Question 1

Chiefdoms were the precursors to tribes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Teotihuacán state?

Accepted Answer

A)  a large population 
B)  a mature, syllabic writing system 
C)  complex architecture 
D)  large-scale irrigation 
E)  careful city planning 
A)  a large population 
B)  a mature, syllabic writing system 
C)  complex architecture 
D)  large-scale irrigation 
E)  careful city planning

Question 3

What is the name of the cultural period during which the first chiefdoms and elites emerged in northern Syria?

Accepted Answer

A)  Halafian 
B)  Ubaid 
C)  Natufian 
D)  Uruk 
E)  Jomon 
A)  Halafian 
B)  Ubaid 
C)  Natufian 
D)  Uruk 
E)  Jomon

Question 4

In this chapter we learn that the most complete explanation of primary state formation is

Accepted Answer

A)  a set of nine ecological and social factors determining the evolution of social stratification. 
B)  a multivariate approach such as Carneiro's theory of state formation. 
C)  the development of a four-level hierarchy composed of peasant villages, subchiefdoms, chiefdoms, and capital cities. 
D)  a biocultural approach such as Kent Flannery's broad-spectrum theory of state formation. 
E)  a prime-mover explanation based on irrigation. 
A)  a set of nine ecological and social factors determining the evolution of social stratification. 
B)  a multivariate approach such as Carneiro's theory of state formation. 
C)  the development of a four-level hierarchy composed of peasant villages, subchiefdoms, chiefdoms, and capital cities. 
D)  a biocultural approach such as Kent Flannery's broad-spectrum theory of state formation. 
E)  a prime-mover explanation based on irrigation.

Question 5

Which of the following attributes distinguishes states from chiefdoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  armed conflict between competing communities 
B)  sharp class distinctions 
C)  a paramount ruler 
D)  a subsistence economy based on domesticated species 
E)  large residences 
A)  armed conflict between competing communities 
B)  sharp class distinctions 
C)  a paramount ruler 
D)  a subsistence economy based on domesticated species 
E)  large residences

Question 6

Teotihuacán and Çatalhöyük are two of the earliest towns in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Thor Heyerdahl proposed that Egyptians could have navigated to the New World and influenced the emergence of civilization in the Americas. Erich von Däniken suggested that major human achievements had been borrowed from beings from outer space. What do these two views, both lacking credible scientific evidence, have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both suggest that evolutionary mechanisms explain both biological and cultural diversity across time and space. 
B)  Both reflect the popular media's negative effect on the quality of high school and college education. 
C)  Both take the position that major changes in ancient human lifestyles were the result of outside instruction or interference rather than the achievements of the natives of the places where the changes took place. 
D)  Both suggest that anthropology benefits from a broad range of views on human history, even if these views challenge the mainstream and even lack credible scientific evidence. 
E)  Both argue that historical events such as plant and animal domestication, the state, and city life were not brilliant discoveries, inventions, or secrets that humans needed to borrow but were, rather, long-term, gradual processes, developments with down-to-earth causes and effects. 
A)  Both suggest that evolutionary mechanisms explain both biological and cultural diversity across time and space. 
B)  Both reflect the popular media's negative effect on the quality of high school and college education. 
C)  Both take the position that major changes in ancient human lifestyles were the result of outside instruction or interference rather than the achievements of the natives of the places where the changes took place. 
D)  Both suggest that anthropology benefits from a broad range of views on human history, even if these views challenge the mainstream and even lack credible scientific evidence. 
E)  Both argue that historical events such as plant and animal domestication, the state, and city life were not brilliant discoveries, inventions, or secrets that humans needed to borrow but were, rather, long-term, gradual processes, developments with down-to-earth causes and effects.

Question 8

Like Mesopotamia and China, many early civilizations came to rely on metallurgy. Aside from metallurgy, a skill that set the early civilizations of Peru's Andes apart was

Accepted Answer

A)  corpse embalming. 
B)  trigonometry and advanced astronomy. 
C)  the ability to achieve similar metallurgical results without ever discovering smelting, the high-temperature process by which pure metal is produced from ore. 
D)  their pottery techniques. 
E)  writing, which originated in this part of the world and not in Sumer as was previously believed. 
A)  corpse embalming. 
B)  trigonometry and advanced astronomy. 
C)  the ability to achieve similar metallurgical results without ever discovering smelting, the high-temperature process by which pure metal is produced from ore. 
D)  their pottery techniques. 
E)  writing, which originated in this part of the world and not in Sumer as was previously believed.

Question 9

All of the following provide archaeological evidence of social ranking EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  fine pottery, as distinct from everyday pottery. 
B)  walls to protect against raids. 
C)  burial artifacts marking distinct rankings. 
D)  large pots and ovens, presumably used to cook for entertainment events among the elite. 
E)  seals used to mark valuable goods. 
A)  fine pottery, as distinct from everyday pottery. 
B)  walls to protect against raids. 
C)  burial artifacts marking distinct rankings. 
D)  large pots and ovens, presumably used to cook for entertainment events among the elite. 
E)  seals used to mark valuable goods.

