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1
As detailed in "The Awful Truth About Archaeology," at a pithouse excavation on a Hopi reservation, the author discovered a:
A)golden idol.
B)series of small walls.
C)tribal burial chamber.
D)set of ancient handprints.
2
As described in "The Awful Truth About Archaeology," archaeology is actually exciting because it:
A)is very dangerous.
B)connects with the past.
C)involves battling the elements.
D)is very lucrative.
3
As pointed out in "The Awful Truth About Archaeology," if the fictional Sydney Fox, Relic Hunter, were a real archaeologist, she would have to spend months on paperwork before ever going out to an excavation site.
A)True
B)False
4
According to “Archaeology: The Next 50 Years,” during the next five decades:
A)women archaeologists will come to dominate the field.
B)wars are likely to bring archaeological exploration to a halt.
C)very few new discoveries will be made.
D)more archaeological finds will be unearthed than during the preceding 150 years.
5
As noted in “Archaeology: The Next 50 Years,” the field of archaeology:
A)is still in an era of pioneer archaeological discovery.
B)now relies heavily on technology.
C)is of little interest to modern academics.
D)focuses almost entirely on Asia.
6
As pointed out in “Archaeology: The Next 50 Years,” industrial activity and urban expansion uncover thousands of archaeological finds every year.
A)True
B)False
7
As noted in “Maya Archaeologists Turn to the Living to Help Save the Dead,” the movement to boost the quality of life of local people in order to preserve the relics of their ancestors is called:
A)ancestor retrieval.
B)community archaeology.
C)giving history a hand.
D)native archaeology.
8
As explained in “Maya Archaeologists Turn to the Living to Help Save the Dead,” the development plan that archaeologist Arthur Demarest had for a region in Guatemala failed because:
A)Guatemala’s government refused to fund the plan.
B)local people refused to participate.
C)the government brought in outsiders to implement the plan.
D)there was no provision for training workers.
9
According to “Maya Archaeologists Turn to the Living to Help Save the Dead,” poverty often prevents local people from attending to ancient remains in a responsible fashion.
A)True
B)False
10
As stated in “The Fantome Controversy,” treasure hunting on marine archaeological sites is:
A)pretty well confined in the Western Hemisphere to Caribbean waters.
B)strictly regulated by national governments.
C)shockingly widespread in North America.
D)declining rapidly because almost all valuable wrecks have been recovered.
11
As presented in “The Fantome Controversy,” the British warship Fantome was reputedly carrying a cargo of:
A)Spanish gold and silver.
B)plunder taken from the White House in a British raid in the War of 1812.
C)slaves.
D)weapons.
12
Some of those who oppose underwater treasure-hunting and commercial exploitation of recovered valuables consider the practice immoral.
A)True
B)False
13
As noted in "Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology: Communication and the Future of American Archaeology," an important change that needs to be made in the discipline of archaeology is:
A)purging it of less scholarly writers.
B)distancing it from works written for general audiences.
C)eliminating peer review.
D)improving communication with the general public.
14
As noted in "Prehistory of Warfare," scholars assume that a normal part of human culture was:
A)technology.
B)religion.
C)politics.
D)warfare.
15
According to "Prehistory of Warfare," those that had the most intense warfare of any type of society were:
A)nomadic tribes.
B)forager bands.
C)tribally organized farmers.
D)acorn gatherers.
16
As reported in "Prehistory of Warfare," virtually all the basic textbooks on archaeology ignore the prevalence or significance of past warfare.
A)True
B)False
17
According to “The Mystery of Unknown Man E,” in real life, Unknown Man E was probably:
A)a Hittite prince.
B)Pentewere, son of Ramesses III.
C)an important priest.
D)a general who had died in a foreign land.
18
As noted in “The Mystery of Unknown Man E,” the first people who examined the mummy of Unknown Man E thought it most likely that he had died of:
A)a plague-like disease.
B)strangulation.
C)poisoning.
D)a fall from a great height.
19
As described in “The Mystery of Unknown Man E,” the mummification process takes no more than two weeks.
A)True
B)False
20
Which of the following is true of Kennewick Man?
