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1

Mounds and henges were generally built in what context?
A)harvest festivals
B)marketplaces
C)funerals
D)birth ceremonies
E)none of the above
2

"Neolithic" literally means
A)new techniques
B)new lineage
C)new stone age
D)new tools
E)none of the above
3

What tools were used to make mounds?
A)animals in harness
B)baskets
C)wheeled vehicles
D)hydraulic pumps
E)all of the above
4

Many Neolithic peoples worshipped their
A)ancestors
B)descendants
C)children
D)progeny
E)none of the above
5

Stonehenge was built in ______ distinct phases
A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four
E)five
6

At Stonehenge, the single stone that marks the rising sun of the summer solstice is called the
A)foot stone
B)heel stone
C)thumb stone
D)index stone
E)none of the above
7

The construction method at Stonehenge was called
A)mortice and tenon
B)arch and concrete
C)modular and insular
D)silt and mud
E)none of the above
8

The largest grave tomb in Japan was built for Emperor
A)Nintoku
B)Kofun
C)Shogun
D)Haniwa
E)none of the above
9

The designs of North American mounds were dependent on
A)astronomical correspondences
B)geometric formulas
C)views to the East
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
10

As in Britain, North American mound cultures shifted from
A)individual to group burials
B)group to individual burials
C)cremation to exposure
D)exposure to cremation
E)none of the above
11

In Teotihuacan, the temple of the Moon was set in front of
A)Sierra Madre
B)Cerro Gordo
C)Alpe d'Huez
D)Appalachian Mountain
E)none of the above
12

The word 'Ziggurat' is derived from the
A)Aramaic word for 'man'
B)Arabic word for 'woman'
C)Assyrian word for 'high'
D)Trappist word for 'low'
E)none of the above
13

The earliest literary reference to a Ziggurat occurs in the
A)Epic of Gilgamesh
B)The Iliad
C)Oracle of Nefesh
D)The Odyssey
E)none of the above
14

The primary crop(s) of the Mississippian civilization was
A)soybeans
B)wheat
C)barley
D)rye
E)none of the above
15

Smithson considered his Spiral Jetty to look like a
A)Kofun
B)Cahokian Mound
C)Neolithic Henge
D)Mesoamerican city
E)none of the above





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