Question 1

Discuss the causes of megafaunal extinctions.

Accepted Answer

The causes of megafaunal extinctions are

Question 2

Many present-day food staples in the world were originally domesticated in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Isotope analysis of people in the Stillwater Marsh area of the Great Basin indicated that people exploited marshland and upland environments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Chiefs of Mogollon groups lived in kivas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What was the Clovis phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

The Clovis phenomenon refers to the preh

Question 6

The wild ancestor of maize is

Accepted Answer

A)  chenopodium 
B)  sunflower 
C)  teosinte 
D)  none of the previous 
A)  chenopodium 
B)  sunflower 
C)  teosinte 
D)  none of the previous

Question 7

Burial practices at the Black Earth site in Southern Illinois indicated

Accepted Answer

A)  all the bodies were placed in a flexed position 
B)  all burials included grave goods 
C)  grave goods were found only in male graves 
D)  grave goods were found in male and female graves 
A)  all the bodies were placed in a flexed position 
B)  all burials included grave goods 
C)  grave goods were found only in male graves 
D)  grave goods were found in male and female graves

Question 8

Differences in skull deformation among Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) groups occur because

Accepted Answer

A)  people bound babies' heads in different ways 
B)  of different styles of cradle-boards that groups used 
C)  Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) groups bound babies heads for a longer time 
D)  there were no differences in skull deformation 
A)  people bound babies' heads in different ways 
B)  of different styles of cradle-boards that groups used 
C)  Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) groups bound babies heads for a longer time 
D)  there were no differences in skull deformation

Question 9

Compare the construction techniques evident in structures in Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) sites.

Accepted Answer

The construction techniques evident in s

Question 10

The most widely accepted route into the Americas by the first settlers is

Accepted Answer

A)  by sea along the Pacific coast 
B)  across the Pacific from Japan 
C)  across the Atlantic from Spain following ice flows 
D)  by land from Siberia to Alaska 
A)  by sea along the Pacific coast 
B)  across the Pacific from Japan 
C)  across the Atlantic from Spain following ice flows 
D)  by land from Siberia to Alaska

Question 11

What were the first domesticated plants in the Americas, and where were they domesticated?

Accepted Answer

The first domesticated plants in the Ame

Question 12

How do developments in technology reflect subsistence patterns in the Archaic?

Accepted Answer

The developments in technology during th

Question 13

Evaluate the evidence for the pre-Clovis peopling of the Americas.

Accepted Answer

The evidence for the pre-Clovis peopling

Question 14

Dental and molecular evidence suggests that the first Americans derived from northeast Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Beringia, exposed during glacial periods, lies beneath the Bering Strait.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Discuss the causes of megafaunal extinctions.

Many present-day food staples in the world were originally domesticated in the Americas.

Isotope analysis of people in the Stillwater Marsh area of the Great Basin indicated that people exploited marshland and upland environments.

Chiefs of Mogollon groups lived in kivas.

What was the Clovis phenomenon?

The wild ancestor of maize is

Burial practices at the Black Earth site in Southern Illinois indicated

Differences in skull deformation among Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) groups occur because

Compare the construction techniques evident in structures in Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) sites.

The most widely accepted route into the Americas by the first settlers is

What were the first domesticated plants in the Americas, and where were they domesticated?

How do developments in technology reflect subsistence patterns in the Archaic?

Evaluate the evidence for the pre-Clovis peopling of the Americas.

Dental and molecular evidence suggests that the first Americans derived from northeast Asia.

Beringia, exposed during glacial periods, lies beneath the Bering Strait.

Introduction to Anthropology

Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology

Principles of Biological Evolution

Macroevolution: First Life to Mammals

Primates in Evolution

Early Hominids in Africa: Australopithecus and Homo Habilis

Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology

The Emergence of Culture in Early Hominid Societies in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Old World

Early States in the Old World

The Emergence of State Societies in the Americas

Primates Today

Contemporary Humans

Conclusions: Who Are We

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Exam 12: Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Americas

Discuss the causes of megafaunal extinctions.

Many present-day food staples in the world were originally domesticated in the Americas.

Isotope analysis of people in the Stillwater Marsh area of the Great Basin indicated that people exploited marshland and upland environments.

Chiefs of Mogollon groups lived in kivas.

What was the Clovis phenomenon?

The wild ancestor of maize is

Burial practices at the Black Earth site in Southern Illinois indicated

Differences in skull deformation among Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) groups occur because

Compare the construction techniques evident in structures in Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) sites.

The most widely accepted route into the Americas by the first settlers is

What were the first domesticated plants in the Americas, and where were they domesticated?

How do developments in technology reflect subsistence patterns in the Archaic?

Evaluate the evidence for the pre-Clovis peopling of the Americas.

Dental and molecular evidence suggests that the first Americans derived from northeast Asia.

Beringia, exposed during glacial periods, lies beneath the Bering Strait.

Introduction to Anthropology

Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology

Principles of Biological Evolution

Macroevolution: First Life to Mammals

Primates in Evolution

Early Hominids in Africa: Australopithecus and Homo Habilis

Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology

The Emergence of Culture in Early Hominid Societies in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Old World

Early States in the Old World

The Emergence of State Societies in the Americas

Primates Today

Contemporary Humans

Conclusions: Who Are We

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