Deck 5: Individuals and Interactions

Question 1

Archaeologists were able to glean all of the following information about Ötzi the Ice Man EXCEPT his

A)health.
B)nutritional history.
C)occupation.
D)way of dressing.

Answer 1

occupation.

Question 2

Archaeologists Higham and Thoserat believe the burial patterns at Khok Phanom Di reveal that status in that society came from

A)inherited wealth.
B)perceived religious standing.
C)personal achievement.
D)royal blood.

Answer 2

personal achievement.

Question 3

Burial patterns in Moundville, Alabama, indicate

A)the richest individuals were buried closest to the mounds.
B)a vertical relationship among individuals.
C)personal achievement was valued above wealth.
D)women were valued for their pottery skills.

Answer 3

the richest individuals were buried closest to the mounds.

Question 4

The use of religious beliefs by rulers to reinforce their own power and to ensure conformity by their subjects is termed

A)ideologies of domination.
B)social stratification.
C)social domination.
D)ideologies of hierarchy.

Question 5

Eighteenth-century Garrison Plantation in Maryland is famous for its

A)obsidian deposits.
B)artifacts of African inspiration.
C)burial mounds.
D)oral traditions.

Question 6

Obsidian sourcing from Medicine Lake Highlands in northern California reveals

A)declining usage farther from the source.
B)widespread distribution.
C)only local distribution.
D)no obvious pattern.

Question 7

Egyptologist Herbert Winlock's find in a sepulcher close to the tomb of Pharaoh Mentuhotep is famous for its inclusion of

A)soldiers killed in battle dressed in linen shrouds.
B)skilled women potters accorded burial prestige because of their accomplishments.
C)bones that reveal women's repetitive-movement injuries from grinding corn.
D)a highly ornamental jade mosaic death mask.

Question 8

Explain how the artifacts recovered from the excavation of the Uluburun shipwreck in Turkey help us better understand trade patterns that were prevalent more than 3,000 years ago.

Question 9

Define the phrase "engendering archaeology." Discuss in what ways this is important.

Question 10

Name an example of recent archaeological evidence of ethnic resistance. Discuss how this new-found knowledge has the potential to rewrite history.

Question 11

Explain how knowing that women at Abu Hureyra, Syria, had arthritic toes helps us understand gender roles at this site.

Question 12

One of the most valuable insights into the elaborate trade network that linked the eastern Mediterranean with Egypt was discovered

A)in a shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey.
B)at an obsidian mine in Çatalhöyuk in Anatolia.
C)in the Mississippian site at Moundville, Alabama.
D)in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II.

Question 13

The technology used to distinguish Greek silver coins made of mainland ore from those manufactured of metal from Siphnos is

A)radiocarbon dating.
B)isotopic chemistry.
C)remote sensing.
D)palynology.

Question 14

Most early Egyptian and Mesopotamian trade took place

A)on rivers.
B)at the Delhi bazaar.
C)among high-ranking individuals.
D)as gift exchanges.

Question 15

Radiocarbon tests reveal Ötzi the Ice Man lived between

A)3350 and 3150 B.C.
B)300 and 315 B.C.
C)A.D. 300 and 315
D)2300 and 3500 B.C.

Question 16

The social distinctions between individuals, communities, and other units of society in ancient civilizations usually detected in burial ornamentation are collectively termed

A)social stratification.
B)social ranking.
C)social reciprocity.
D)social inequality.

Question 17

The term in archaeology commonly used to describe the differences in social classes is

A)social stratification.
B)social ranking.
C)social reciprocity.
D)social inequality.

Question 18

The Babylonian King Hammurabi is best known for developing the first written

A)alphabet.
B)law code.
C)creation myth.
D)moral code.

Question 19

Who was buried in an underground sepulcher beneath a pyramid at the Temple of the Inscriptions?

A)Maya Lord Pacal
B)Babylonian King Hammurabi
C)Ötzi the Ice Man
D)the women of Khok Phanom Di, Thailand

Question 20

All of the following are variables archaeologists can determine when studying how people are buried EXCEPT

A)age.
B)sex.
C)circumstances of death.
D)oral traditions.

Question 21

In Aztec civilization, women produced cloth, which served as a primary way of organizing the ebb and flow of goods and services, revealing its importance

A)to social status.
B)to the Aztec economy.
C)as currency.
D)as an everyday activity.

Question 22

The study of the ways in which people have exercised economic and social power over others is called

A)archaeology of inequality.
B)social ranking.
C)ideology of domination.
D)resistance study.

Question 23

Both exchange and trade require

A)markets and gift exchange.
B)internal exchange and reciprocity.
C)commodities to be exchanged and people to do the exchanging.
D)market and redistribution systems.

Question 24

A kula ring is a(n)

A)highly prized gift in the southwestern Pacific.
B)exchange system involving shell necklaces.
C)complicated system of markets and trade sites.
D)artifact found at the Abu Hureyra, Syria, site.

Question 25

Glass was never manufactured in sub-Saharan Africa, yet glass beads have been found in archaeological sites in the area that date to the first millennium A.D. Discuss why this finding is significant.