way of life. b. Verifying the written records of the time. c. Uncovering information about aspects of slave life that […]

Charles Lyell’s 1865 book The Geologic Evidences for the Antiquity of Man was important because it: a. documented the fact that humans had lived with now extinct animals in the distant past. b. provided evidence that humans had been on […]