Question 1

About how old is the occupation of Dyuktai Cave:

Accepted Answer

A)  40,000 years 
B)  23,000 years 
C)  18,000 years 
D)  11,000 years 
A)  40,000 years 
B)  23,000 years 
C)  18,000 years 
D)  11,000 years

Question 2

What evidence is there for an early movement of people into the New World along the coast of Beringia?

Accepted Answer

The evidence for an early movement of pe

Question 3

What is the diagnostic artifact type from the Ushki Lake sites in Kamchatka?

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 4

Discuss the mtDNA of the native people of the New World. What does their mtDNA imply about the source or sources of their population?

Accepted Answer

The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the nat

Question 5

Using the Messages from the Past section of this chapter as a jumping off point, how can the cultural dislocation caused by extinction at the end of the Pleistocene in the New World (whatever its cause) inform us about the possible impacts of extinction in our modern world?

Accepted Answer

The cultural dislocation caused by extin

Question 6

The Willandra Lakes 50 cranium is:

Accepted Answer

A)  delicately constructed 
B)  nearly identical in form to modern Native Americans 
C)  extremely robust, like modern native Australians 
D)  very similar in form to that of the Mungo I skeleton 
A)  delicately constructed 
B)  nearly identical in form to modern Native Americans 
C)  extremely robust, like modern native Australians 
D)  very similar in form to that of the Mungo I skeleton

Question 7

Panaramitee North and Wharton Hill in Australia are known for:

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A)  their remarkable preservation of the faunal remains recovered at the sites 
B)  the recovery of extremely robust crania with large brow ridges reminiscent of those of archaic Homo sapiens 
C)  rich burial sites with finely crafted grave goods 
D)  some of the earliest artwork seen anywhere in the world 
A)  their remarkable preservation of the faunal remains recovered at the sites 
B)  the recovery of extremely robust crania with large brow ridges reminiscent of those of archaic Homo sapiens 
C)  rich burial sites with finely crafted grave goods 
D)  some of the earliest artwork seen anywhere in the world

Question 8

Discuss the spread of human populations into the Pacific. How did they do it? When? Why?

Accepted Answer

The spread of human populations into the

Question 9

The oldest human occupation of Meadowcroft Rockshelter has been put at about:

Accepted Answer

A)  13,400 years ago 
B)  11,800 years ago 
C)  10,000 years ago 
D)  more than 19,000 years ago 
A)  13,400 years ago 
B)  11,800 years ago 
C)  10,000 years ago 
D)  more than 19,000 years ago

Question 10

Based on the DNA recovered from the 11,500-year-old skeleton called Xach'itee'aaneh t'eede gaay (Sunrise girl-child), this early American became genetically isolated from her Asian ancestors about how long ago:

Accepted Answer

A)  8,000 years 
B)  16,000 years 
C)  22,000 years 
D)  50,000 years 
A)  8,000 years 
B)  16,000 years 
C)  22,000 years 
D)  50,000 years

Question 11

Describe the archaeology of the Debra L. Friedkin site in Texas.

Accepted Answer

The Debra L. Friedkin site, located in c

Question 12

The Debra L. Friedkin site in central Texas dates to about how many years ago:

Accepted Answer

A)  12,500 
B)  15,500 
C)  20,000 
D)  35,000 
A)  12,500 
B)  15,500 
C)  20,000 
D)  35,000

Question 13

Sea level was at a low point and Beringia was at its most extensive during which time period:

Accepted Answer

A)  9,000-12,000 years ago 
B)  12,000-12,500 years ago 
C)  19,000-22,000 years ago 
D)  30,000-33,000 years ago 
A)  9,000-12,000 years ago 
B)  12,000-12,500 years ago 
C)  19,000-22,000 years ago 
D)  30,000-33,000 years ago

Question 14

Of the five mitochondrial haplogroups seen in Native Americans, how many can be traced to east-central Asia:

Accepted Answer

A)  one 
B)  three 
C)  all five 
D)  none of the five mtDNA haplogroups in the New World can be traced to east-central Asia 
A)  one 
B)  three 
C)  all five 
D)  none of the five mtDNA haplogroups in the New World can be traced to east-central Asia

Question 15

Woolly mammoths killed by paleo-hunters in the New World are usually associated (and were killed with) which kind of weapon:

Accepted Answer

A)  Folsom points 
B)  Clovis points 
C)  microblades 
D)  wedge-shaped cores 
A)  Folsom points 
B)  Clovis points 
C)  microblades 
D)  wedge-shaped cores

Question 16

What happened to a large proportion of the large game animals in North America at the end of the Pleistocene?

