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Quiz 13 D2L Quiz Questions Flashcards

1
Q

The Hohokam were able to survive in the environment of their homeland by…
A. focusing on riverrine resources
B. subsisting on wild plants abundant in the desert
C. trade
D. constructing an elaborate system of canals

A

D. constructing an elaborate system of canals

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True or False: The transition to agriculture is typically linked to the transition from rectangular to circular domiciles.

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False

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What characteristics did Cahokia possess that warrant its inclusion in the ranks of complex chiefdom and early state societies...
A. monumental works, elite burials
B. writing, mathematics
C. military rulers, urbanization
D. all of the above
A

A. monumental works, elite burials

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The Aurochs found at Catalhoyuk included wall-mounted heads of...
A. cattle
B. horses
C. lions
D. anthropology department TA's
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A. cattle

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Most of the temples and shrines at Machu Picchu are aligned…
A. to the rising of the sun at the summer solstice
B. to magnetic north
C. with the avenues of the Inca capital at Cuzco
D. with the handle of the constellation we today call the Swan

A

A. to the rising of the sun at the summer solstice

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The purpose for the larger mounds built by the Adena and Hopewell people was…
A. to serve as burial places for the elite
B. to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits
C. to enclose the elite precincts of the community
D. to serve as defensive works

A

A. to serve as burial places for the elite

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Establishing a pattern seen later in South America, the Wari maintained control of their empire by…
A. imposing their own language on groups they defeated in battle
B. controlling the food surplus
C. establishing regional administrative centers
D. terror

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C. establishing regional administrative centers

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True or False: Formal religion in state societies is often used to validate and legitimize the social order

A

True

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How did the Inca keep records…
A. through the use of an as yet undeciphered written language
B. they used a written numerical system virtually identical to that of the Maya
C. by impressing symbols onto wet clay which then dried, making the records permanent
D. by the use of knotted strings

A

D. by the use of knotted strings

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Archaeologist John Kanter suggests that the Chaco road system seems to have had what kind of primary purpose...
A. ritual 
B. economic
C. political
D. military
A

A. ritual

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Machu Picchu was…
A. a lost Inca city, rediscovered in 1911
B. a royal estate of the Inca elite
C. a pre-Inca city on the shores of Lake Titicaca
D. a burial site of a series of Moche priests

A

B. a royal estate of the Inca elite

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True or False: Band societies are egalitarian, which means that people are generally equal.

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True

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True or False: Cahokia, a mound-building society of North America, was a tribal society.

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False

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Mesa Verde is characterized by...
A. cliff dwellings
B. pit-houses
C. multiple sets of separate courtyard groups
D. Great Houses
A

A. cliff dwellings

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Among the earliest evidence for writing was a stone tablet found in Kish, Mesopotamia, that dates back to about...
A. 10,000 years ago
B. 5,000 years ago
C. 2,000 years ago
D. 1,500 years ago
A

B. 5,000 years ago

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16
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The purpose for most of the larger mounds–like Monks Mound–built at places like Cahokia was…
A. to serve as burial places for the elite
B. to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits
C. to enclose the elite precincts of the community
D. to serve as archaeoastronomical viewing places

A

B. to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits

17
Q

The Chimu increased agricultural productivity by…
A. the construction of irrigation canals
B. building raised fields
C. using natural fertilizer, especially fish remains
D. all of the above

A

A. the construction of irrigation canals

18
Q

Pueblo Bonito is…
A. an Anasazi cliff dwelling
B. an 800-room great house at Chaco Canyon
C. a large ceremonial structural called a kiva
D. a Spanish mission in the American Southwest

A

B. an 800-room great house at Chaco Canyon

19
Q 
Tiwanku is characterized by...
A. the construction of enormous stone structures
B. the construction of huge raised fields for agriculture
C. a ruling class where wealth and power were concentrated
D. all of the above
A

D. all of the above

20
Q 
Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons why chiefdoms emerged that were discussed in class...
A. increasing population density
B. increasing welfare
C. accumulation of surplus food
D. decreasing religious identification
A

D. decreasing religious identification

21
Q

True or False: V. Gordon Childe’s “Urban Revolution” theory of state formation says that craft specialists were crucial to the formation of the state.

A

True

22
Q

Which of the following is NOT one of the indicators of vigorous food preparation found at Abu Hureyra as discussed in class…
A. osteoarthritis
B. endemetriosis
C. thickening of the cortical bone on the dominant hand
D. telltale wear patterns at the joints

A

B. endemetriosis

23
Q

True or False: according to the Hydraulic Hypothesis of state formation, large-scale irrigation required the development of machines that could automate the collection of water.

A

False

24
Q

True or False: Band societies typically involve a high degree of job specialization.

A

False

25
Q

Non-native, exotic raw materials found in Hopewell burial mounds include…
A. obsidian from the Rocky Mountains
B. copper and silver from the Great Lakes region
C. quartz crystals and mica from the Appalachian Mountains
D. all of the above

A

D. all of the above

26
Q 
An archaeological mound created by successive cycles of occupation and abandonment by people in the same area is called a...
A. tell
B. cistern
C. outcrop
D. midden
A

A. tell

27
Q

True or False: The emergence of proto-writing systems occurred during the Iron Age.

A

False

28
Q

The Inca expanded the around of arable land available in their mountainous home regions by…

A

constructing terraces that produced horizontal soil surfaces in the form of steps up the steep slopes of mountains and ridges

29
Q

Charles Hastings and Michael Mosely have suggested that the symbols they found on some of the adobe bricks in the Pyramid of the Sun represent…

A

a record of the brick contributions of local groups who helped build the pyramid

30
Q

Which of the following is a feature of tribes…

A

merit-based social organization

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