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Q: Early Southwesterners gathered many plants including all but which of the following? a. yucca seeds b. cacti c. potatoes d. sunflower seeds

Q: An important food for highland Andean foragers from the time of the earliest settlements. a. potato b. corn c. wheat d. lentils

Q: Maize was domesticated in Mesoamerica about the same time as a. the Pyramids of Giza were built. b. the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. c. early Homo was migrating out of Africa. d. the Spanish destroyed Tenochtitln.

Q: By at least 4500 B.C., about how much of the Tehuacno diet consisted of tropical grasses and other plants?a. 10%b. 40%c. 75%d. 90%

Q: Maize was domesticated in Mesoamericaa. by transforming earlier teosinte into maize.b. at about the time the pyramids of Giza were built in Egypt.c. as the game population declined.d. all of the above

Q: The best archaeological evidence for early maize cultivation comes from a. the Tehuacn Valley in Southern Mexico. b. Machu Picchu in Peru. c. Mesa Verde in Colorado. d. the Ohio Valley.

Q: Which is NOT one of the three major centers of native plant domestication in the Americas? a. highland and lowland Central America b. the highlands of the Central Andes c. the Southeastern United States d. the Midwestern United States

Q: Which of the following animals was tamed by ancient Americans? a. dog b. guinea pig c. turkey d. all of the above

Q: The most important food crop in the Americas today. a. tomato b. maize c. peanut d. wheat

Q: Which of the following did NOT give rise to more complex hunter-gatherer societies along the Pacific coast? a. abundant and predictable food sources b. increasingly efficient technology c. sedentary settlements d. slash and burn agriculture

Q: Found in Utah, it was a favored location for more than 9000 years. a. Olsen-Chubbuck b. Koster c. Hogup cave d. Mesa Verde

Q: As local populations rose at the Koster site, so food supplies became scarcer. The next logical step was a. fishing and collecting marine animals along the coast. b. developing smaller arrow points to hunt large game. c. the deliberate cultivation of native grasses. d. gustatory cannibalism.

Q: Of the animals killed at the Olsen-Chubbuck site, it is estimated that what percentage were actually butchered? a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%

Q: How many bison were unearthed at the Olsen-Chubbuck kill site? a. 90 b. 600 c. 10 d. 190

Q: The densest hunter-gatherer populations congregated in river valleys and a. coastlines. b. lakeshores. c. mixed-conifer forests. d. alpine forests.

Q: NOT one of the vital staple foods of Paleo-Indians, stored for use in the winter. a. walnuts b. hickories c. pecans d. acorns

Q: All projectile points in North America are ultimately derived from the ancient a. Donner point. b. Clovis point. c. Aleutian point. d. Siberian point.

Q: The last area that supported big game hunting in North America was a. the Great Plains. b. the Pacific northwest. c. Mexico. d. the California coast.

Q: For reasons that are not understood, the great megafauna that inhabited the Americas during the Ice Age were extinct bya. 8000 B.C.b. 9000 B.C.c. 10,000 B.C.d. 11,000 B.C.

Q: Angkor Wat a. is the largest religious building in the world. b. is located in Pakistan. c. served as the palace for the king and his family. d. took 100 years to build and was finally destroyed by foreign invaders.

Q: Angkor Thom was built by the ruler a. Jayavarman II. b. Shiva. c. Suryavarman II. d. Jayavarman VII.

Q: The Khmer monarch Jayavarman merged the cult of the ancestors with that of a. Shiva. b. Indra. c. Soma. d. Devi.

Q: The homeland of Khmer-speaking people. a. lower Mekong b. Funan c. India d. Tonle Sap

Q: The Chinese called the lower Mekong region Funan, which meant "the port of a thousanda. ships."b. lakes."c. rivers."d. people."