A)His remains were fossilized so that it will be impossible to determine anything about his diet.
B)He was deliberately buried and was recently washed out into the open by erosion of the river bank.
C)Scavengers had ravaged his body.
D)The Army Corps of Engineers did its best to help archeologists recover any artifacts that might have been buried with him.
21
When James Chatters and Doug Owsley refer to Kennewick Man’s “Caucasoid-like” features, they have in mind:
A)contemporary Europeans.
B)Siberian or Northeast Asian populations.
C)Polynesisans or the Ainu of Japan.
D)Mediterranean peoples.
22
According to “Who Were the First Americans?”, Kennewick Man suffered from crippling arthritis.
A)True
B)False
23
According to “Poop Fossil Pushes Back Date for Earliest Americans,” the fossilized feces found in Oregon support the theory that:
A)the earliest Americans were from the Clovis culture.
B)the earliest inhabitants of North America came from Northeast Asia.
C)most migrants in North America followed a route far inland from the ocean.
D)pre-Clovis peoples lived in organized villages.
24
As reported in "Archaeologists Rediscover Cannibals," research in the fossil record demonstrates that cannibalism:
A)is a phenomenon limited to very ancient prehistoric times.
B)may have been practiced through most of human history.
C)has not been practiced through most of human evolutionary history.
D)was limited to certain geographical locations.
25
The initial 1970 proposal of the theory of cannibalism in recent prehistory as suggested by bones of ancient American Indians, according to "Archaeologists Rediscover Cannibals," was met with total disbelief because:
A)most earlier scholarship on cannibalism was weak.
B)there were no reliable eye witnesses for claims of cannibalism.
C)the new paradigm about Indians was that they were all peaceful and happy.
D)the archaeological evidence was circumstantial.
26
As claimed in "Archaeologists Rediscover Cannibals," there is no known mortuary practice in the Southwest where the body is dismembered.
A)True
B)False
27
As presented in “A Coprological View of Ancestral Pueblo Cannibalism,” the diet of the Ancestral Pueblo was:
A)dependent on fish.
B)primarily meat from large animals.
C)largely vegetarian.
D)definitely included other humans.
28
As concluded by the author of “A Coprological View of Ancestral Pueblo Cannibalism,” the Ancestral Pueblo:
A)were very well adapted to the environment.
B)had to follow the buffalo herds in order to survive.
C)could not adapt to drought.
D)flourished after the Navajo taught them farming techniques.
29
As given in “A Coprological View of Ancestral Pueblo Cannibalism,” complete caloric dependence on cultivated plants, as took place in the Andes, was simply impossible for the Ancestral Pueblo.
A)True
B)False
30
As maintained in "Modern Humans Made Their Point," the development of projectile points:
A)first occurred with the Neandertals.
B)allowed hunters to stay at a safe distance from their prey.
C)started in Europe.
D)happened about 10,000 years ago.
31
According to "New Women of the Ice Age," the evidence collected at Dolni Vestonice supports the conclusion that:
A)Ice Age hunters lived in all-male enclaves most of the time.
B)women were treated only as sexual objects during the Ice Age.
C)communal hunting was a likely part of Ice Age culture.
D)women were hunters of large game along with men in the Ice Age.
32
Evidence reported in "New Women of the Ice Age," shows the collection of plants for food and domestic uses:
A)did not occur in Upper Paleolithic cultures.
B)was largely done for ritual purposes.
C)was done only in times of dire need.
D)was largely considered women's work in Upper Paleolithic cultures.
33
As noted in "New Women of the Ice Age," most of the meat at Dolni Vestonice was stored for future need.
A)True
B)False
34
As pointed out in "Woman The Toolmaker," Konso hide workers and other artisans are:
A)held in high regard in the community.
B)active in the political and judicial life of the community.
C)considered useless because no one needs their products.
D)regarded as polluted by the more powerful farmer class.
35
As explained in "Woman The Toolmaker," when Sokate's scraping tool becomes dull, she:
A)sharpens it, as long as there is enough left to sharpen.
B)continues to use it because she does not know how to make new ones.
