Quizzes 1-4 Answers

Question 1

What was the unique way for catching fish developed on Anuta island?
A. Pulling a shell lure behind the boat
B. Fishing at night
C. Floating in the water with a line and hook
D. Using a trawl net

Answer 1

C. Floating in the water with a line and hook

Question 2

Which of these plants was an important crop for Pacific Islanders?
A. Taro
B. Potatoes
C. Rice
D. Yucca

Answer 2

A. Taro

Question 3

What was a simple technology for cooking food used on most Pacific Islands?
A. Fermenting in clay pots
B. An earth oven
C. A wood fired oven
D. Roasting on a skewer

Answer 3

B. An earth oven

Question 4

Clothing on Pacific Islands was made from which material?
A. Flax
B. Pounded bark
C. Cotton
D. Wool

Answer 4

B. Pounded bark

Question 5

On islands that lacked basalt or other stone, what were adzes (used to carve canoes) made from?
A. Wood
B. Shell
C. Bone
D. Coral

Answer 5

B. Shell

Question 6

What kind of structures did people build for shelter?
A. Wooden plank house
B. Timber frame with thatch roof and walls
C. Stone masonry house
D. Wattle and daub house

Answer 6

B. Timber frame with thatch roof and walls

Question 7

A makatea island is
A. Volcanic
B. A residual reef surrounding a sunken island
C. A continental relic
D. Upraised sea floor

Answer 7

D. Upraised sea floor

Question 8

The trade winds of the Pacific Ocean blow
A. From the west to the east
B. From the east to the west
C. From the south to the north
D. From the north to the south

Answer 8

B. From the east to the west

Question 9

The only native mammals on remote Pacific Islands are
A. Rats
B. Bats
C. Cats
D. Monkeys

Answer 9

B. Bats

Question 10

The first encounters that Pacific Islanders had with Europeans occurred in
A. The 17th century
B. The 19th century
C. The 16th century
D. The 18th century

Answer 10

C. The 16th century

Question 11

Dumont d’Urville’s classification of the Pacific divided the region into
A. Units based upon island geography and what people looked like
B. The North and South Pacific
C. Near and remote islands
D. Linguistic groups

Answer 11

A. Units based upon island geography and what people looked like

Question 12

Modern archaeology began with Gifford’s 1947 excavations in
A. The Solomon Islands
B. Hawaii
C. Samoa
D. Fiji and New Caledonia

Answer 12

D. Fiji and New Caledonia

Question 13

Corals contain algae that photosynthesizes
A. True
B. False

Answer 13

A. True

Question 14

In addition to Homo floresiensis on the island of Flores and Homo erectus in Java, fossils from another species of the genus Homo have been described from
A. Luzon, in the Philippines
B. Sulawesi, in Indonesia
C. Tasmania, in Australia
D. New Britain, in Papua New Guinea

Answer 14

A. Luzon, in the Philippines

Question 15

Hominins in Wallacea probably reached the islands
A. By building outrigger canoes with sails
B. By floating on debris following a tsunami
C. By building rafts
D. By paddling dug-out canoes

Answer 15

B. By floating on debris following a tsunami

Question 16

The safest way to find new, unknown islands that are far away is to
A. Sail with the wind
B. Use a very large boat
C. Paddle for set distances, then sail back
D. Sail into the wind

Answer 16

D. Sail into the wind

Question 17

The site of Madjebebe in Northern Australia contains artifacts related to
A. Processing plants, nuts, and pigment
B. Burning down the forests
C. Hunting megafauna
D. Hewing canoes from wood

Answer 17

A. Processing plants, nuts, and pigment

Question 18

In prehistory, zenith stars were used to navigate to
A. The location of particular islands directly beneath
B. Islands of the North Pacific
C. Islands that were inaccessible by any other means
D. Locations on the horizon

Answer 18

A. The location of particular islands directly beneath

Question 19

Homo sapiens colonized Australia by
A. 65,000 years ago
B. 5,000 years ago
C. 100,000 years ago
D. 500,000 years ago

Answer 19

A. 65,000 years ago

Question 20

Traditional voyaging knowledge and technology has been continuously passed from one generation to the next in the Caroline Islands
A. True
B. False

Answer 20

A. True

Question 21

Where is the origin of Austronesian languages?
A. Papua New Guinea
B. Island SE Asia
C. South Asia/Taiwan
D. The Bismarcks

Answer 21

C. South Asia/Taiwan

Question 22

The Lapita site of Teouma on Vanuatu contained
A. Stratified deposits with evidence for marine foraging
B. The remains of a stilt house
C. A cemetery with headless skeletons
D. A sequence of incised pottery

Answer 22

C. A cemetery with headless skeletons

Question 23

The Lapita site of Talepakemalai on Mussau included the remains of
A. Sweet potatoes
B. Stilt houses
C. Curated skulls
D. Outrigger canoes

Answer 23

B. Stilt houses

Question 24

How did Lapita people decorate their ceramic vessels?
A. With blue pigment
B. With “dentate stamps” similar to tattooing skin
C. With incised lines
D. With black and white glaze

Answer 24

B. With “dentate stamps” similar to tattooing skin

Question 25

What kind of fishing developed in the Solomon Islands?
A. Octopus fishing with weighted lures
B. Dip net fishing from boats
C. Kite fishing with spider web lures
D. Surfboard fishing with spears

Answer 25

C. Kite fishing with spider web lures

Question 26

Why do people on Pacific Islands have relatively large bodies?
A. They eat a high carbohydrate diet
B. Ancient voyaging selected for larger people who could survive the harsh conditions of sea voyaging
C. They eat a high fat diet
D. They play rugby from an early age and develop lots of muscles

Answer 26

B. Ancient voyaging selected for larger people who could survive the harsh conditions of sea voyaging

Question 27

Some people in the Solomon Islands have naturally blonde hair
A. True
B. False

Answer 27

A. True