Question 1

Kara-Bom is a significant Siberian site dating to approximately ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  10,800 cal BC 
B)  19,000 cal BC 
C)  45,000 cal BC 
D)  112,000 cal BC 
A)  10,800 cal BC 
B)  19,000 cal BC 
C)  45,000 cal BC 
D)  112,000 cal BC

Question 2

Clovis culture is associated with fluted spear points.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Dolní Vĕstonice is located in__________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sunda 
B)  the Horn of Africa 
C)  Morocco 
D)  the Czech Republic 
A)  Sunda 
B)  the Horn of Africa 
C)  Morocco 
D)  the Czech Republic

Question 4

Enkapune ya Muto in Kenya is also known as __________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Grasshopper Cave 
B)  Denisova Cave 
C)  Paisley Cave 
D)  Twilight Cave 
A)  Grasshopper Cave 
B)  Denisova Cave 
C)  Paisley Cave 
D)  Twilight Cave

Question 5

The "ice-free corridor" allowed passage south of Alaska about _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  3700 cal BC 
B)  11,500 cal BC 
C)  26,000 cal BC 
D)  45,000 cal BC 
A)  3700 cal BC 
B)  11,500 cal BC 
C)  26,000 cal BC 
D)  45,000 cal BC

Question 6

Lascaux included a painting of a stick figure known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  "bird man" 
B)  "priest-king" 
C)  "fish boy" 
D)  "the wizard" 
A)  "bird man" 
B)  "priest-king" 
C)  "fish boy" 
D)  "the wizard"

Question 7

What are entoptic phenomena? How do they relate to interpretations of cave art?

Accepted Answer

Images that humans see during altered st

Question 8

New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania once formed a contiguous land mass called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Salish. 
B)  Sahul. 
C)  Swanscombe. 
D)  Sunda. 
A)  Salish. 
B)  Sahul. 
C)  Swanscombe. 
D)  Sunda.

Question 9

What factors contributed to the extinction of Australian and American megafauna?

Accepted Answer

Some combination of climatic c

Question 10

During the LSA there was a shift to making ___________________ which are assumed to represent pieces that are combined to create composite tools.

Accepted Answer

A)  microliths 
B)  choppers 
C)  Folsom points 
D)  phytoliths 
A)  microliths 
B)  choppers 
C)  Folsom points 
D)  phytoliths

Question 11

What is the significance of pre-Clovis sites like Wally's Beach, Schaefer Mammoth Site, and Monte Verde? Why did it take so long for these sites to be accepted as older than Clovis occupations?

Accepted Answer

They demonstrate that Clovis peoples wer

Question 12

Which of these human traits did not change very much during the Upper Paleolithic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Art 
B)  Bipedality 
C)  Burials 
D)  Social complexity 
A)  Art 
B)  Bipedality 
C)  Burials 
D)  Social complexity

Question 13

Genetic evidence links the first Americans most directly to ___________________ founding populations.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cantabrian 
B)  Siberian 
C)  Solutrean 
D)  Caribbean 
A)  Cantabrian 
B)  Siberian 
C)  Solutrean 
D)  Caribbean

Kara-Bom is a significant Siberian site dating to approximately ____________________.

Clovis culture is associated with fluted spear points.

Dolní Vĕstonice is located in__________________.

Enkapune ya Muto in Kenya is also known as __________________________.

The "ice-free corridor" allowed passage south of Alaska about _____________________.

Lascaux included a painting of a stick figure known as ____________________.

What are entoptic phenomena? How do they relate to interpretations of cave art?

New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania once formed a contiguous land mass called:

What factors contributed to the extinction of Australian and American megafauna?

During the LSA there was a shift to making ___________________ which are assumed to represent pieces that are combined to create composite tools.

What is the significance of pre-Clovis sites like Wally's Beach, Schaefer Mammoth Site, and Monte Verde? Why did it take so long for these sites to be accepted as older than Clovis occupations?

Which of these human traits did not change very much during the Upper Paleolithic?

Genetic evidence links the first Americans most directly to ___________________ founding populations.

Acquiring and Interpreting Data in Archaeology

Humanitys Roots

Becoming Human

Hunting, Gathering, Foraging, Farming, and Complexity

Prehistoric Europe North of the Mediterranean

The North American Southwest

Eastern North America

Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

Pharaonic State and Old Kingdom Egypt

Shang China

The Indus Valley

Mesoamerica, the Classic Maya, and the Aztec Empire

Andean South America and the Inka Empire

Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe in Africa

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Exam 4: A World of Modern Humans

Kara-Bom is a significant Siberian site dating to approximately ____________________.

Clovis culture is associated with fluted spear points.

Dolní Vĕstonice is located in__________________.

Enkapune ya Muto in Kenya is also known as __________________________.

The "ice-free corridor" allowed passage south of Alaska about _____________________.

Lascaux included a painting of a stick figure known as ____________________.

What are entoptic phenomena? How do they relate to interpretations of cave art?

New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania once formed a contiguous land mass called:

What factors contributed to the extinction of Australian and American megafauna?

During the LSA there was a shift to making ___________________ which are assumed to represent pieces that are combined to create composite tools.

What is the significance of pre-Clovis sites like Wally's Beach, Schaefer Mammoth Site, and Monte Verde? Why did it take so long for these sites to be accepted as older than Clovis occupations?

Which of these human traits did not change very much during the Upper Paleolithic?

Genetic evidence links the first Americans most directly to ___________________ founding populations.

Acquiring and Interpreting Data in Archaeology

Humanitys Roots

Becoming Human

Hunting, Gathering, Foraging, Farming, and Complexity

Prehistoric Europe North of the Mediterranean

The North American Southwest

Eastern North America

Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

Pharaonic State and Old Kingdom Egypt

Shang China

The Indus Valley

Mesoamerica, the Classic Maya, and the Aztec Empire

Andean South America and the Inka Empire

Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe in Africa

Filters