Question 10

All of the following archaeological evidence points to Monte Albán's increasing role at the center of state formation and expansion EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the specialized buildings that surrounded the city's main plaza and housed the state's bureaucracy. 
B)  evidence of peaceful trade with its chief local rival, San Martín Tilcajete. 
C)  hieroglyphs on a main plaza building that record the successes of conquests that brought underlying areas under Monte Albán's control. 
D)  evidence of Zapotec conquest of communities more than a half-day's trip away from Monte Albán. 
E)  the presence of a royal palace among the specialized buildings in Monte Albán. 
A)  the specialized buildings that surrounded the city's main plaza and housed the state's bureaucracy. 
B)  evidence of peaceful trade with its chief local rival, San Martín Tilcajete. 
C)  hieroglyphs on a main plaza building that record the successes of conquests that brought underlying areas under Monte Albán's control. 
D)  evidence of Zapotec conquest of communities more than a half-day's trip away from Monte Albán. 
E)  the presence of a royal palace among the specialized buildings in Monte Albán.

Question 11

Which of the following early states was located in what is now Pakistan and northwestern India?

Accepted Answer

A)  Olmec 
B)  Indus River Valley state 
C)  Mwenemutapa empire 
D)  Mesopotamia 
E)  Shang dynasty 
A)  Olmec 
B)  Indus River Valley state 
C)  Mwenemutapa empire 
D)  Mesopotamia 
E)  Shang dynasty

Question 12

Which of the following kinds of evidence for warfare was NOT found by archaeologists while investigating the Maya collapse?

Accepted Answer

A)  hieroglyphic texts 
B)  fortifications 
C)  terracotta soldiers 
D)  burned buildings 
E)  projectile points 
A)  hieroglyphic texts 
B)  fortifications 
C)  terracotta soldiers 
D)  burned buildings 
E)  projectile points

Question 13

The Natufians were the first culture to develop a state in the Indus Valley.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Ranked societies have hereditary inequality, but they lack stratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following statements about ranked societies is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  They lack social strata. 
B)  They are characterized by a continuum of status among their members. 
C)  All ranked societies are chiefdoms. 
D)  They have hereditary inequality. 
E)  All chiefdoms are ranked societies. 
A)  They lack social strata. 
B)  They are characterized by a continuum of status among their members. 
C)  All ranked societies are chiefdoms. 
D)  They have hereditary inequality. 
E)  All chiefdoms are ranked societies.

Question 16

What kind of society were the Olmec?

Accepted Answer

A)  empire 
B)  tribe 
C)  chiefdom 
D)  state 
E)  band 
A)  empire 
B)  tribe 
C)  chiefdom 
D)  state 
E)  band

Question 17

An empire is a mature example of which organizational pattern?

Accepted Answer

A)  a chiefdom 
B)  a state 
C)  a nation 
D)  a stratification 
E)  a polity 
A)  a chiefdom 
B)  a state 
C)  a nation 
D)  a stratification 
E)  a polity

Question 18

States are complex systems of sociopolitical organization that aim to control and administer everything from conflict resolution to population movements, with the overall aim of achieving egalitarianism among their members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Most researchers today believe that chiefdoms emerged in response to the growing administrative requirements for building, maintaining, and administering public hydraulic works.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Chiefdoms were the precursors to tribes.

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Teotihuacán state?

What is the name of the cultural period during which the first chiefdoms and elites emerged in northern Syria?

In this chapter we learn that the most complete explanation of primary state formation is

Which of the following attributes distinguishes states from chiefdoms?

Teotihuacán and Çatalhöyük are two of the earliest towns in the Middle East.

Like Mesopotamia and China, many early civilizations came to rely on metallurgy. Aside from metallurgy, a skill that set the early civilizations of Peru's Andes apart was

All of the following provide archaeological evidence of social ranking EXCEPT

All of the following archaeological evidence points to Monte Albán's increasing role at the center of state formation and expansion EXCEPT

Which of the following early states was located in what is now Pakistan and northwestern India?

Which of the following kinds of evidence for warfare was NOT found by archaeologists while investigating the Maya collapse?

The Natufians were the first culture to develop a state in the Indus Valley.

Ranked societies have hereditary inequality, but they lack stratification.

Which of the following statements about ranked societies is FALSE?

What kind of society were the Olmec?

An empire is a mature example of which organizational pattern?

States are complex systems of sociopolitical organization that aim to control and administer everything from conflict resolution to population movements, with the overall aim of achieving egalitarianism among their members.

The earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Most researchers today believe that chiefdoms emerged in response to the growing administrative requirements for building, maintaining, and administering public hydraulic works.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 9: The First Cities and States

Chiefdoms were the precursors to tribes.

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Teotihuacán state?

What is the name of the cultural period during which the first chiefdoms and elites emerged in northern Syria?

In this chapter we learn that the most complete explanation of primary state formation is

Which of the following attributes distinguishes states from chiefdoms?

Teotihuacán and Çatalhöyük are two of the earliest towns in the Middle East.

Like Mesopotamia and China, many early civilizations came to rely on metallurgy. Aside from metallurgy, a skill that set the early civilizations of Peru's Andes apart was

All of the following provide archaeological evidence of social ranking EXCEPT

All of the following archaeological evidence points to Monte Albán's increasing role at the center of state formation and expansion EXCEPT

Which of the following early states was located in what is now Pakistan and northwestern India?

Which of the following kinds of evidence for warfare was NOT found by archaeologists while investigating the Maya collapse?

The Natufians were the first culture to develop a state in the Indus Valley.

Ranked societies have hereditary inequality, but they lack stratification.

Which of the following statements about ranked societies is FALSE?

What kind of society were the Olmec?

An empire is a mature example of which organizational pattern?

States are complex systems of sociopolitical organization that aim to control and administer everything from conflict resolution to population movements, with the overall aim of achieving egalitarianism among their members.

The earliest states emerged in Mesopotamia.

Most researchers today believe that chiefdoms emerged in response to the growing administrative requirements for building, maintaining, and administering public hydraulic works.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters