Question 1

About how far is Monte Verde from the Beringian entry point for human migrants:

Accepted Answer

A)  16,000 km 
B)  10,000 km 
C)  5,000 km 
D)  1,000 km 
A)  16,000 km 
B)  10,000 km 
C)  5,000 km 
D)  1,000 km

Question 2

The ice-free corridor was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a thin strip of land along the west coast of North America that allowed people to journey south at the end of the Pleistocene 
B)  a corridor of land between the Cordilleran and Laurentide ice sheets through which people may have journeyed south at the end of the Pleistocene 
C)  a corridor of land between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains that was free of glacial ice as a result of the "ice shadow" present on the eastern flank of the mountains through which people may have journeyed south at the end of the Pleistocene 
D)  a strip of ice-free territory in western Pennsylvania that allowed the inhabitants of Meadowcroft Rockshelter to migrate there a few thousand years before the Paleoindians 
A)  a thin strip of land along the west coast of North America that allowed people to journey south at the end of the Pleistocene 
B)  a corridor of land between the Cordilleran and Laurentide ice sheets through which people may have journeyed south at the end of the Pleistocene 
C)  a corridor of land between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains that was free of glacial ice as a result of the "ice shadow" present on the eastern flank of the mountains through which people may have journeyed south at the end of the Pleistocene 
D)  a strip of ice-free territory in western Pennsylvania that allowed the inhabitants of Meadowcroft Rockshelter to migrate there a few thousand years before the Paleoindians

Question 3

What material provided the radiocarbon date for Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves:

Accepted Answer

A)  woolly mammoth bone with butchering marks 
B)  basketry fragments 
C)  charcoal in a fireplace 
D)  human coprolites 
A)  woolly mammoth bone with butchering marks 
B)  basketry fragments 
C)  charcoal in a fireplace 
D)  human coprolites

Question 4

The first settlers of Australia likely got there:

Accepted Answer

A)  across a land bridge connecting southeast Asia and New Guinea 
B)  via boat from New Zealand 
C)  via boat from southeast Asia 
D)  when the islands of Micronesia were part of a vast Pacific continent called Lemuria 
A)  across a land bridge connecting southeast Asia and New Guinea 
B)  via boat from New Zealand 
C)  via boat from southeast Asia 
D)  when the islands of Micronesia were part of a vast Pacific continent called Lemuria

Question 5

Briefly discuss the archaeological record of northeast Asia. When was it first settled. What were the subsistence strategies of the earliest settlers? What help does this knowledge provide us in our attempt to determine when the New World was first settled by people?

Accepted Answer

The archaeological record of northeast A

Question 6

About how old are the Denali sites?

Accepted Answer

A)  8,000 years 
B)  10,000 years 
C)  20,000 years 
D)  70,000 years 
A)  8,000 years 
B)  10,000 years 
C)  20,000 years 
D)  70,000 years

Question 7

What is the diagnostic artifact type from Dyuktai Cave in central Siberia?

Accepted Answer

A)  wedge-shaped cores 
B)  bifacial spear points 
C)  fluted points 
D)  bone harpoons 
A)  wedge-shaped cores 
B)  bifacial spear points 
C)  fluted points 
D)  bone harpoons

Question 8

What evidence is there that Australia was occupied by human beings 60,000 years ago? What evidence suggests a more recent date (40,000 years) for this first migration?

Accepted Answer

The evidence for human occupation in Aus

Question 9

Compare the morphology of the Mungo I skeleton with the Willandra Lakes 50 cranium. How might the similarities or differences be explained?

Accepted Answer

The Mungo I skeleton and the Willandra L

Question 10

Which site may represent a very early habitation of settlers who traveled through the interior of Beringia into the New World as much as 24,000 years ago:

Accepted Answer

A)  Bluefish Caves 
B)  Monte Verde 
C)  Quebrada Tacahuay 
D)  Koster 
A)  Bluefish Caves 
B)  Monte Verde 
C)  Quebrada Tacahuay 
D)  Koster

Question 11

According to archaeologist David Meltzer, with Monte Verde's age in mind, about when must the ancestors of this site have entered the New World via Beringia:

Accepted Answer

A)  1 million years ago 
B)  50,000 years ago 
C)  20,000 years ago 
D)  12,500 years ago 
A)  1 million years ago 
B)  50,000 years ago 
C)  20,000 years ago 
D)  12,500 years ago

Question 12

Two likely routes humans took into the New World at the end of the Pleistocene are:

Accepted Answer

A)  across the frozen tundra of Antarctica 
B)  across a land bridge linking Scandinavia with Greenland 
C)  along the coast of Beringia and through the Beringian interior 
D)  all of the above 
A)  across the frozen tundra of Antarctica 
B)  across a land bridge linking Scandinavia with Greenland 
C)  along the coast of Beringia and through the Beringian interior 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

Wareen, ORS7, and Nunamira Caves are among the earliest sites in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Australia 
B)  Tasmania 
C)  New Zealand 
D)  New Guinea 
A)  Australia 
B)  Tasmania 
C)  New Zealand 
D)  New Guinea

Question 14

The ancestors of the people who lived at Monte Verde likely arrived there from Beringia by:

Accepted Answer

A)  an interior route 
B)  a coastal route 
C)  the Amazon 
D)  helicopter 
A)  an interior route 
B)  a coastal route 
C)  the Amazon 
D)  helicopter

Question 15

Jesuit Missionary Joseph de Acosta deduced that the native people of the New World must have come from:

Accepted Answer

A)  the lost continent of Atlantis 
B)  ancient Egypt because the Egyptians, the Aztecs, and Maya built pyramids 
C)  northeast Asia via some sort of land connection 
D)  from Asia by boat 
A)  the lost continent of Atlantis 
B)  ancient Egypt because the Egyptians, the Aztecs, and Maya built pyramids 
C)  northeast Asia via some sort of land connection 
D)  from Asia by boat

Question 16

About how old are the Nenana sites of Alaska?

