Deck 20: Europe Before the Romans

Question 1

Which of the following sites have yielded some of the earliest copper and gold tools and ornaments in the world?

A) Varna Cemetery
B) Similaun Glacier
C) Unetice
D) Stonehenge

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The __________ copper industry was quite sophisticated and these mines date to the earliest so far discovered.

A) Spanish
B) Balkan
C) Varna
D) Syrian

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Kurgan culture was part of the __________ culture and was remarkable for its burial customs.

A) Urnsfield
B) Beaker
C) Battle Ax
D) Ötzi

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The burial custom of the Battle Ax people was to __________.

A) bury people in a communal mound
B) cremate the individual and place their remains in an urn
C) bury an individual under a small mound
D) bury individuals within well-dressed tombs

Question 5

What is the technology of copper working based on?

A) stone tool technology
B) bronze metallurgy
C) gold metallurgy
D) pottery technology

Question 6

The characteristic beakers, for which the Beaker people are named, enjoyed widespread use across Europe because __________.

A) the Beaker people had a population explosion and populated Europe
B) everyone needed the beakers to put beer in
C) they became prized status symbols throughout Europe
D) they were useful in melting copper

Question 7

Which of the following traditions is associated with the innovation of the plow in Europe?

A) Battle Ax
B) Varna
C) Beaker
D) Unetice

Question 8

European smiths produced some of the finest bronze artifacts made in the ancient world; these include __________.

A) halberds
B) minute chain necklaces
C) shields, daggers, and swords
D) earrings

Question 9

Social ranking for early European societies is evidenced by grave goods which were increasingly __________ associated with high status individuals.

A) metal artifacts
B) delicately knapped tools
C) finely made pottery from Greece
D) megaliths

Question 10

Where did the earliest widespread use of tin-copper alloys occur?

A) Germany
B) Czech Republic
C) Britain
D) Denmark

Question 11

The earliest bronze working was centered in __________, where there was an industry manufacturing axes, knife blades, halberds, and many types of ornaments.

A) Unetice
B) Varna
C) Stonehenge
D) Tyrol

Question 12

As evidenced by Stonehenge, the surplus food and energy from improved agriculture supported __________.

A) exchange
B) trade specialization
C) religious activity
D) social complexity

Question 13

Which cultural tradition made full use of horse-drawn vehicles?

A) Battle Ax
B) Beaker
C) Druids
D) Urnfield

Question 14

The __________ coincided with quickening trade as evidenced in the standardization of weapons and burial customs throughout much of central and western Europe.

A) development of integrated agriculture
B) emergence of bronze-tipped mining tools
C) emergence of warrior elites
D) continuation of population movements throughout Europe

Question 15

The prehistory from the rolling grasslands and steppes from China to the Ukraine is obscure until the first millennium B.C., when the __________ and other steppe peoples first appeared in the historical record.

A) Urnfields
B) Beakers
C) La Tène
D) Scythians

Question 16

Ironworking began to spread across Europe around __________ and was used widely for weapons and utilitarian objects by __________.

A) 2000 B.C. / 1500 B.C.
B) A.D. 500 /A.D. 700
C) 1000 B.C. / 700 B.C.
D) 200 B.C. /A.D. 200

Question 17

What did the economic organization of Late Bronze Age people lack?

A) a centralized state system
B) specialists supported by the community
C) community smiths
D) a trade network

Question 18

Which of the following cultures practiced bronze working, occasionally buried their chieftains in wagons, and enjoyed drinking Mediterranean wine?

A) La Tène
B) Urnfield
C) Hallstatt
D) Scythian

Question 19

Whose sites are noted for their fortifications?

A) La Tène
B) Urnfield
C) Hallstatt
D) Scythian

Question 20

The __________ people sacked Rome in 390 B. C.

A) Battle Ax
B) Urnfield
C) Hallstatt
D) La Tène

Question 21

Who were the Battle Axe people? Who were the Beaker people? Did they interact with one another?

Question 22

When did copper working first appear in Europe? What kind of materials was copper made into? When did ironworking first appear in Europe? What were the advantages of iron tools over copper ones?

Question 23

What were the cultural and social changes that lead to Bronze Age warriors such as the Urnfield people?