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The term "craft specialization" could best be applied to
A.giving birth.
B.working.
C.fishing.
D.making beads.
Early Egyptian writing tended to be concerned with
A.economic transactions.
B.political/dynastic events.
C.divination.
D.architectural planning.
The first colonists of the New World
A.probably crossed the Pacific in reed boats.
B.were Homo neanderthalensis.
C.are difficult to recognize archaeologically because they probably had only bone and
wood tools.
D.probably followed big game across Beringia from Siberia.
E.were escaping from the Neolithic revolution in the Old World.
The size of an archaeological settlement depends on all of the following except
A.the number of inhabitants.
B.how long people have lived there.
C.the kinds of activities that took place there.
D.the climate of the surrounding region.
Mousterian tools are characteristic of the
A.Magdalenian.
B.Middle Pleistocene.
C.Middle Paleolithic.
D.Mesolithic.
A diverse range of blade tools is common to the
A.Mousterian.
B.Pleistocene.
C.Acheulean.
D.Upper Paleolithic.
E.Oldowan.
Pollen is (are)
A.a type of lake sediment.
B.microscopic plant material.
C.a stratigraphic layer.
D.long bones of horses.
Which of the following is NOT true of Homo neanderthalensis?
A.The remains of this species are found throughout the Old World and in some parts of
the New World.
B.The Mousterian tradition is associated with this hominin.
C.The Neanderthals sometimes buried their dead.
D.Neanderthals were first replaced by modern humans in Southwest Asia.
Western introductions into ancient China included
A.the written script and scapulimancy.
B.millet and pigs.
C.wheat and the horse-drawn chariot.
D.ceramics and dogs.
The Zhou period in China was marked by all of the following except
A.large, dense urban centers.
B.iron casting.
C.a series of devastating earthquakes.
D.wet rice agriculture
The Pleistocene mammals of Europe included all of the following except
A.reindeer.
B.wild cattle.
C.hill camel.
D.cave bear.
E.mammoth
An Archaeological Problem
The following multiple choice questions refer to the paragraph below. Base your
answers on the information given below, your archaeological knowledge, and common
sense.
Recent excavations in the Levant have uncovered a small settlement of approximately
twenty houses. These structures were circular in shape and had rock-wall foundations. A
number of burials were found in a small cemetery adjacent to the settlement. Storage
pits and roasting areas for preparing plant foods also were found, but there was no
evidence for domesticated plants at the site. Animal bones from deer, gazelle, sheep,
and goat were common at the site. The investigators noticed that a high number of
young male animals were represented in the sheep bones. This difference was not noted
among the bones of the other species. Other materials from the site included sickle
blades, bone tools, charcoal, and grinding slabs.
Evidence that this is a fairly permanent settlement comes from
A.the presence of the cemetery.
B.the evidence of hunting.
C.the presence of artworks.
D.the association of the bone tools with charcoal.
Danzantes are
A.elaborate serpentine masks, which were buried beneath Olmec architecture.
B.Mixtec stone carvings, which probably represent ritual dancing.
C.Maya hieroglyphs related to maize festivals.
D.Monte Albn stone carvings that probably represent captives.
Subterranean, circular ceremonial structures found at both ancient and contemporary
Pueblo sites are called
A.pueblos.
B.charnel houses.
C.pit houses.
D.kivas.
Tawantinsuyu, the Inca empire, literally refers to the
A.Land of Opportunity.
B.Land of 4 Seasons.
C.Land of 4 Quarters.
D.Land of Llamas.
Gatecliff Shelter was NOT
A.located in the western United States.
B.excavated by David Hurst Thomas.
C.an Archaic period site with evidence for the use of desert resources.
D.the site of the first wall paintings in North America.
Which of the following is NOT a theoretical model proposed to account for the origins
of food production?
A.Marginal Zone Hypothesis
B.Multi-dimensional Hypothesis
C.Oasis Theory
D.Hilly Flanks or Natural Habitat Theory
Describe and evaluate Denise Schmandt-Besserat's model for the beginnings of writing
in Mesopotamia.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Air photographs are used by archaeologists
A.to locate new sites.
B.to map known sites.
C.to plot agricultural field systems.
D.all of the above
E.none of the above
The largest empire in the Americas, in terms of population and area under its control,
was
A.the Aztec empire.
B.the Sumerian empire.
C.the Chim empire.
D.the Inca empire.
Great Zimbabwe is NOT associated with
A.a diverse array of trade goods.
B.massive stone structures and enclosures.
C.the use of Egyptian script.
D.skilled metalwork.
A number of remote sensing techniques allows archaeologists to look for features
buried in the ground without digging, including
A.ground penetrating radar.
B.accelerator mass spectrometry.
C.electronic spades.
D.dowsing rods.
E.none of the above.
F.all of the above.
At El Para'so, the diet included all of the following except
A.shellfish.
B.starchy tropical tubers.
C.domesticated squash.
D.birds and small mammals.
E.Chilean sea bass.
The study of the distribution of ancient communities on a landscape falls under the
domain of
A.stratigraphic excavation.
B.provenience.
C.physical anthropology.
D.settlement pattern analysis.
Marginal (Edge) Zone, Oasis, and Natural Habitat are
A.varieties of environment at Olduvai.
B.hypotheses about the origins of agriculture.
C.locations where Homo erectus bands hunted large mammals.
D.the three different regions in which Mesolithic cultures flourished.
Discuss diachronic changes in the nature of nonresidential features and architecture in
the Valley of Oaxaca.
Answer:Answers will vary
The Angkor state arose along a tributary of the _____ River.
A.Mekong
B.Nile
C.Euphrates
D.Niger
The footprints at Ltoli indicate that
A.very early hominins walked on four legs.
B.very early hominins walked on two legs.
C.very early hominins hopped on one leg.
D.very early hominins used stone tools.
Elands Bay Cave contains evidence for
A.the intensive use of insects for food.
B.human adaptation during the Holocene in South Africa.
C.numerous Stone Age burials.
D.the earliest shellfish eating in the world.
The site of Hunuco Pampa included
A.a huge marketplace.
B.the "Great Image."
C.extensive storage facilities.
D.what appears to have been a brothel.