C)throws it away in the communal trash pile.
D)uses one of her iron tools instead.
36
As noted in "Woman The Toolmaker," the Konso hide makers are probably the only women in the world still making stone tools on a regular basis.
A)True
B)False
37
According to "Yes, Wonderful Things," studying garbage:
A)is not genuine archaeology.
B)is too expensive to be worth the gains.
C)provides an immediate historical reconstruction of a culture.
D)is probably just a passing fad.
38
The author of "Bushmen" reports that the !Kung people:
A)live much the same as they have for hundreds of years.
B)are materialistic by nature.
C)have seen a whole way of life disappear.
D)reject personal or family privacy.
39
The major Mayan cities, as explained in "The Maya Collapses," were originally re-discovered in the nineteenth century by John Stephens who was also acting as:
A)a volunteer physician in the area.
B)a Christian missionary.
C)the U.S. ambassador to the region.
D)the representative of the government of Spain.
40
In one of history's worst acts of cultural vandalism, as maintained in "The Maya Collapses," the Spanish bishop Diego de Landa undertook to:
A)destroy the Mayan's faith in their kings as god-like figures.
B)burn all Mayan manuscripts.
C)dismantle as many Mayan temples as possible.
D)convince the Mayan to grow crops suitable for foreign markets.
41
Even today, as described in "The Maya Collapses," many of the Maya ruins are surrounded by jungle and far from current human settlements.
A)True
B)False
42
As shown in “Gritty Clues,” soil chemistry is most instructive:
A)in desert environments.
B)when an area has been intensively farmed for centuries.
C)in combination with artifacts and other historical evidence.
D)when considered in isolation.
43
As described in “Gritty Clues,” soil conditions have been studied extensively at the home of President:
A)Jefferson.
B)Lincoln.
C)Jackson.
D)Washington.
44
As noted in “Gritty Clues,” soil analysis can tell that farming took place in an area but reveals nothing about the crops or farming practices.
A)True
B)False
45
As cited in “Digging Deep,” the major innovation of the Norsk Hydro project was:
A)use of underwater cameras to view the site.
B)raising the sunken ship intact to the surface.
C)developing a frame to which the ROV could be attached.
D)deploying an underwater bulldozer to move sediment.
46
As described in “Digging Deep,” the first hint of robots’ potential in marine archaeology came in:
A)investigating a Roman wreck off Sicily.
B)recovering a ship commanded by Christopher Columbus.
C)helping to salvage ships sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
D)locating a sunken slave ship in the Caribbean Sea.
47
The ROVs described in “Digging Deep” work effectively only in very cold ocean waters.
A)True
B)False
48
According to "A Wasp's-Nest Clock," a fossilized wasp nest just next to a painted figure:
A)preserved the color of the picture.
B)demonstrated that humans once lived in the area.
C)prevented the weather from damaging the art.
D)made it possible to date the art.
49
As discussed in "Profile of an Anthropologist: No Bone Unturned," Clyde Snow's specialty is:
A)grouping fossils according to geographic origin.
B)locating fossil remains.
C)identifying skeletons.
D)assembling skeletal remains for display.
50
Clyde Snow, according to "Profile of an Anthropologist: No Bone Unturned," can determine a skeleton's sex by checking all of the following except the:
A)length of the finger bones.
B)prominence of the brow ridge.
C)pelvis.
D)size of the mastoid processes.
51
The sex of a skeleton, as suggested in "Profile of an Anthropologist: No Bone Unturned," is always obvious.
A)True
B)False
52
According to "What Did They Eat?" food residue in pottery:
A)must be visible to be useful.
B)has a relatively short useful lifespan for the archaeologist.
C)is especially helpful in glazed pottery.
D)can answer archaeological questions about diet.
53
As recounted in “Artful Surgery,” the significance of the discovery in Greece of a woman with a head wound that had been treated exactly as Hippocrates advised is that:
A)women were supposedly never treated by physicians.
B)it provides evidence that women fought as soldiers.
C)the wound had never healed.
D)she was treated two centuries before Hippocrates lived.
