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1

The Nasca site of Cachuchi in Peru has been damaged by
A)warfare
B)looting
C)plowing
D)suburban sprawl
2

The U.S. Archaeological Resources Protection Act protects archaeological sites
A)on privately-owned properties throughout the United States.
B)on properties owned by state and local governments.
C)on properties owned by the federal government.
D)all of the above.
3

In 1990 the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act required
A)that museums display all the human skeletal remains in their collections
B)that Native American skeletal remains that were held in museums that received federal funds be returned to the appropriate tribes
C)that no biological analyses could be performed on human skeletons
D)that no cemeteries could ever be moved
4

The white supremacist government of Rhodesia argued that
A)the ruins of Great Zimbabwe were a product of native African craftsmanship.
B)the ruins of Great Zimbabwe must have been built by Egyptians.
C)the ruins at Great Zimbabwe were modern forgeries.
D)the ruins at Great Zimbabwe must have been built by Phoenicians or other non-Africans.
5

Modern archaeological research has shown that the ruins at Great Zimbabwe
A)were built by African architects.
B)were home to a large urban population.
C)were home to a people whose economy was based on cattle-keeping and long-distance trade.
D)all of the above.
6

Which of the following is not true of the Kennewick man?
A)he is about 9000 years old.
B)he is unquestionably a European.
C)he is claimed as an ancestor by several different Native American tribes.
D)he has a stone point deeply imbedded in his skeleton.
7

In 2004 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that
A)Kennewick man should be repatriated to the Umatilla.
B)NAGPRA applied to Kennewick man.
C)no further studies could be made on the Kennewick skeleton.
D)NAGPRA did not apply, and the skeleton could be made available for scientific study.





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