finals

Question 1

there is evidence that Neandertals regularly buried their dead with stone tools and shell necklaces

Answer 1

false

Question 2

neadertals ate meat

Answer 2

true

Question 3

neandertals evolved into homo sapiens

Answer 3

false

Question 4

blombos cave in south africa provides evidence that homo sapiens produced art before it reached europe

Answer 4

true

Question 5

evidence from chimpanzee behavior points to the posibility that hominins living 6-4 mya used tools

Answer 5

true

Question 6

the s-shaped spinal column of bamboos explain why they can stand upright for short periods of time

Answer 6

false

Question 7

the brain of lucy was more than twice the size of a chimpanzee’s brain

Answer 7

false

Question 8

the hair covering the entire body of homo erectus helped protect it against the hot dry climate of the savannah

Answer 8

false

Question 9

based on current evidence . Ardi lived before the apperence of stone tools made by hominins

Answer 9

true

Question 10

neandertals invented the atlatl

Answer 10

false

Question 11

the knees of Ardi support the suggestion that she was bipedal but her feet do not support this idea

Answer 11

true

Question 12

there is evidence that some cave paintings were made by neandertals

Answer 12

true

Question 13

over short distances, bipedalism is slower than quadrupedalism

Answer 13

true

Question 14

as a proportion of body height , the arms of turkana boy were shorter than lucy’s arm

Answer 14

true

Question 15

homo erectus was the first hominin species to reach the american contient

Answer 15

false

Question 16

because the sea levels were low during the ice age, homo sapiens individuals were able to walk to Australia

Answer 16

false

Question 17

archeology has shown that foragers had better dental health than early agriculturalists

Answer 17

true

Question 18

forest-dwelling foragers have high population densities because forests are rich in foods that humans consume

Answer 18

false

Question 19

some past foraging societies lived in settlements and used ceramic vessels

Answer 19

true

Question 20

it is believed that agriculture emerged independently in the fertile crescent, china, and new guinea

Answer 20

true

Question 21

millets and camels were first domesticated in the fertile Crescent

Answer 21

false

Question 22

before 20,000 BCE all human populations on earth were hunter-gatherers

Answer 22

true

Question 23

archeological evidence of culture evolution in homo erectus includes controlled fire dating to 2.6 mya in china

Answer 23

false

Question 24

the appearence of domesticated plants in a region around 10000 BCE supports the pull method of agriculture

Answer 24

false

Question 25

over the past 6000 years, the Persian Gulf has increased in size owing (mainly)to a decrease in sea level

Answer 25

false

Question 26

agriculture spread from the fertile cresent to southern england at a rate/ speed of less than 1 mile per year

Answer 26

true

Question 27

one essential feature of all early states is writing

Answer 27

false

Question 28

archeologist have by now discovered all of the cities listed on the Sumerians kings list

Answer 28

false

Question 29

there is no evidence of a communal storage of agriculture crops at the site of gobekli tepe

Answer 29

true

Question 30

the standard of UR was found in the tomb of king Sargon, alongside the bodies of the female harp players

Answer 30

false

Question 31

a ziggurat and a tell are words in different languages for the same type of structure

Answer 31

false

Question 32

evidence from sites in southwest asia shows that plant cultivation can precede plant domestication

Answer 32

true

Question 33

early egyptian farmers relied on the fertile “black mud” deposited by the winter dec-feb floods of the nile

Answer 33

false

Question 34

ancient tells in southwest asia consist mainly of layers of stones which were the main building materials of houses

Answer 34

false

Question 35

as illustrated by the sign for bowl; proto-cuneiform script was pictographic

Answer 35

true

Question 36

the majority of cities mentioned the sumerians kings list are located on the flood plains of mesopotamin rivers

Answer 36

true

Question 37

at the time of the emergence of sedentism and pastoralism in egypt, northern africa is wetter than it is now

Answer 37

true

Question 38

because natufian culture burials do not contain grave goods it is difficult to interpret natufian funerary beliefs

Answer 38

false

Question 39

first domestication in the fertile crescent, wheat then spread to egypt

Answer 39

true

Question 40

Thomas Hobbes said that the state emerged as a solution to the problems of life in a geographically bounded region

Answer 40

false

Question 41

the presence of temples and rich graves at the site of catalhoyuk support the idea that it was the worlds first city

Answer 41

false

Question 42

in southwest asia, temples and stamp seals made of stone appeared before the first city

Answer 42

true

Question 43

the idea of neolithic revoltuion in southwest asia is challenged by the appearance of sedentism before ceramics

Answer 43

true

Question 44

the fire at eblas palace G helped preserve it cunieforms tablets

Answer 44

true

Question 45

the ceramics and large grinding stone found at the site of Ohalo II (in Israel) indicate that it was a settlement

Answer 45

false

Question 46

the ‘code of Hammurabi’ stele was found in a pit located a few feet from hammurabis tomb

Answer 46

false

Question 47

in early egypt irrigation canals carried flood water further inland

Answer 47

true

Question 48

gligamesh may have been king of urk

Answer 48

true

Question 49

papyrus which is represented on the narmer palette is a symbol of lower egypt (which king narmer defeated)

Answer 49

true

Question 50

texts tell us that the five largest urban sites of indus valley civilization were constantly at war with each other

Answer 50

false

Question 51

the absence of grain storage pits at early neolithic cites in china is odd, considering with other evidence for cultivation

