Practice Exam #2
Fall 2007
[Short answer questions will be posted separately]
1.
Which of the following is not associated with the Upper
Paleolithic?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
The culture associated with the paintings at Lascaux is the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
3.
Lascaux
Altamira
Chauvet
Cosquer
The earliest known cave art in Europe dates to approximately
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
5.
Solutrean
Perigordian
Magdalenian
Aurignacian
Chatelperonnian
The oldest securely dated cave paintings in Europe are found at
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
domestication of plants
exchange of exotic materials over large areas
indirect percussion for production of stone flakes
bow and arrow
40,000
38,000
32,000
22,000
17,000
years
years
years
years
years
ago
ago
ago
ago
ago
True or false. Representations of humans are much less common in
European Upper Paleolithic cave art than are depictions of animals.
A. True
B. False
6.
When we say that Upper Paleolithic people lived partially on
unearned resources, we mean that they
A.
B.
C.
D.
7.
frequently stole other peoples' food
harvested wild but nutritious plants growing near their homes
were adept at catching small animals such as rabbits
hunted migratory animals
Alexander Marshack's concept of time-factorial objects refers to
A. the precise dating of Upper Paleolithic art
B. artifacts such as some bone plaques that appear to have recorded
the passage of time
C. artifacts particularly useful in tracking the evolution of
technology
D. his belief that some cave paintings portray a series of related
events -- that is, they tell a story
8.
True or false? It does not appear that anyone actually resided in
the caves of Lascaux, Chauvet and Cosquer.
A. True
B. False
9.
Caves such as Lascaux tend to occur in areas that
A.
B.
C.
D.
were remote and rarely visited
had higher than normal populations in the vicinity
had relatively few natural resources
were situated along the Atlantic coast
10. Most archaeologists and art historians agree that Upper Paleolithic
cave paintings
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
are all representations of sympathetic (hunting) magic
primarily depict myths
probably record the passage of time
were painted for a variety of purposes
shared a common, but as yet unknown purpose
11. True or false? The first affluent societies were ones that replaced
hunting and gathering with agriculture.
A. True
B. False
12. Hunter-gatherer societies are characterized by greater amounts of
leisure time than agricultural and industrial societies.
A. True
B. False
13. The end of the Upper Paleolithic was brought about by
A. high population, which required a shift from hunting-gathering
to farming
B. warming temperatures
C. the replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens
D. a period of dramatically colder weather
14. True or false? The process of domestication involved human
selection for plants with tough rachises.
A. True
B. False
15. The site of Jericho was probably attractive to the first people who
settled there because of its
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
defensive location
closeness to pistachio and oak forests
easy access to the Mediterranean
permanent spring
supply of high quality stone that could be traded
16. The practice of removing skulls from the deceased in places such as
'Ain Mallaha, Jericho and 'Ain Ghazal is associated with
A.
B.
C.
D.
the use of skulls as bowls and cups in ceremonies
cannibalism
warfare
ancestor veneration
17. True or false? Deformities in the skeletons of women from some
Neolithic sites in the Middle East are associated with
A.
B.
C.
D.
poor nutrition
their work habits
genetic defects
an apparent increase in violence in early farming communities
18. The earliest known domesticated plant dates to approximately
A.
B.
C.
D.
14,000 B.C.
10,000 B.C.
9500 B.C.
8500 B.C.
19. The Kebaran period is characterized by
A.
B.
C.
D.
intensive collection of wild cereal grains
the earliest domestication of wild cereals
the construction of a massive wall and tower at Jericho
mobile hunting and gathering groups
20. The Younger Dryas period is associated with
A. the expansion of cereal plants, oaks and pistachios into
environments that could not support them during the Upper
Paleolithic period
B. a contraction of the geographic range of cereal plants, oaks and
pistachios
C. a significant increase in the number of human settlements and
overall population in the Middle East
D. the beginning of the Mesolithic in the Middle East
21. Abu Hureyra is best known for
A. its remarkable plaster figurines that may have represented
important ancestors
B. the earliest domesticated sheep
C. its surprisingly large population for a village relying on
intensive collection of wild cereals
D. the earliest domesticated rye
22. 'Ain Mallaha provides evidence for
A. the high productivity achieved by early farmers in the area
B. a surprising degree of sedentism for a community based on
hunting and gathering
C. how easily early farmers depleted the nutrients in the soils
D. the role of long distance trade in the development of economic
specialization and social ranking
23. In comparing the Kebaran and Natufian periods, we see evidence for
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
increased hunting in the Natufian
a decrease in storage pits in the Natufian
increased reliance on wild cereal plants in the Natufian
increased reliance on domesticated cereal plants in the Kebaran
B and D
24. True or false. The high incidence of tooth decay in the teeth of
people buried at 'Ain Mallaha helps to prove that its residents had
domesticated cereal plants and were practicing farming.