Accepted Answer

A)  25,000-20,000 years 
B)  18,000-14,000 years 
C)  14,000-13,000 years 
D)  12,000-11,000 years 
A)  25,000-20,000 years 
B)  18,000-14,000 years 
C)  14,000-13,000 years 
D)  12,000-11,000 years

Question 17

The land mass connecting northeast Asia and northwest North America exposed when the sea level was lowered during the Pleistocene is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bering Strait 
B)  Beringia 
C)  Sundaland 
D)  The McKenzie Corridor 
A)  the Bering Strait 
B)  Beringia 
C)  Sundaland 
D)  The McKenzie Corridor

Question 18

Discuss the earliest settlement of Tasmania.

Accepted Answer

The earliest settlement of Tasmania date

Question 19

The oldest evidence for the human occupation of the island of Borneo, at likely stepping-stone from southeast Asia to Australia, dates to:

Accepted Answer

A)  150,000 years ago 
B)  95,000 years ago 
C)  46,000 years ago 
D)  12,500 years ago 
A)  150,000 years ago 
B)  95,000 years ago 
C)  46,000 years ago 
D)  12,500 years ago

Question 20

At its peak , the area of Beringia was comparable to that of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the state of Rhode Island 
B)  the nation of Australia 
C)  twice that of the state of Texas 
D)  the nation of Panama 
A)  the state of Rhode Island 
B)  the nation of Australia 
C)  twice that of the state of Texas 
D)  the nation of Panama

About how far is Monte Verde from the Beringian entry point for human migrants:

The ice-free corridor was:

What material provided the radiocarbon date for Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves:

The first settlers of Australia likely got there:

Briefly discuss the archaeological record of northeast Asia. When was it first settled. What were the subsistence strategies of the earliest settlers? What help does this knowledge provide us in our attempt to determine when the New World was first settled by people?

About how old are the Denali sites?

What is the diagnostic artifact type from Dyuktai Cave in central Siberia?

What evidence is there that Australia was occupied by human beings 60,000 years ago? What evidence suggests a more recent date (40,000 years) for this first migration?

Compare the morphology of the Mungo I skeleton with the Willandra Lakes 50 cranium. How might the similarities or differences be explained?

Which site may represent a very early habitation of settlers who traveled through the interior of Beringia into the New World as much as 24,000 years ago:

According to archaeologist David Meltzer, with Monte Verde's age in mind, about when must the ancestors of this site have entered the New World via Beringia:

Two likely routes humans took into the New World at the end of the Pleistocene are:

Wareen, ORS7, and Nunamira Caves are among the earliest sites in:

The ancestors of the people who lived at Monte Verde likely arrived there from Beringia by:

Jesuit Missionary Joseph de Acosta deduced that the native people of the New World must have come from:

About how old are the Nenana sites of Alaska?

The land mass connecting northeast Asia and northwest North America exposed when the sea level was lowered during the Pleistocene is called:

Discuss the earliest settlement of Tasmania.

The oldest evidence for the human occupation of the island of Borneo, at likely stepping-stone from southeast Asia to Australia, dates to:

At its peak , the area of Beringia was comparable to that of:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

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The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

An Explosion of Complexity: North America

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Exam 7: Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

About how far is Monte Verde from the Beringian entry point for human migrants:

The ice-free corridor was:

What material provided the radiocarbon date for Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves:

The first settlers of Australia likely got there:

Briefly discuss the archaeological record of northeast Asia. When was it first settled. What were the subsistence strategies of the earliest settlers? What help does this knowledge provide us in our attempt to determine when the New World was first settled by people?

About how old are the Denali sites?

What is the diagnostic artifact type from Dyuktai Cave in central Siberia?

What evidence is there that Australia was occupied by human beings 60,000 years ago? What evidence suggests a more recent date (40,000 years) for this first migration?

Compare the morphology of the Mungo I skeleton with the Willandra Lakes 50 cranium. How might the similarities or differences be explained?

Which site may represent a very early habitation of settlers who traveled through the interior of Beringia into the New World as much as 24,000 years ago:

According to archaeologist David Meltzer, with Monte Verde's age in mind, about when must the ancestors of this site have entered the New World via Beringia:

Two likely routes humans took into the New World at the end of the Pleistocene are:

Wareen, ORS7, and Nunamira Caves are among the earliest sites in:

The ancestors of the people who lived at Monte Verde likely arrived there from Beringia by:

Jesuit Missionary Joseph de Acosta deduced that the native people of the New World must have come from:

About how old are the Nenana sites of Alaska?

The land mass connecting northeast Asia and northwest North America exposed when the sea level was lowered during the Pleistocene is called:

Discuss the earliest settlement of Tasmania.

The oldest evidence for the human occupation of the island of Borneo, at likely stepping-stone from southeast Asia to Australia, dates to:

At its peak , the area of Beringia was comparable to that of:

Encountering the Past

Probing the Past

African Roots

The Human Lineage

The First Humans: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

After the Ice: The Food-Producing Revolution

Roots of Complexity: The Origins of Civilization

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesopotamia, Africa, and Europe

An Explosion of Complexity: The Indus Valley and China

An Explosion of Complexity: Mesoamerica

An Explosion of Complexity: South America

An Explosion of Complexity: North America

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