54
As surmised in “Artful Surgery,” the wounded woman was injured by:
A)a missile from a sling.
B)an axe blow.
C)an arrow.
D)a spear.
55
As noted in “Artful Surgery,” ancient Greek sources offer a wealth of material in tracing the development of medicine before Hippocrates.
A)True
B)False
56
According to the author of “Where Was Jesus Born?”, the most likely place for Jesus to have been born is:
A)Bethlehem in Judea.
B)Nazareth.
C)Bethlehem in Galilee.
D)Jerusalem.
57
As commented on in “Where Was Jesus Born?”, one reason that Bethlehem in Judea may not have been settled in Herod’s time is that:
A)a Roman aqueduct ran through the area of Bethlehem.
B)Jews had been driven from the area by Roman soldiers.
C)the soil was unsuitable for farming.
D)a plague-like disease was prevalent in the area during the years around the birth of Jesus.
58
As pointed out in “Where Was Jesus Born?”, the site of Bethlehem in Judea has many ruins from the time of Herod’s governance.
A)True
B)False
59
As detailed in "Legacy of the Crusades," the Hospitallers (or Knights of St. John) were:
A)among the first wave of European crusaders.
B)originally devoted to caring for the sick.
C)founded as a military order.
D)pacifists who did not fight in the Crusades.
60
As pointed out in "Legacy of the Crusades," residents of the Old City of Akko, the historic district that reflects the city's Arab character, are primarily:
A)Jewish homeowners who moved there after Arab residents fled the city in 1948.
B)Arabs who have been there since before the establishment of Israel.
C)Jews who are drawn to the historic character of the area.
D)Arab renters who are not permitted to buy their homes from the Israeli government.
61
As described in "Legacy of the Crusades," because Jordan has been relatively free of conflict during the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, its tourism industry has not suffered.
A)True
B)False
62
Under the rule of the Medici, as described in "Secrets of the Medici," the intellectual hub of the Western world was firmly established as being in:
A)Rome.
B)Venice.
C)Siena.
D)Florence.
63
The Medici tombs, as explained in "Secrets of the Medici," were moved to their current position under the floor of the Chapel of San Lorenzo after:
A)an earthquake destroyed part of the above-ground structure.
B)it was discovered that the above-ground tombs had been plundered.
C)extensive renovations were planned for the chapel.
D)the family was no longer able to maintain them.
64
Although Cosimo's marriage to Eleonora of Toledo was politically advantageous, as put forth in "Secrets of the Medici," family records indicate that it was not a happy relationship.
A)True
B)False
65
As maintained in “Digging for the Truth,” the leader of the Jamestown Rediscovery project believes that the Jamestown colonists:
A)were surprisingly accomplished and left a legacy of a system of commerce.
B)were hesitant because of their fear of the Indians.
C)never really recovered from the hardships of the first years of colonization.
D)could have turned a profit for the Virginia Company investors.
66
As claimed in “Digging for the Truth,” the traditional view of the Jamestown colony is of:
A)incompetent farmers dependent on the Indians’ generosity for survival.
B)a group of greedy men only interested in making a profit.
C)slave owners eager to grow cotton.
D)religious zealots.
67
As given in “Digging for the Truth,” Jamestown was English America’s first permanent settlement.
A)True
B)False
68
As reported in "Living Through the Donner Party," a study of the Donner Party reveals that:
A)there was little predictability in the behavior of the people.
B)normal human values were entirely set aside.
C)there were reasons why some survived and some did not.
D)the facts of the case were not consistent with the stories told by survivors.
69
Georgi Kitov, as presented in "Thracian Gold Fever," defends his unorthodox excavation methods as strategies to:
A)encourage Bulgarians to take an interest in their past.
B)motivate the government to fund archaeological projects.
C)move into sites ahead of looters.
D)speed the work of his colleagues in Bulgaria, who often work too slowly to be effective.
70
The gold mask that first made Georgi Kitov famous as an archaeologist in Bulgaria, as reported in "Thracian Gold Fever," was eventually determined to be the death mask of a:
A)king.
B)priest.
C)aristocrat.
D)warrior.
