Question 1

Who argued that geological evidence pointed to the Earth's real age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Darwin 
B)  Charles Lyell 
C)  Jacques Boucher de Perthes 
D)  Heinrich Schliemann 
A)  Charles Darwin 
B)  Charles Lyell 
C)  Jacques Boucher de Perthes 
D)  Heinrich Schliemann

Question 2

What was eventually discovered about the origins of Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  they were incapable of fashioning stone tools 
B)  they migrated from northeastern Asia to Alaska via an ancient land bridge 
C)  they had been in North America since at least the Bronze Age 
D)  they were genetically related to populations from the Fertile Crescent 
A)  they were incapable of fashioning stone tools 
B)  they migrated from northeastern Asia to Alaska via an ancient land bridge 
C)  they had been in North America since at least the Bronze Age 
D)  they were genetically related to populations from the Fertile Crescent

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of diffusion?

Accepted Answer

A)  agriculture was developed in the Middle East and later spread throughout Europe 
B)  pyramids were invented independently in Egypt and Mexico 
C)  societies passed through stages from savages to barbarians and finally to civilizations 
D)  early humans lived alongside Neanderthals in Europe 
A)  agriculture was developed in the Middle East and later spread throughout Europe 
B)  pyramids were invented independently in Egypt and Mexico 
C)  societies passed through stages from savages to barbarians and finally to civilizations 
D)  early humans lived alongside Neanderthals in Europe

Question 4

What are the events and ideas that contributed to the abandonment of the biblical interpretation of the past and the development of the idea of prehistory?

Accepted Answer

The abandonment of the biblical interpre

Question 5

Man the Hunter and Woman the Gatherer are examples of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  biases in archaeological research 
B)  current treatises on hunter-gatherer societies 
C)  studies that support nationalism 
D)  primitive societies that predated civilization 
A)  biases in archaeological research 
B)  current treatises on hunter-gatherer societies 
C)  studies that support nationalism 
D)  primitive societies that predated civilization

Question 6

German geologist Karl Mauch discovered a massive stone fortress in what part of Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt 
B)  Great Zimbabwe 
C)  Ethiopia 
D)  central Africa 
A)  Egypt 
B)  Great Zimbabwe 
C)  Ethiopia 
D)  central Africa

Question 7

Which native group in the Americas had a complex calendar?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Moundbuilders 
B)  the Maya 
C)  the Chumash 
D)  the Anasazi 
A)  the Moundbuilders 
B)  the Maya 
C)  the Chumash 
D)  the Anasazi

Who argued that geological evidence pointed to the Earth's real age?

What was eventually discovered about the origins of Native Americans?

Which of the following is an example of diffusion?

What are the events and ideas that contributed to the abandonment of the biblical interpretation of the past and the development of the idea of prehistory?

Man the Hunter and Woman the Gatherer are examples of ________.

German geologist Karl Mauch discovered a massive stone fortress in what part of Africa?

Which native group in the Americas had a complex calendar?

The Science of Archaeology

The Development of Contemporary Archaeology

The Archaeological Record

Conducting Fieldwork

Classification and Analysis of Artifacts

Determining Time

Bioarchaeology: Human Remains

Environment and Adaptation

Understanding Past Settlement and Subsistence

Interpreting Past Cultural Systems

Understanding Change

Cultural Resource Management

Archaeology in Todays World

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Exam 2: Background of Archaeology

Who argued that geological evidence pointed to the Earth's real age?

What was eventually discovered about the origins of Native Americans?

Which of the following is an example of diffusion?

What are the events and ideas that contributed to the abandonment of the biblical interpretation of the past and the development of the idea of prehistory?

Man the Hunter and Woman the Gatherer are examples of ________.

German geologist Karl Mauch discovered a massive stone fortress in what part of Africa?

Which native group in the Americas had a complex calendar?

The Science of Archaeology

The Development of Contemporary Archaeology

The Archaeological Record

Conducting Fieldwork

Classification and Analysis of Artifacts

Determining Time

Bioarchaeology: Human Remains

Environment and Adaptation

Understanding Past Settlement and Subsistence

Interpreting Past Cultural Systems

Understanding Change

Cultural Resource Management

Archaeology in Todays World

Filters