By definition, redistribution includes
A.a central “nodal” figure or chief.
B.pastoral herders.
C.a market.
D.a state bureaucracy.
The following individual has NOT used population growth in theories about the
Neolithic Revolution:
A.Mark Cohen.
B.Kent Flannery.
C.Robert Brain.
D.Lewis Binford.
Archaeozooloogy is the study of
A.modern plant remains.
B.prehistoric plant remains.
C.site stratigraphy.
D.prehistoric animals.
Homo erectus probably evolved from
A.Homo habilis in Africa.
B.Australopithecus in Asia.
C.Homo sapiens in Europe.
D.Homo neanderthalensis in the Near East.
Which of the following prehistoric cultigens is NOT correctly matched with its original
place of domestication?
A.Irelandpotato
B.Southwest Asiabarley
C.Andean South Americalima beans
D.Mesoamericasquash
The Culhua Mexica, or ____, inhabited the Basin of Mexico in the last years before the
Spanish conquest.
A.Maya
B.Zapotec
C.Olmec
D.Aztec
Kalambo Falls and Olorgesailie are
A.Acheulean sites in Spain.
B.Acheulean sites in Africa.
C.Clactonian sites in Africa.
D.Acheulean sites in China.
Compared to Mesoamerica, pyramids in Old Kingdom Egypt were NOT
A.constructed in fewer building episodes.
B.meant to be ascended.
C.larger.
D.used as royal tombs.
Archaeological field survey involves
A.large-scale excavation.
B.questionnaires distributed to local people.
C.field walking.
D.walking and looking for artifacts.
E.accurate dating techniques.
The Mousterian lithic industry is characterized by
A.many types of tools derived from the basic blade form.
B.many types of tools made of flakes.
C.geometric microliths made of amber.
D.choppers, spheroids, and atlatls.
E.handaxes, cleavers, and arrowpoints.
Some of the specialists involved in archaeological analysis might include a(n)
A.electrician.
B.archaeometrist.
C.video artist.
D.ear, nose, and throat specialist.
A key domesticated animal at Mehrgarh after 6000 B.C. was the
A.gazelle.
B.elephant.
C.horse.
D.cow.
The discoveries at Olduvai are important because
A.they documented the early presence of hominins in Africa.
B.they provided the first finds of Homo sapiens.
C.they gave the age of the first hominins as around 500,000 years ago.
D.they shifted attention to East Asia as the cradle of human evolution.
Humans do not belong in the following category in the animal kingdom:
A.primate
B.hominoidea
C.equus
D.sapiens
Wheat and barley were first domesticated in a region that extends from
A.Egypt to Greece.
B.India to China.
C.Israel to Iran.
D.China to Southeast Asia.
The Mesoamerican group with the most and longest written inscriptions are the
A.Maya.
B.Aztec.
C.Olmec.
D.Zapotec.
E.Mexica.
The system of agricultural production used by the Aztecs, which involved the creation
of fields in swampy areas, is called
A.slash-and-burn.
B.well irrigation.
C.agricultural terracing.
D.chinampa farming.
E.canal irrigation.
Compare key themes of early written texts in Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Discuss prehistoric subsistence change in eastern North America.
Answer:Answers will vary.
The earliest known pottery containers in the world are from
A.Asia.
B.the Western United States.
C.Mexico.
D.Eastern Europe.
E.the Near East.
Which of the following characteristics of modern India does NOT have roots back to
the Harappan civilization?
A.ceremonial bathing
B.the use of decorative bangles
C.the drinking of tea
D.crossed-leg posture
In the Archaic period of eastern North America, large-scale earthen construction has
been found at
A.Cahokia.
B.Snaketown.
C.Poverty Point.
D.Moundville.
Which craft item was most central to the workings of the Inca polity?
A.pottery
B.cloth
C.stone tools
D.quipu.
Archaeological sites are discovered by
A.intentional survey.
B.library and museum searches.
C.accident.
D.any of the above.
E.none of the above.
Fossils from the Hadar region include all of the following except:
A.some of the earliest known human fossils.
B.the remains of “Lucy.”
C.a group of individuals who apparently died at the same time.
D.a boy buried next to an elephant.
Quipus are made of
A.knotted rope.
B.pottery.
C.obsidian.
D.corn.
The following would NOT be found in a Hopewell burial:
A.fluted points
B.copper celts and earspools
C.carved stone platform pipes
D.obsidian ceremonial blades
Each ciudadela at Chan Chan contained a
A.raised field.
B.carved stone.
C.burial platform.
D.llama burial.
Barrows, such as those at Borum Eshj, are
A.Iron Age houses.
B.Bronze Age farms.
C.Neolithic settlements.
D.Bronze Age burial mounds.
Eridu is significant because it was the site of
A.the world’s first city of more than 10,000 people.
B.an early Mesopotamian temple.
C.the longest cuneiform written text.
D.a decisive battle between Natufian farmers and Sumer chiefs.
Which of the following was NOT domesticated in the Americas?
A.llamas
B.maize
C.lentils
D.potatoes
The Holocene in South Africa is represented by the remains found at Elands Bay Cave
and De Hangen. Describe these sites and the information they provide about human
groups in this area.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Besides participating in the production of food for the subsistence of his kin group,
adults had to perform a certain amount of labor for the Moche state. The labor tribute
was called the
A.mit’a.
B.bulla.
C.vita.
D.mitmaq.
The economy at Angkor was based on surplus ____ agriculture.
A.rice
B.maize
C.millet
D.wheat
E.sorghum
The analysis of archaeological materials
A.is a relatively quick procedure.
B.is necessary only at sites with architecture.
C.is one of the most important steps in the process.
D.takes place in the stratigraphy.