Quiz 12 D2L Quiz Questions Flashcards
True or False: The Nuclear Habitat Zone Hypothesis of the origins of agriculture says that plants and animals were first domesticated in the areas where they naturally lived as part of increasing contact with humans.
True
True or False: Trees on Easter Island were depleted in part by the islanders’ focus on carving and transporting giant rock statues called moai.
True
How many Maya codices have survived into the present... A. 400 B. 40 C. 4 D. 0
C. 4
True or False: Most of the Easter Island moai that are no longer standing were intentionally toppled, probably by warring factions on the island.
True
Aztec chinampas were a part of a…
A. system of intensive agriculture
B. trading network
C. system of labor taxation that supplied workers to the Aztec ruler
D. pattern by which the Aztecs incorporated vanquished enemies into their society
A. system of intensive agriculture
K'inich Janaab Pacal, also referred to as "Pacal the Great," was... A. Tutankhamun's father B. a ruler of the Maya city of Palenque C. the first Egyptian pharaoh D. the ruler of ancient Ur
B. a ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
True or False: Through barren now, Easter Island was originally densely forested with palm trees.
True
We know the details of Pacal’s line of kinship because…
A. the Spanish conquistadors who captured him extracted the information from his
B. a detailed account of it was inscribed in the halls of his burial temple
C. it is detailed in the Egyptian Book of the Dead
D. it’s in the Bible
B. a detailed account of it was inscribed in the halls of his burial temple
Archaeologist David Webster ascribes the collapse of the Maya to…
A. an invasion
B. a change in climate
C. a volcanic eruption
D. an ecological trap of their own making
D. an ecological trap of their own making
True or False: Before all their trees were gone, Easter Islanders hunted big game on the island as their primary food source.
False
Teotihuacánwas Mesoamerica's... A. earliest cheifdom B. first agricultural society C. first urban civilization D. all of the above
C. first urban civilization
True or False: The Oasis Hypothesis of the origins of food production says that people turned to agriculture to create oases in the deserts where they lived.
False
The idea that agriculture may have been developed in part to demonstrate prestige is a part of which hypothesis…
A. Oasis Hypothesis
B. Demographic Pressure Hypothesis
C. Nuclear/Natural Habitat Zone Hypothesis
D. Socioeconomic Competition Hypothesis
D. Socioeconomic Competition Hypothesis
True or False: The Nova video about Easter Island demonstrated that moai could have been moved to their ahu platforms by using palm branches.
False
Easter Island moai came from…
A. seaside rock quarries located near the ahu platforms
B. inland volcanic rock quarries far from the ahu platforms
C. exposed cliff faces along the shoreline
D. the American Museum of Natural History
B. inland volcanic rock quarries far from the ahu platforms
When the Spanish invaded Mesoamerica, they found…
A. a decentralized Maya with a scattered population no longer building great monuments
B. the Maya civilization at its peak, though the lack of a centralized Maya military led to their easy defeat by the Spanish conquistadors
C. the Maya locked in a bloody war with the Aztecs, making both of these Mesoamerican civilizations an easy target for the spanish military
D. nothing but ruins; the Maya people were gone, creating one of the greatest archaeological mysteries facing modern scholars
A. a decentralized Maya with a scattered population no longer building great monuments
The basic elements of Maya civilization included…
A. a socially stratified society with an elite class headed by a powerful great king
B. monumental temples with stone altars and palaces with corballed arches
C. human sacrifice, a hieroglyphic written language, a base 20 number system
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
True or False: The Demographic Pressure Hypothesis of the origins of food production says that hunter-gatherers turned to agriculture by experimentation because they had exceeded the carrying capacity of the land.
True
The term that best describes the central places of the Classic Maya is... A. village B. megalopolis C. core D. regal-ritual city
D. regal-ritual city
Maya subsistence included... A. slash-and-burn agriculture B. the use of ridged fields to increase agricultural productivity C. kitchen gardens and tree-cropping D. all of the above
D. all of the above
The public architecture of the Maya, including elaborate stone platforms topped with buildings, is associated with... A. the merchant elite B. the military C. religion D. all of the above
C. religion
Maya “codices” were…
A. a series of laws or codes inscribed on upright slabs of stone
B. kinds lists inscribed on the tombs of rulers that served to legitimize their position of power
C. inscriptions that detailed the rules of the Maya ball game
D. screenfold books
D. screenfold books
Teotihuacán’s rise to dominance in the Basin of Mexico occurred largely as a result of…
A. its rich agricultural soil
B. its location along a natural trade route
C. its location near an important source of obsidian
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
The first civic structures built by the Maya were... A. fully formed pyramids B. mastabas C. aqueducts D. stepped platforms
D. stepped platforms
True or False: The Socioeconomic Competition Hypothesis of the origins of agriculture requires areas rich in resources and ranked societies.
True
Archaeological evidence shows that the Maya…
A. were a people who fought bloody wars waged over trade and agricultural land
B. live in a peaceful society with a greater interest in the cosmos than in the mundane aspect of life
C. never attained the level of a state-level society
D. lived in harmony with nature
A. were a people who fought bloody wars waged over trade and agricultural land
Pacal’s tomb was situated…
A. on the top of an artificial mountain
B. adjacent to that of his son, Tutankhamun
C. in the center of a series of sacrificed servants
D. under his pyramid monument
D. under his pyramid monument
True or False: Easter Island’s trees were destroyed by the Europeans who arrived so they could build boats.
False
The one part of Easter Island moai that were not finished until they arrived at their ahu platforms was their... A. feet B. eyes C. nose D. arms
B. eyes
True or False: The transition to agriculture resulted in increased carrying capacity of the land to support people and decreased calorie value of the foods they consumed.
True
True or False: The loss of trees on Easter Island ultimately led to cannibalism among the original inhabitants.
True
A common characteristic of cities large and small in the Indus Valley more than 4000 years ago was…
A. the location of a raised area or “citadel” dominating the city
B. their precisely planned nature with parallel and perpendicular streets
C. craft specialist neighborhoods
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
True or False: Resource intensification results in attempts to eat smaller, less preferable species.
True