Answer 51

false

Question 52

some of the earliest domesticated plants in the idus valley region were the same as those in the fertile crescent

Answer 52

true

Question 53

the early mastaba tombs of egypt served as models of the new kingdom’s large pyramids at giza

Answer 53

false

Question 54

in china sentences found on early neolithic ceramic vessels represent the earliest forms of chinese language

Answer 54

false

Question 55

found at four different indus civilization urban centers, the ‘great baths’ were made of fire mud bricks

Answer 55

false

Question 56

columns in the palace of king djoser (whose tomb was the stepped pyramid) are in the form of reeds bound together

Answer 56

true

Question 57

niuheliang is the largest hongshan culture habitation site known so far

Answer 57

false

Question 58

the elevated ‘citadels’ of Indus civilization urban centers were located to the west of the residential areas

Answer 58

true

Question 59

found in a middle kingdom mastaba tomb, the rosetta stone was the key to deciphering egyptian heiroglyphics

Answer 59

false

Question 60

the tombs of some old kingdom pharaophs indicate the practice of human sacrifice

Answer 60

true

Question 61

scholars agree that cuneiform writing predated egyptian heiroglyphs by about 500 years ( and was it’s likely source)

Answer 61

false

Question 62

the absence of elite burials at indus civilization urban centers suggests that society was not (or not very) hierarchical

Answer 62

true

Question 63

dating to the end of the old kingdom the bent pyramid represents a sharp decline in architecural expertise

Answer 63

false

Question 64

millet played a more important role than wheat in china earliest agriculture societies

Answer 64

true

Question 65

the forts built by the early pharaohs of the old kingdom facilitated egypt territorial expansion toward the south

Answer 65

false

Question 66

the capital of amarna survived the fall of the old kingdom, only to be destroyed by the hyksos

Answer 66

false

Question 67

in egypt, pig domestication occured only once egypt had expanded to the near east (where wild pigs were common).

Answer 67

false

Question 68

some of the signs of the indus script are thought to have represented phonetic syllables

Answer 68

true

Question 69

egypt earliest royal tombs were not pyramids

Answer 69

true

Question 70

unlike the shang royal burials at xibeigang, the tomb of fuhao had not been looted when archeaologists found it

Answer 70

true

Question 71

The decline of Liangzhu Culture was the result of the Xia dynasty’s military expansion toward the southeast.

Answer 71

false

Question 72

The newly found Mayan city of Valeriana was more densely populated than any other pre-contact Mesoamerican city.

Answer 72

false

Question 73

Bronze vessels found at the site of Erlitou were produced by the “piece-mold” technique.

Answer 73

true

Question 74

Based on presently available evidence, hieroglyphic writing appeared carlier in Egypt than in Mesoamerica.

Answer 74

true

Question 75

The ‘taotie’ mask found on the surface of all Xia dynasty bronze vessels served to purify their contents (wine and food).

Answer 75

false

Question 76

The ‘palaces’ at the site of Erlitou share some architectural features with the later Forbidden City in Beijing.

Answer 76

true

Question 77

Although Teotihuacan colonized certain distant locations, it never conquered all of Mesoamerica.

Answer 77

true

Question 78

In the lost wax method, the first step in making a bronze object is to make a precise wax model of that object.

Answer 78

false

Question 79

Because the Mayans did not have large domesticated animals, their wheeled carts were pulled by people.

Answer 79

false

Question 80

The wall built by the emperor Qin Shi Huang Di was longer than the Ming dynasty wall.

Answer 80

false

Question 81

Although not yet identified, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb is probably located below the clay-soldiers in Pit #1.

Answer 81

false

Question 82

One change imposed by the emperor Qin Shi Huang Di was the standardization of the length of chariot axles.

Answer 82

true

Question 83

Decreased rainfall may have contributed to the collapse of the Maya.

Answer 83

true

Question 84

Both the oracle bone and modern Chinese characters for “rain” include what appear to be raindrops.

Answer 84

true

Question 85

Lacquerware and the lost wax method were two important technical developments during the Shang dynasty.

Answer 85

false

Question 86

As with early cuneiform, Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions were mainly concerned with accounting and trade.

Answer 86

false

Question 87

Xia dynasty orácle bone inscriptions were much shorter than Shang dynasty oracle bone inscriptions.

Answer 87

false

Question 88

No texts dating to the Liangzhu Culture are available to explain the function of jade “cong” tubes.

Answer 88

true

Question 89

In Mesoamerica, maize domestication and ceramic vessels appeared after the establishment of sedentary villages.

Answer 89

false

Question 90

As evident from excavations at the Xibeigang cemetery human sacrifice was practiced during the Shang dynasty.

Answer 90

true

Question 91

Non-local traded goods found at Mayan sites included gold from South America and turquoise from North America.

Answer 91

true

Question 91

The first archaeological evidence of the presence of elites in Mesoamerica was found at Morite Afban.

Answer 91

false

Question 92

Confucius believed that the music made by the bells found in the Marquis of Yi’s tomb could lead to social instability.

Answer 92

false

Question 93

objects found in some wealthy early neolithic burials in china point to the importance of feasting as a source of power

Answer 93

true

Question 94

the layout of some early neolithic cemeteries in china suggests that graves had above ground markers

Answer 94

true

Question 95

it is thought that some of the objects found tutankhmun’s tomb had belonged to his parents

Answer 95

true