71
Modern day Bulgarians, as explained in "Thracian Gold Fever," are direct descendants of the Thracians.
A)True
B)False
72
The archaeological remains of Flanders Fields, as explained in "In Flanders Fields," are currently threatened by a project to:
A)create a park in the area.
B)build a major new highway.
C)design new luxury housing.
D)build a new university.
73
The first objections to the plan to create a new highway into Ypres (Ieper), as noted in "In Flanders Fields," came from:
A)university students.
B)veterans groups.
C)farmers.
D)small business owners.
74
During World War I, as described in "In Flanders Fields," huge armies were bogged down in Flanders Fields, leaving behind a rich archaeological record of a bloody portion of the conflict.
A)True
B)False
75
According to "The Past as Propaganda," the Nazi era saw archaeologists distorting history:
A)because of their widespread incompetence.
B)to prove that religion was all a myth.
C)to justify racist goals.
D)to make the Russians look bad.
76
According to "Earth Movers," terra preta is a soil with a high concentration of both organic material and:
A)oxygen.
B)nitrogen.
C)carbon.
D)magnesium.
77
Betty J. Meggers, one of the most influential archaeologists of Amazonia during the mid-twentieth century, as explained in "Earth Movers," put forth the view that populations residing in the Amazon jungle region used population-control methods such as:
A)primitive birth control.
B)abandonment of elders.
C)abortion.
D)infanticide.
78
Until recently, as described in "Earth Movers," the South American rain forest was viewed as an area whose inhospitable environment precluded the development of complex, populous societies.
A)True
B)False
79
The most politically correct view of Neandertals in recent years, as put forth in "The New Neandertal," was that they were:
A)peaceful farmers.
B)almost indistinguishable from modern humans in behaviors and abilities.
C)innocent nomads.
D)skilled artisans and craftspeople.
80
Recently, as described in "The New Neandertal," researchers were able to come to the conclusion that Neandertals reached adulthood earlier than present-day populations through an examination of:
A)tooth enamel.
B)leg bones.
C)pelvic bones.
D)vertebrae.
81
Most scholars of Neandertal history, as mentioned in "The New Neandertal," have focused on analyzing particular parts of the skeleton, rather than trying to put together a picture of a complete body.
A)True
B)False
82
The first fossil remains of a Neanderthal, as set forth in "Whither the Neanderthals?" were found in:
A)Italy.
B)Russia.
C)Germany.
D)Great Britain.
83
Modern humans, as explained in "Whither the Neanderthals?" were able to invade Europe and Asia and eventually overcome the Neanderthals because of their superior:
A)weaponry.
B)ability to innovate.
C)communication skills.
D)body structures.
84
Most Neanderthal specimens, as pointed out in "Whither the Neanderthals?" are isolated skeletal elements, especially teeth and jaws.
A)True
B)False
85
As given in “Children of Prehistory,” children’s activities at Stone Age sites:
A)are difficult to distinguish from adult activities.
B)have generally been ignored by archaeologists.
C)have long been a major focus of archaeologists.
D)were directed at finding food.
86
As maintained in “Children of Prehistory,” in ancient populations, youngsters:
A)made up a hefty proportion.
B)were treated like adults.
C)were a small percentage because of high infant-mortality rates.
D)were primarily boys by a wide margin.
87
As shown in “Children of Prehistory,” finger fluting designs have been found only in Western European caves.
A)True
B)False
88
According to “Watery Tombs,” in the Maya world, the purposes of blood sacrifice included all of the following except to:
A)cause fatal illness to spread among the Spanish invaders.
B)appease an angry god.
C)divine the future.
D)balance the forces of nature.
89
As presented in “Watery Tombs,” one result of the Franciscan-led campaign to root out idolatry in the Yucatan was the:
A)establishment of secret Maya societies.
B)creation of martyrs who are still revered today.
C)destruction of most of the Maya books in existence.
D)enslavement of the Maya in order to control them.
90
As claimed in “Watery Tombs,” most native ritual practice in Yucatan went underground with the arrival of Spanish rule and Christian missionaries in the 1540s.
A)True
B)False





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