Q: King Zheng, "the Tiger of Qin," a. was the first sovereign emperor of China. b. considered himself unique, so his tomb was to be the largest ever built. c. became ruler of Qin at the age of thirteen. d. all of the above

Q: This emperor's burial chamber is said to contain rivers of mercury that flow to the ocean, paintings of the constellations on the ceiling, and scale models of palaces and pavilions. a. Zhang b. Shihuangdi c. Jayavarman d. Shiva

Q: China was unified in 221 B.C. by the emperor a. Zhang. b. Shihuangdi. c. Jayavarman. d. Shiva.

Q: The Shang fell at the hands of the neighboring a. Huang. b. Xia. c. Zhou. d. Han.

Q: Shang a. society was organized along what might be called military lines. b. kings were mostly pacifists. c. kings were opposed to human sacrifices. d. none of the above

Q: Most Shang metal works are a. vessels for food and drink. b. weapons. c. musical instruments. d. chariot fittings.

Q: The most prestigious metal to the Shang. a. gold b. silver c. bronze d. platinum

Q: The best known early Chinese state is the a. Huang. b. Xia. c. Zhou. d. Shang.

Q: Rulers of this Chinese dynasty lived in at least seven capitals. a. Huang b. Xia c. Zhou d. Shang

Q: Of these Chinese dynasties, which civilization continued more or less untouched? a. Huang b. Xia c. Shang d. Zhou

Q: NOT one of the three legendary dynasties of Chinese rulers. a. Huang b. Xia c. Shang d. Zhou

Q: The text lists a few factors for the decline of the Harappans. Which of the following is NOT listed? a. flooding of the Indus River b. shifts in patterns of Mesopotamian trade c. widespread soil saltation d. geological disturbance

Q: Shiva was both a tamer or destroyer of wild beasts, and a god of a. fertility. b. fire. c. death. d. water.

Q: His grandfather carved out the Mauryan empire from Nepal into the Deccan. a. Alexander the Great b. Chandragupta c. King Darius d. Asoka

Q: He ventured to the Indus River and brought Greek culture to the area. a. Alexander the Great b. Chandragupta Maurya c. King Darius d. Asoka

Q: He invaded the northwest in 516 B.C. a. Alexander the Great b. Chandragupta Maurya c. King Darius d. Asoka

Q: This was the dominant religion in the Ganges during the first millennium. a. Buddhism b. Hinduism c. Brahmanism d. Islam

Q: Rice cultivation on the Ganges Plain was accelerated by a. the use of fertilizer. b. slash and burn agriculture. c. global cooling. d. iron tools.

Q: What may have been the fundamental cause of population movement from the cities of Harappa and Mohenjodaro into other areas? a. flooding b. shifts in trade c. changes in subsistence farming d. major geological disturbances near the Saraswati River

Q: Many of the Harappan seals depict cattle, which may be a symbol of a. Shiva. b. Indra. c. Soma. d. Devi.

Q: The poorest residents of Harappa and Mohenjodaro lived in this part of the city. a. center b. citadel c. tenements d. presidio

Q: The rulers of Harappa and Mohenjodaro lived in this part of the city. a. center b. citadel c. tenements d. presidio

Q: Which is NOT a characteristic of the environment of early Harappan civilization? a. low-lying b. hot c. sterile soils d. no metals in the soil

Q: NOT one of the three foreign states Mesopotamia obtained goods from. a. Mohenjodaro b. Dilmun c. Magan d. Meluhha

Q: The largest of the Harappan cities, built on artificial mounds. a. Harappa b. Mohenjodaro c. Kilibangan d. Dhoraji

Q: The death of Rameses III marks the beginning of this period. a. Middle Kingdom b. New Kingdom c. Late period d. Archaic period

Q: Which is NOT one of the 3 predynastic kingdoms that dominated the Nile? a. Naqada b. Ur c. Nekhen d. This

Q: After 2334 B.C., Sumerian civilizations became part of a larger kingdom based on a. astrology. b. Mesopotamia. c. Cairo. d. Babylon.

Q: After 3000 B.C., every city-state came to depend on a "world economic system." Why?a. political stabilityb. social controlc. the invention of bankingd. survival

Q: The longest living and one of the earliest pre-industrial civilizations. a. Sumeria b. ancient Egypt c. ancient Mexico d. Mayan

Q: Sumerian civilizations came into being as a result of a combination of social anda. religious factors.b. economic factors.c. environmental factors.d. warfare factors.

Q: A new era in human experience begins with the emergence of the Sumerian civilization abouta. 6500 B.C.b. 3100 B.C.c. 2500 B.C.d. 2000 B.C.

Q: The earliest literature in the world comes from a. Egypt. b. China. c. Africa. d. Sumeria.

Q: As early as 8000 B.C., Mesopotamian villagers were carrying tokens made ofa. clay.b. bronze.c. gold.d. wood.

Q: The origins of writing in Mesopotamia dates to a time soon after the adoption of a. religion. b. economics. c. food production. d. social stratification.

Q: Who did NOT form the bulk of Uruk's population? a. farmers b. sailors c. slaves d. metalworkers

Q: The early Mesopotamian city of Uruk included satellite villages with their own a. political system. b. trade routes. c. irrigation. d. religion.

Q: Most archaeologists agree that urban life and pre-industrial civilization came into existencea. gradually.b. during a period of social and economic stability.c. as a direct result of the introduction of irrigation technology.d. as a consequence of all of the above factors.

Q: What depends on the ability to organize more specialized production and the tasks of food storage and distribution? a. social power b. economic power c. political power d. leadership

Q: Complete collapse of a civilization can occur only under circumstances in which there is aa. natural disaster.b. need to do so.c. power vacuum.d. coup.

Q: Along with factionalism, a powerful catalyst of the emergence of many early states. a. bartering b. emerging competition c. redistribution d. myths

Q: From where did Egypt acquire its gold and ivory? a. Anatolia b. Nubia c. Iran d. China

Q: Mayan religious ceremonies justified a. social inequality. b. human sacrifice. c. conquest of enemies. d. building of megaliths.

Q: In a state, who provides security for the estate's dependents? a. the dependents themselves b. the police force c. the landowning class and the estate d. the natural environment

Q: Archaeologists like Kent Flannery see the state as a very complicated a. "working" system. b. "living" system. c. city. d. economic system.

Q: Archaeologists use this shorthand term for urbanized, state-level societies. a. city b. civilization c. centralized institution d. ruling elite

Q: Most scholars now agree that three elements of Vere Gordon Childe's "Urban Revolution" were of great importance in the development of all of the world's early civilizations. Which of the following is NOT one of the three elements?a. large food surplusesb. diversified farming communitiesc. monotheistic religiond. irrigation agriculture

Q: Which of the following distinguishes a city from other settlement types? a. A city is a large and relatively dense settlement. b. There are centralized institutions in a city. c. A city provides services for the villages of the surrounding area. d. all of the above

Q: According to the text, a city can be defined by its population. A generally used rule-of-thumb is a lower limit of ________ people for a city.a. 100,000b. 50,000c. 10,000d. 5,000

Q: The text lists a number of features, which are characteristic of pre-industrial civilizations. Which of the following is NOTa characteristic mentioned in the text?a. societies with small, very simple social organizationsb. economies based on the centralized accumulation of capital and social statusc. advances toward formal record keeping, science, and mathematicsd. some form of all-embracing state religion

Q: Social power means a. wealth. b. immortality. c. egalitarianism. d. ideological power.

Q: Coined the phrase "agricultural revolution" and "urban revolution." a. Mary Leakey b. Vere Gordon Childe c. Edward Tylor d. Brian Fagan

Q: The Victorians believed that civilization had originated a. along the Nile. b. in East Africa. c. in Europe. d. in Asia.

Q: When states form, what happens to kin groups? a. they disappear b. they grow strong c. they become nobility d. their power is reduced

Q: How many state-organized societies do archaeologists believe need to be unearthed? a. none b. 1 c. 2 d. unknown

Q: The largest and the most remote of all Pacific islands. a. Polynesia b. Micronesia c. Tahiti d. New Zealand