A. True
B. False
25. True or false. Sites that contain permanent, substantial dwellings,
storage pits, and abundant ground stone grinding tools can safely
be placed in the early to middle Neolithic.
A. True
B. False
26. The early Neolithic site of Hallam Cemi in eastern Turkey provides
us with
A. the earliest known domesticated wheat
B. some of the earliest domesticated “farm” animals, around 9000
B.C.
C. the largest village of its day, with 2000-3000 people
D. a clear indication that pigs were domesticated prior to cereal
plants
27. Lactational amenorrhea has been cited as a factor related to
A. low birth rates in hunter-gatherer societies
B. an increase in infant mortality in early villages
C. a decline in the health of women associated with the stress of
life in early farming communities
D. use of animal milk to feed infants
28. True or false? A Neolithic tomb with a roof is called a menhir.
A. True
B. False
29. An economic recession that occurred in Wessex at around 3,000 B.C.
appears to have been primarily the result of
A. deforestation and resulting erosion from building of henges and
large settlements
B. increased warfare
C. a decline in temperature and rainfall that began at that time
D. the effects of population growth and early agricultural
practices
30. The alignment between the center of Stonehenge and the Heel Stone
A.
B.
C.
D.
is associated with
is associated with
points directly to
appears to have no
the sunrise on the summer solstice
the sunrise on the winter solstice
the burial mound of the chief of the region
celestial significance
31. The large sarsen structures at Stonehenge are properly referred to
as
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
trilithons
menhirs
dolmens
bilithons
long barrows
32. The bodies found in many megalithic tombs suggest the practice of
A.
B.
C.
D.
cannibalism
excarnation
mummification
reincarnation
33. The first farmers began to spread across Britain at about
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
6500
5200
4200
3000
2500
B.C.
B.C.
B.C.
B.C.
B.C.
34. Refuse obtained from Durrington Walls suggests that the site was
A. a large Neolithic village in Wessex
B. largely devote to ceremonial as well as ordinary, everyday
activities
C. considerably earlier in time than the long barrows in the
vicinity and hence, had no direct connection with them
D. the site of feasting and ceremonial activities involving large
groups of people
E. attacked and burned during the economic recession
35. The Bronze Age in Britain was characterized by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
long distance trade of valuable materials
burials of elite individuals
construction of monumental structures
all of the above
B and C only
36. Originally the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge
A.
B.
C.
D.
contained small, upright bluestones that were later removed
oriented the inner horseshoe to the southeast
formed a circle whose purpose is unknown
held 56 cremations arranged in a circular pattern
37. In Wessex, a large pig population after about 3000 B.C. is thought
to have been responsible for
A.
B.
C.
D.
destruction of agricultural land
reclamation of farmland
disease that appears to have reduced the population
the construction of circular bank/ditch enclosures which served
as pens
E. A and C
38. A connection between the builders of Stonehenge and Wales is
suggested by the
A.
B.
C.
D.
similar design of monuments in both areas
sarsens
bluestones
presence of similar high-status artifacts in both regions
39. Construction of Stonehenge took place over approximately
A.
B.
C.
D.
400 years
800 years
1200 years
1500 years
40. Which one of the following types of evidence was NOT used in the
past to argue for Mycenaean influence on the design and
construction of Stonehenge?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the design and quality of construction
a depiction of a dagger that was pecked into one of the stones
finely crafted artifacts of gold and amber
faience beads
none of the above -- all were used to argue for Mycenaean
influence