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For V. Gordon Childe, the Urban Revolution |
| | A) | was a consequence of the Neolithic Revolution |
| | B) | involved sweeping changes in society, politics, and economics |
| | C) | was based on a food surplus that could be used to support nonagricultural workers |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is NOT a primary characteristic of the Urban Revolution? |
| | A) | full-time labor specialization |
| | B) | long-distance trade |
| | C) | a class-structured society |
| | D) | state organization |
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The political organization known as the state |
| | A) | is always associated with federalism |
| | B) | developed in the late Pleistocene |
| | C) | involves a permanent government that outlasts any individual ruler |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Chiefdoms are |
| | A) | class-stratified societies that lack state-level political institutions |
| | B) | known only from Native North America |
| | C) | not complex societies |
| | D) | none of the above |
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The term heterarchy is used to describe |
| | A) | a powerful political ruler such as a king or monarch |
| | B) | complex societies that lack permanent government institutions |
| | C) | multiple, competing hierarchies with a complex society |
| | D) | the nobility in the European Middle Ages |
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Archaeologists who have studied the urban revolution since the late 1970s have been interested in |
| | A) | issues of race, class, and gender |
| | B) | the roles of competing factions within complex societies |
| | C) | the role of individuals in the decision-making process |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Mesopotamia is |
| | A) | located in modern-day Iraq |
| | B) | the low-lying region surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| | C) | home to the world's oldest complex, urban societies |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The earliest farming villages outside the Hilly Flanks are located in |
| | A) | southern Mesopotamia |
| | B) | the region near the modern city of Baghdad |
| | C) | the areas of northern Mesopotamia where dry farming is possible |
| | D) | the Persian Gulf coast |
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The site of Yarim Tepe |
| | A) | is an early farming village in northern Mesopotamia |
| | B) | provides evidence for early urbanism |
| | C) | provides no evidence for hunting |
| | D) | lived in semi-subterranean dwellings |
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The agricultural villages of the Hassuna culture |
| | A) | made no pottery |
| | B) | are located in southern Mesopotamia |
| | C) | lived in rectangular houses of several rooms grouped around courtyards |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The site of Tell-es-Sawwan |
| | A) | has produced pottery of the earlier Hassuna and the later Samarran cultures |
| | B) | had an economy based on wheat, barley, sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs |
| | C) | is located in an area of relatively low rainfall, so some simple form of irrigation must have been practiced |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the appearance of Halafian pottery across a wide region of northern Mesopotamia? |
| | A) | that pottery must have been invented only once in the ancient Near East |
| | B) | that this pottery may be evidence for an extensive trade network |
| | C) | that Halafian pottery must be simple and undecorated |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The site of Tell Madhhur |
| | A) | has provided evidence for temples, but no signs of domestic architecture |
| | B) | is located in the Hilly Flanks regions of the Middle East |
| | C) | has yielded a particularly well-preserved examples of an Ubaid house |
| | D) | was identified by the Sumerians as the earliest city in the world |
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While some of the earliest houses in southern Mesopotamia were made of reeds plastered with clay, most structures in ancient southern Mesopotamia was constructed of |
| | A) | stone |
| | B) | timber |
| | C) | sun-dried brick |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The archaeological evidence from the early urban site of Eridu has produced |
| | A) | a series of progressively larger and more elaborate temples including altars and offering tables |
| | B) | royal tombs from the Ubaid period |
| | C) | widespread evidence for craft specialization in woodworking |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following technological innovations did not appear in Mesopotamia during the proto-literate period? |
| | A) | the potter's wheel |
| | B) | irrigation agriculture |
| | C) | the light plow |
| | D) | advances in gold- and silver-working |
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Cuneiform writing |
| | A) | first appeared toward the end of the Uruk period |
| | B) | was made by impressing clay with a stylus |
| | C) | included a combination of pictographs and symbol which represent a spoken syllable |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is not a method of remote sensing used by archaeologists? |
| | A) | aerial photography |
| | B) | thermal infrared multispectral scanning |
| | C) | flotation |
| | D) | synthetic aperture radar |
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During the Early Dynastic period, Mesopotamia cities included |
| | A) | full-time craft specialists |
| | B) | kings and priests |
| | C) | specialist traders and servants |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The tomb of Pu-Abi at the royal cemetery at Ur provides evidence for |
| | A) | human sacrifice |
| | B) | an absence of social differentiation in early Mesopotamia |
| | C) | a golden helmet |
| | D) | a temple with an altar and an offering table |
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Archaeological research conducted in Mesopotamia since the 1960s has shown that |
| | A) | irrigation agriculture is the only cause for the state formation in Mesopotamia |
| | B) | warfare is the only cause for state formation in Mesopotamia |
| | C) | state societies typically have two-tiered settlement hierarchies |
| | D) | there is no single cause for the development of complex societies in Mesopotamia |
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An unintended consequence of the 2003 war in Iraq was |
| | A) | the discovery of many new archaeological sites |
| | B) | an expansion of archaeological research in Iraq |
| | C) | the looting of the Iraqi National Museum |
| | D) | a decrease in the illegal trafficking in antiquities from Iraq |
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