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APCC140 SPRING 2007
EXAM 4
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Multiple Choice:
Circle your choice for each of the following multiple choice questions. Then, transfer the answers to the
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is your backup. 2 points each.
1. The first African farming developed
A. when migrants from Mesopotamia arrived in east Africa around 8000 BC
B. out of the intensification of indigenous hunter-gatherer strategies
C. when European explorers brought domesticated crops in the 16th century AD
D. along the Nile, in the form of millet cultivation
2. The Halaf period is characterized by
A. large urban centers and ziggurats
B. circular buildings, high-quality painted pottery, and female figurines,
C. cuneiform tablets and cylinder seals
D. bronze manufacturing
3. In Africa, pottery
A. appeared as early as the 9th millennium BC
B. indicates subsistence intensification, enabling the cooking of otherwise inedible foods
C. was first used in the central and southern Sahara
D. all of the above
4. Sumerian city-states were politically independent from each other,
A. a fact reflected in their substantially different architectural styles
B. but still show remarkable similarities in their material culture
C. but due to shared religious beliefs were rarely at war
D. and thus were all quite similar in size and population density
5. The 'Bantu expansion'
A. began in the Grassfields of Cameroon
B. involved many small and complex migrations
C. probably began in the 2nd millennium BC
D. all of the above
6. In the Late Bronze Age cremations replaced inhumations, a change attributed to a culture known as
A. the Bell Beaker culture
B. the Urnfield culture
C. the Ertebølle culture
D. the Etruscans
7. Which of the following statements is considered NOT to be true:?
A. The complex culture of the La Tène people was completely borrowed from their neighbors, the
civilized Greeks
B. The Roman accounts of Celts decapitating their enemies were found to be substantiated
C. The bodies found in bogs in northern Europe were probably those deemed guilty of crimes
D. The Scythians buried their chieftains in monuments called kurgans
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8. One thing we know about Neolithic European farmers is that
A. they were completely peaceful people who worshiped a mother-goddess
B. they spoke Celtic languages
C. they sometimes engaged in substantial inter-community violence
D. they favored the heaviest, richest clay soils for farming
9. The state of Aksum
A. took over the role of the Meroitic state in the 4th century AD
B. during some periods controlled portions of Arabia
C. was one of the first states in the world to adopt Christianity as an official religion
D. all of the above
10. The LBK culture is a probable example of
A. inbreeding among small groups leading to congenital defects
B. a group of intrusive colonizing farmers establishing new settlements
C. some hunter-gatherers who selectively adopted a few Neolithic items
D. the earliest south African iron using group
11. The earliest empire was
A. the Akkadian empire
B. the Sumer III empire
C. the Babylonian
D. the Semitic empire
12. Burial rituals among Atlantic hunter-gatherers at Teviec
A. were simple: almost nothing was done to the body of the deceased
B. were complex and involved elaborate graves
C. were sometimes accompanied by feasting
D. B and C only
13. The first main use of iron in Africa was
A. for ceremonial, decorative, and high-value artifacts
B. for tools of greater efficiency than stone
C. the creation of harness, bits, and spurs for horseback riding
D. to make weapons for conducting warfare
14. A menhir is
A. a type of copper or bronze dagger
B. a polished stone axe
C. a type of megalithic monument
D. a species of wild cattle domesticated by European foragers
15. A sequence of superimposed temples was found at
A. Ubaid
B. Enki
C. Eridu
D. Susa
16. Southern African rock paintings
A. are only a few thousand years old
B. are relatively rare
C. are abundant and date as early as 26,000 years ago
D. show only European-introduced domestic animals
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17. One of the richest burial sites in all of Neolithic Europe is found at
A. Varna
B. Vinca
C. Lepinski Vir
D. Langweiler
18. Early texts found at Mesopotamian cities typically record
A. the measurement and cultivation of fields belonging to officials
B. the disbursement of quotas of grain to laborers
C. the counting of flocks of animals
D. all of the above
19. Archaeologists now believe that Bell Beakers were
A. imported from Greece for use in elite ceremonies
B. rung loudly at warriors' funerals while bronze horns were also played
C. used to contain a drink made with honey
D. deposited in bogs as religious offerings rather than as mere trash
20 Which of the following indigenous wild animals became a locally domesticated species in Africa?
A. sheep
B. cattle
C. eland
D. chickens
21. Heinrich Schliemann conducted excavations at
A. Mycenae
B. Tiryns
C. Hissarlik
D. all of the above
22. The Uluburun shipwreck
A. sank in the 14th century BC
B. was carrying 50 ingots of copper from Cyprus
C. was carrying large amounts of cobalt-blue and turquoise glass
D. all of the above
23. Matola, Chifumbaze, and Kwale
A. refer to ceramic styles in central and southern Africa
B. refer to taurine, zebu, and Sanga cattle breeds important in the African economy
C. are copper-mining sites in Malawi and Angola
D. are iron-mining sites in Mozambique
24. The first true urban centers appeared
A. by 3800 BC, in Anatolia
B. by 4800 BC, in the Fertile Crescent
C. by 3200 BC, in Lower Mesopotamia
D. in Akkad
25. Horse-drawn chariots were introduced into Europe
A. by the Greeks, who got them from the Assyrians
B. from the Russian steppes where the horse was first domesticated
C. only in the Mediterranean part of the region
D) when the Romans conquered the Celts
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26. The 'Bantu expansion'
A. began in the Grassfields of Cameroon
B. involved many small and complex migrations
C. probably began in the 2nd millennium BC
D. all of the above
27. Africa’s environment and geography are characterized by
A. enormous size and environmental diversity
B. large size, but relatively homogeneous environment
C. diverse environment, but relatively flat topography
D. uniform high temperatures and arid conditions throughout the continent
28. Bandkeramik settlements are characterized by
A. large numbers of small round houses built from mud-bricks
B. longhouses divided into 10 interior sections
C. many cattle bones but a low incidence of hunted animals
D. headless bodies buried under the house-floors
29. The earliest farming in Africa
A. was based on imported wheat from Mesopotamia, and occurred along the Nile
B. was based on domesticated animals, and occurred in the eastern Sahara
C. occurred very suddenly, when migrants from Austronesian speakers arrived at Madagascar
D. dates to around 13,000 BC
30. Domesticated plants and animals used in Europe
A. originated in Northern Greece
B. were brought from Anatolia by colonists
C. were brought from Egypt on boats
D. were domesticated in Europe by indigenous foragers
31. The Ishtar Gate from Iron Age Babylon
A. was destroyed by bombing during the Gulf War of the 1990s
B. is today probably buried beneath many meters of desert sands
C. figures in many fables, but may never really have existed
D. can be seen today in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.
32. The transition from the Paleolithic to Mesolithic in Europe
A. occurred through conquest, by warriors who spread from Asia to Europe
B. occurred when warming conditions led to new environmental niches
C. occurred at the same time throughout Europe
D. caused refugees from the Mediterranean wars to migrate north
33. Some primary domesticates in Europe were
A. rice and pigs
B. maize and pigs
C. maize and sheep
D. wheat and cattle
34. The Great Zimbabwe
A. was built by the Queen of Sheba
B. has been used to support racist political agendas
C. provides clear evidence of early Phoenicians colonization of southern Africa
D. is one of the most famous megalithic structures in northern Europe
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35. Enchainment
A. is the process of organizing labor to build irrigation ditches
B. occurred when early farmers conducted raids on each other’s villages
C. is the ritual linking of people, things, and places within a community
D. is a method of plowing heavy soils
36. Farming spread from Greece along the Mediterranean coast, as shown by the distribution of pottery
decorated with
A. cord impressions
B. funnel shaped necks
C. cardium shell impressions
D. polychrome paints
37. Who wrote that the Egyptian pyramids showed that “men could be degraded enough to spend their lives
constructing a tomb for some ambitious booby”
A. Kent Flannery
B. Henry David Thoreau
C. V. Gordon Childe
D. Sir Flinders Petrie
38. The Iceman was
A. an important source of information about the Iron Age
B. carrying a copper axe when he died and was preserved
C. an early Scandinavian chieftain
D. A and B only
39. Niche construction
A. refers to the creation of small holes in the walls of Neolithic tombs
B. is the modification of an organisms physical environment to better suit its needs
C. is thought to represent a way of displaying items acquired through long-distance trade
D. D. A and B only
40. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The Neolithic is quite similar throughout Europe
B. Europe’s Neolithic is characterized by large towns on high tells
C. The Neolithic in Europe is variable from region to region
D. Small hamlets and single farms typify Neolithic settlements in Europe.
41. The Bell Beaker people
A. were warlords who conquered many parts of Europe in the Bronze Age
B. appear to have been quite mobile and shared similar prestige items and traditions over a wide area
C. were the first to be buried in “princely graves”
D. were flamboyant metalworkers from Denmark
42. A great many Halaf sites were founded as new settlements
A. because the inhabitants were driven from their homes by the Assyrian empire
B. suggesting a new peopling of sparsely inhabited areas
C. because of a religious taboo against reinhabiting previously occupied sites
D. because of substantial reductions in regional population size
43. Robert Carneiro is associated most closely with
A. the hydraulic state model
B. the first excavations at Troy
C. the social circumscription model
D. discovery of Agamemnon’s tomb
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44. The rise of Uruk to a site of 400 hectares can be attributed to
A. a shift in the courses of the Euphrates or Tigris rivers
B. the conquest of the Elamites
C. the fleeing of mobile pastoralists before the wrath of the Assyrians
D. the abandonment of Susa
45. Mesopotamian temples were often constructed in the form of a domestic house
A. because they were home to the city’s ruler, who was considered to be a living god
B. because Mesopotamians did not possess the engineering skill to build any other type of structure
C. because the temple was regarded as the residence of the god
D. because the priests that lived there did not want to live ostentatiously
46. Early writing in Uruk (3500–3000 BC) almost always concerned
A. economic and administrative matters
B. ceremonial poetry dedicated to the ruler and his family
C. liturgical matters
D. the mythical adventures of the animal god, Enki
47. Abandonment of early Megalithic stone circles
A. was caused but the Roman conquest
B.. was a result of spread of glaciers during the last Ice Age
C. happened at about 1200 BC
D. took place at 15000 BP
48. The Mesopotamian cylinder seal was used
A. to mark ownership on objects or containers
B. to prevent theft of commodities
C. to lock or secure doors or storerooms
D. all of the above
49. The Mesolithic
A. was a time when hunters became farmers
B. was a time when foragers were extremely adaptive and innovative
C. was the first time that anyone inhabited Anatolia
D. was a time when people survived primarily by hunting megafauna
50. The Phoenicians
A. lived in what is today the nation of Lebanon
B. produced a valuable purple dye
C. exported timber to neighboring regions
D. all of the above
51. The sites of Jenné-jeno and Dakhlet el Atrous
A. indicate that West African societies remained simple farming cultures until the 19th century
B. show that West African urbanization began in the late 2nd to late 1st millennia BC
C. reveal just how widespread Egyptian control became during the New Kingdom
D. indicate that the lack of trade items and stone for building prevented complex societies from developing in
West Africa
52. The Assyrians conquered and incorporated many of their neighbors through
A. the use of persuasive diplomacy, which created feelings of unity
B. the use of treaties, which gave both sides clear rights and advantages
C. the use of iron for weapons and the systematic training of a highly organized army
D. the dissemination of inspirational literary works
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53. In SW Asis, the Iron age dates to
A. 1200-334 BP
B. 10,000-6000 BC
C. 1200-334 BC
D. 5900 - 4200 BC
54. On the map shown to the right, which countries are Iraq and Iran
A. 6 and 8
B. 3 and 9
C. 7 and 5
D. 4 and 8
55. On the map at the right which countries are Sudan and
Ethiopia
A. 2 and 4
B. 1 and 3
C. 7 and 8
D. 5 and 10
56. The country labeld “8” on the map is
A. Jordan
B. Israel
C. Kuwait
D. Syria
57. Reindeer skulls at Star Carr indicate that
A. large mammals were the only form of food eaten there
B. the site, once thought to be a settlement, is really only a carnivore kill site
C. shamans may have practiced hunting magic
D. the extremely dry site conditions resulted in excellent preservation
58. The Ertebølle/Ellerbek culture is found in
A. Greece
B. Scandinavia
C. Italy
D. Central Europe
59. Sargon of Akkad
A. ruled the world’s first empire
B. was the first Assyrian king
C. conquered the nations of Dilmun, Magan, and Meluhha
D. is famous for his law code
60. Which of the following did V. Gordon Childe designate as Secondary characteristics of the Urban
Revolution and civilization
A. full time labor specialization
B. Concentration of surplus production
C. writing
D. all of the above
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