Quizzes 1-4 Answers Flashcards
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
C. Floating in the water with a line and hook
Which of these plants was an important crop for Pacific Islanders?
A. Taro
B. Potatoes
C. Rice
D. Yucca
A. Taro
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
B. An earth oven
Clothing on Pacific Islands was made from which material?
A. Flax
B. Pounded bark
C. Cotton
D. Wool
B. Pounded bark
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
B. Shell
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
B. Timber frame with thatch roof and walls
A makatea island is
A. Volcanic
B. A residual reef surrounding a sunken island
C. A continental relic
D. Upraised sea floor
D. Upraised sea floor
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
B. From the east to the west
The only native mammals on remote Pacific Islands are
A. Rats
B. Bats
C. Cats
D. Monkeys
B. Bats
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
C. The 16th century
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
A. Units based upon island geography and what people looked like
Modern archaeology began with Gifford’s 1947 excavations in
A. The Solomon Islands
B. Hawaii
C. Samoa
D. Fiji and New Caledonia
D. Fiji and New Caledonia
Corals contain algae that photosynthesizes
A. True
B. False
A. True
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
A. Luzon, in the Philippines
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
B. By floating on debris following a tsunami
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
D. Sail into the wind
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
A. Processing plants, nuts, and pigment
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
A. The location of particular islands directly beneath
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
A. 65,000 years ago
Traditional voyaging knowledge and technology has been continuously passed from one generation to the next in the Caroline Islands
A. True
B. False
A. True
Where is the origin of Austronesian languages?
A. Papua New Guinea
B. Island SE Asia
C. South Asia/Taiwan
D. The Bismarcks
C. South Asia/Taiwan
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
C. A cemetery with headless skeletons
The Lapita site of Talepakemalai on Mussau included the remains of
A. Sweet potatoes
B. Stilt houses
C. Curated skulls
D. Outrigger canoes
B. Stilt houses
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
B. With “dentate stamps” similar to tattooing skin
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
C. Kite fishing with spider web lures
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
B. Ancient voyaging selected for larger people who could survive the harsh conditions of sea voyaging
Some people in the Solomon Islands have naturally blonde hair
A. True
B. False
A. True
