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1

Which of the following was not a technological innovation that first appeared in Europe during the later Neolithic period?
A)wheeled carts.
B)draft animals.
C)scratch plows.
D)iron working technology.
2

Scratch plows maintain soil fertility by
A)aerating and incorporating organic material into the soil.
B)turning a furrow.
C)spreading seeds around a field.
D)all of the above.
3

Two examples of large late Neolithic sites with earthen banks and ditches include
A)Kelheim and Manching.
B)Bronocice and Dölauer-Heide.
C)Varna and Leubingen.
D)Rojdi and Kot Diji.
4

In the later Neolithic in Europe, regional trade networks developed which of the following two commodities?
A)wood and stone.
B)tin and gold.
C)flint and salt.
D)cheese and meat.
5

Archaeometallurgists
A)study the composition of ancient metals.
B)reconstruct the ways in which ancient metal objects were manufactured.
C)design experiments to reproduce ancient metalworking methods.
D)all of the above.
6

The technique known as metallography is used to
A)study the composition of ancient metals.
B)identify the original mines from which the metal ore came.
C)examine the structure of ancient metal objects to reveal the methods used in their manufacture.
D)all of the above.
7

Bronze is an alloy of
A)iron and tin.
B)copper and gold.
C)tin and silver.
D)copper and tin.
8

The site of Rudna Glava in Southeast Europe was
A)a late Neolithic settlement site.
B)an early iron smelting site.
C)a late Neolithic copper mine.
D)a Neolithic tin mine.
9

Early copper working in Europe was based on which of the following technologies?
A)pottery.
B)stone-working.
C)wood-working.
D)bone-working.
10

The cemetery at Varna in Bulgaria is important because
A)it provides evidence for copper smelting.
B)it is the earliest known cemetery in Europe.
C)it produced the world's oldest gold.
D)it produced the world's oldest worked copper.
11

The term Chalcolithic is another name for the
A)early Neolithic.
B)late Mesolithic.
C)Copper Age.
D)Bronze Age.
12

Trade was critical to the development of bronze technology throughout Europe because
A)flint could not be used to make arrowheads and knives
B)many regions of Europe have no local supplies of copper and tin
C)bronze-working was developed in Greece
D)Scandinavians could not cast bronze
13

The Leubingen burial
A)is a rich early Bronze Age grave.
B)is located near rich deposits of copper and tin.
C)provides evidence for increasing inequality in status and wealth in early Bronze Age Europe.
D)all of the above.
14

Early Bronze Age societies in Europe are often described as
A)egalitarian.
B)states.
C)chiefdoms.
D)urban.
15

The earlier half of the European Iron Age is often referred to as the
A)Hallstatt period.
B)La TPne period.
C)oppidum age.
D)Helenistic period.
16

During the later part of the Hallstatt period, towns such as the Heuneberg were engaged in trade with
A)Phoenician colonies in Africa
B)Greek colonies in Marseilles
C)Roman colonies in Italy
D)Egyptian colonies in the Mediterranean
17

The term clientship refers to
A)reciprocal relationships between equals.
B)apprenticeship relationships that taught metalworkers to work bronze and iron.
C)long-term relationships between unequals.
D)early city-dwellers.
18

Unlike the earlier late Hallstatt towns, the oppida of the later European Iron Age
A)were not really urban.
B)served a variety of social and political functions.
C)served primarily as centers of manufacture and trade.
D)were located close to the Mediterranean.
19

The oppidum of Kelheim in Bavaria specialized in the production of
A)bronze.
B)pottery.
C)salt.
D)iron.
20

When compared to the early complex societies of the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia, European complex societies are unique because
A)metallurgy developed at a very late date in Europe.
B)urbanism developed comparatively late in Europe.
C)draft animals were used in Europe.
D)Europeans did not engage in long-distance trade.





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