Question 1

All of the following provide archaeological evidence of social ranking EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

According to the expansionist model of primary state formation, a key difference between chiefdoms and states is that the latter has the bureaucracy, resources, and commitment to expand and incorporate more territory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following statements about ranked societies is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  burned buildings 
B)  terra-cotta soldiers 
C)  hieroglyphic texts 
D)  projectile points 
E)  fortifications 
A)  burned buildings 
B)  terra-cotta soldiers 
C)  hieroglyphic texts 
D)  projectile points 
E)  fortifications

Question 5

Ranked societies lack social differences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What were the precursors to primary states?

Accepted Answer

A)  archaic states 
B)  tribes 
C)  chiefdoms 
D)  bands 
E)  city-states 
A)  archaic states 
B)  tribes 
C)  chiefdoms 
D)  bands 
E)  city-states

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the Olmec is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They lived along the Gulf coast of modern Mexico. 
B)  They were the first Mesoamerican empire. 
C)  They lived between 3,200 and 2,500 years ago. 
D)  They carved massive stone heads. 
E)  They built earthen mounds grouped around a plaza. 
A)  They lived along the Gulf coast of modern Mexico. 
B)  They were the first Mesoamerican empire. 
C)  They lived between 3,200 and 2,500 years ago. 
D)  They carved massive stone heads. 
E)  They built earthen mounds grouped around a plaza.

Question 8

Summarize Carneiro's multivariate approach to state formation. What are the three important variables that are involved? Describe how these factors work together in the process of state formation.

Accepted Answer

Carneiro's multivariate approach to stat

Question 9

Jericho, the earliest known town, is located in central Turkey.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did the first states come to be formed? What kinds of societies evolved into states? What factors played important roles in the rise of the first states?

Accepted Answer

The formation of the first states can be

Question 11

In an egalitarian society, everybody has the same status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What kinds of societies are divided into social classes?

Accepted Answer

A)  egalitarian societies 
B)  ranked societies 
C)  chiefdoms 
D)  communes 
E)  states 
A)  egalitarian societies 
B)  ranked societies 
C)  chiefdoms 
D)  communes 
E)  states

Question 13

Archaeologists previously believed that the supremacy of any one chiefdom spurred the period of rapid social change in Mexico between 3200 and 3000 B.P. However, they now believe that the cause of this rapid change was

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatic changes in climate that affected rainfall. 
B)  that the quality of trade routes among chiefdoms frustrated travelers and led to riots. 
C)  the intensity of competitive interaction. 
D)  a massive drought that required chiefdoms to cooperate to save the population from starvation. 
E)  the chiefly centers' lack of separation and autonomy. 
A)  dramatic changes in climate that affected rainfall. 
B)  that the quality of trade routes among chiefdoms frustrated travelers and led to riots. 
C)  the intensity of competitive interaction. 
D)  a massive drought that required chiefdoms to cooperate to save the population from starvation. 
E)  the chiefly centers' lack of separation and autonomy.

Question 14

Cuneiform is the name for the early writing in what part of the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  China 
B)  Mesoamerica 
C)  Indus Valley 
D)  Mesopotamia 
E)  Andes 
A)  China 
B)  Mesoamerica 
C)  Indus Valley 
D)  Mesopotamia 
E)  Andes

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of states?

Accepted Answer

A)  They control specific regional territories. 
B)  They have productive farming economies. 
C)  They have record-keeping systems. 
D)  They are stratified into social classes. 
E)  They lack hereditary inequality. 
A)  They control specific regional territories. 
B)  They have productive farming economies. 
C)  They have record-keeping systems. 
D)  They are stratified into social classes. 
E)  They lack hereditary inequality.

Question 16

Metallurgy and the wider and rapid distribution of metals evident after 5000 B.P. would not have developed without the crucial discovery of

Accepted Answer

A)  copper hammering. 
B)  the technique of heating copper at low temperatures. 
C)  richer veins of copper. 
D)  smelting. 
E)  mining. 
A)  copper hammering. 
B)  the technique of heating copper at low temperatures. 
C)  richer veins of copper. 
D)  smelting. 
E)  mining.

Question 17

Chiefdoms were the precursors to tribes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Summarize the evidence for and against the following theories of state formation: hydraulic systems, long-distance trade routes, and population circumscription.

Accepted Answer

The evidence for and against the theorie

Question 20

The first writing presumably developed to handle recordkeeping for a centralized economy. Where did this first happen?

Accepted Answer

A)  southern Mesopotamia 
B)  northern Mesopotamia 
C)  the Levant 
D)  Çatal Hüyük 
E)  central Iran 
A)  southern Mesopotamia 
B)  northern Mesopotamia 
C)  the Levant 
D)  Çatal Hüyük 
E)  central Iran

Exam 12: The First Cities and States

All of the following provide archaeological evidence of social ranking EXCEPT

According to the expansionist model of primary state formation, a key difference between chiefdoms and states is that the latter has the bureaucracy, resources, and commitment to expand and incorporate more territory.

Which of the following statements about ranked societies is NOT true?

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

Ranked societies lack social differences.

What were the precursors to primary states?

Which of the following statements about the Olmec is NOT true?

Summarize Carneiro's multivariate approach to state formation. What are the three important variables that are involved? Describe how these factors work together in the process of state formation.

Jericho, the earliest known town, is located in central Turkey.

How did the first states come to be formed? What kinds of societies evolved into states? What factors played important roles in the rise of the first states?

In an egalitarian society, everybody has the same status.

What kinds of societies are divided into social classes?

Archaeologists previously believed that the supremacy of any one chiefdom spurred the period of rapid social change in Mexico between 3200 and 3000 B.P. However, they now believe that the cause of this rapid change was

Cuneiform is the name for the early writing in what part of the world?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of states?

Metallurgy and the wider and rapid distribution of metals evident after 5000 B.P. would not have developed without the crucial discovery of

Chiefdoms were the precursors to tribes.

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

Summarize the evidence for and against the following theories of state formation: hydraulic systems, long-distance trade routes, and population circumscription.

The first writing presumably developed to handle recordkeeping for a centralized economy. Where did this first happen?

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