Accepted Answer

A)  they journeyed back to Asia on the Bering Land Bridge, following the cold environments to which they were adapted 
B)  they migrated south to the southern tip of South America and from their followed the ice floes to Antarctica 
C)  they became extinct 
D)  they evolved adaptations to the warmer, post-Pleistocene climate 
A)  they journeyed back to Asia on the Bering Land Bridge, following the cold environments to which they were adapted 
B)  they migrated south to the southern tip of South America and from their followed the ice floes to Antarctica 
C)  they became extinct 
D)  they evolved adaptations to the warmer, post-Pleistocene climate

Question 17

When genetic material has been extracted from the oldest human skeletons found in the New World, their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes are most similar to which Old World people:

Accepted Answer

A)  Northeast Asians 
B)  Polynesians 
C)  South Asians 
D)  they are not similar to any Old World group 
A)  Northeast Asians 
B)  Polynesians 
C)  South Asians 
D)  they are not similar to any Old World group

Question 18

Geneticists have concluded that there were how many distinct migrations of groups to the New World from northeast Asia in antiquity:

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  4 
A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  4

Question 19

Based on rates of change in mtDNA, northeast Asian and Native American populations separated about how long ago:

Accepted Answer

A)  40,000-45,000 years ago 
B)  30,000-33,500 years ago 
C)  23,000-20,000 years ago 
D)  13,000-11,500 years ago 
A)  40,000-45,000 years ago 
B)  30,000-33,500 years ago 
C)  23,000-20,000 years ago 
D)  13,000-11,500 years ago

Question 20

Bison (of an extinct form, Bison antiquus) killed by paleo-hunters in the New World are almost always associated (and were killed with) which kind of weapon:

Accepted Answer

A)  Folsom points 
B)  Clovis points 
C)  microblades 
D)  wedge-shaped cores 
A)  Folsom points 
B)  Clovis points 
C)  microblades 
D)  wedge-shaped cores

About how old is the occupation of Dyuktai Cave:

What evidence is there for an early movement of people into the New World along the coast of Beringia?

What is the diagnostic artifact type from the Ushki Lake sites in Kamchatka?

Discuss the mtDNA of the native people of the New World. What does their mtDNA imply about the source or sources of their population?

Using the Messages from the Past section of this chapter as a jumping off point, how can the cultural dislocation caused by extinction at the end of the Pleistocene in the New World (whatever its cause) inform us about the possible impacts of extinction in our modern world?

The Willandra Lakes 50 cranium is:

Panaramitee North and Wharton Hill in Australia are known for:

Discuss the spread of human populations into the Pacific. How did they do it? When? Why?

The oldest human occupation of Meadowcroft Rockshelter has been put at about:

Based on the DNA recovered from the 11,500-year-old skeleton called Xach'itee'aaneh t'eede gaay (Sunrise girl-child), this early American became genetically isolated from her Asian ancestors about how long ago:

Describe the archaeology of the Debra L. Friedkin site in Texas.

The Debra L. Friedkin site in central Texas dates to about how many years ago:

Sea level was at a low point and Beringia was at its most extensive during which time period:

Of the five mitochondrial haplogroups seen in Native Americans, how many can be traced to east-central Asia:

Woolly mammoths killed by paleo-hunters in the New World are usually associated (and were killed with) which kind of weapon:

What happened to a large proportion of the large game animals in North America at the end of the Pleistocene?

When genetic material has been extracted from the oldest human skeletons found in the New World, their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes are most similar to which Old World people:

Geneticists have concluded that there were how many distinct migrations of groups to the New World from northeast Asia in antiquity:

Based on rates of change in mtDNA, northeast Asian and Native American populations separated about how long ago:

Bison (of an extinct form, Bison antiquus) killed by paleo-hunters in the New World are almost always associated (and were killed with) which kind of weapon:

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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Exam 7: Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

About how old is the occupation of Dyuktai Cave:

What evidence is there for an early movement of people into the New World along the coast of Beringia?

What is the diagnostic artifact type from the Ushki Lake sites in Kamchatka?

Discuss the mtDNA of the native people of the New World. What does their mtDNA imply about the source or sources of their population?

Using the Messages from the Past section of this chapter as a jumping off point, how can the cultural dislocation caused by extinction at the end of the Pleistocene in the New World (whatever its cause) inform us about the possible impacts of extinction in our modern world?

The Willandra Lakes 50 cranium is:

Panaramitee North and Wharton Hill in Australia are known for:

Discuss the spread of human populations into the Pacific. How did they do it? When? Why?

The oldest human occupation of Meadowcroft Rockshelter has been put at about:

Based on the DNA recovered from the 11,500-year-old skeleton called Xach'itee'aaneh t'eede gaay (Sunrise girl-child), this early American became genetically isolated from her Asian ancestors about how long ago:

Describe the archaeology of the Debra L. Friedkin site in Texas.

The Debra L. Friedkin site in central Texas dates to about how many years ago:

Sea level was at a low point and Beringia was at its most extensive during which time period:

Of the five mitochondrial haplogroups seen in Native Americans, how many can be traced to east-central Asia:

Woolly mammoths killed by paleo-hunters in the New World are usually associated (and were killed with) which kind of weapon:

What happened to a large proportion of the large game animals in North America at the end of the Pleistocene?

When genetic material has been extracted from the oldest human skeletons found in the New World, their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes are most similar to which Old World people:

Geneticists have concluded that there were how many distinct migrations of groups to the New World from northeast Asia in antiquity:

Based on rates of change in mtDNA, northeast Asian and Native American populations separated about how long ago:

Bison (of an extinct form, Bison antiquus) killed by paleo-hunters in the New World are almost always associated (and were killed with) which kind of weapon:

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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