Quiz 2: Explore Great Human Diaspora in Prehistoric Archaeology

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 1/10 Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora Due Oct 18 at 11:59pm Points 10 Questions 20 Available Oct 17 at 12am - Oct 18 at 11:59pm Time Limit 30 Minutes Instructions Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 23 minutes 9 out of 10  Correct answers will be available on Oct 22 at 12am. Score for this quiz: 9 out of 10 Submitted Oct 18 at 2:50pm This attempt took 23 minutes. Covering material on Part II of the course: the great human diaspora. Select the single best answer from the multiple choices provided. Once you begin, you will have 30 minutes to complete this quiz. 0 / 0.5 pts Question 1 Incorrect Incorrect The three necessary and sufficient conditions for natural selection (3NS4NS) include which of the following? a. Genotypic stability b. Phenotypic uniformity c. Heritability d. All of the above

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 2/10 e. None of the above 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 2 When asked whether to accept $5 today, or wait for $20 next week, which of the following implies greater future discounting? In other words, which implies that you discount an uncertain future more than the other? $5 today $20 next week 0 / 0.5 pts Question 3 Incorrect Incorrect Based on Hawkes' ladder of inference, in which of the following should you have the MOST certainty? The first people to enter the new world rapidly expanded across North and South America. The first people to enter the new world quickly developed private property. The first people to enter the new world believed in animism. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 4 Shortly after modern humans arrived in Sahul, Australian megafauna...

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 3/10 ...went extinct. ...shrank and became microfauna. ...threw a party to welcome them. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 5 Based on the simple models from population ecology we discussed in class, why would people choose to move into adjacent, unoccupied territory rather than stay in place? a. To avoid increasing competition with growing local populations (population push). b. To take advantage of abundant, unexploited, profitable resources in unoccupied lands (resource pull). c. Both a. and b. d. Neither a. nor b. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 6 Elanor Ostrom's distinction between "common pool" and "private" resources is based on... ...increasing excludability with private resources. ...decreasing subtractability with private resources. ...decreasing excludability with private resources.

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10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 4/10 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 7 The molecular clock... ...estimates the amount of Neanderthal DNA in a modern human. ...can be used to estimate the divergence date between two populations. ...only works on volcanic islands. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 8 The social dilemma (or collective action problem) implies that doing what is best for each individual... ...is always what is best for everyone. ...is not necessarily what is best for everyone. ...never leads to the tragedy of the commons. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 9 During a Pleistocene glacial period, sea level would have been... a. ...higher than today.

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 5/10 b. ...lower than today. c. ...the same as today. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 10 Radiocarbon Dating... a. ...relies on radioactive decay of 14C isotopes. b. ...can only be used to determine the age of organic matter. c. ...requires calibration because the amount of radioactive carbon in the atmosphere varied in the past. d. All of the above. e. None of the above. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 11 The ice free corridor... a. ...allowed the inland migration of people into North America from Beringia. c. ...allowed the inland migration of people into North America from Sahul. d. ...allowed the coastal migration of people into South America from North America.

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 6/10 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 12 What did recent genetic analysis of the Anzick-1 Burial in Montana reveal? a. That Upper Paleolithic populations did not migrate into Siberia. b. That Clovis people were decendents of Siberian populations and ancestors of Native Americans. c. That South America was colonized before North America. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 13 If a resource is depleted beyond the maximum sustainable yield, that resource will... a. ...increase. b. ...decrease. c. ...stay the same. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 14

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10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 7/10 Above are the probability distributions of two calibrated radiocarbon dates. Do you think it is likely that the two events dated above occurred at the same time? Note that the two 95% confidence intervals shown as brackets DO NOT overlap with one another. No. It is not likely that the two events occurred at the same time. Yes. It is possible that the two events could have occured at the same time. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 15 A hunter-gatherer group characterized by high residential mobility (i.e., moving their home base frequently) is also likely characterized as having: a. low population density b. high levels of territoriality c. heavy reliance on marine resources. d. advanced religious ceremonies

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 8/10 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 16 The figure below shows the number of dated archaeological sites in a region. Period "a" has the lowest number of sites. Period "c" has the highest number of sites. Periods "b" and "d" are in between. Assuming that the number of occupied sites serves as a good proxy for overall population density, at during which time period would you expect the highest levels of hunter-gatherer territoriality and/or private property? a) lowest number of sites b) moderately high number of sites c) highest number of sites d) moderately low number of sites 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 17 Natufian hunter-gatherers... a. ...were highly mobile. b. ...never relied on seeds.

10/18/23, 2:51 PM Quiz 2: Great Human Diaspora: ANTH 1030-001 Fall 2023 Prehistoric Archaeology https://utah.instructure.com/courses/887402/quizzes/3159550 9/10 c. ...manufactured ground-stone technology to process stored grass seeds. d. ...were responsible for domesticating bananas. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 18 Evidence for the Austronesian expansion includes... ...archaeology. ...linguistics. ...genetics. All of the above. 0.5 / 0.5 pts Question 19 Recent evidence from New Zealand suggests that human hunting of large birds... ...went beyond the maximum sustainable yield. ...remained at or below the maximum sustainable yield. ...solved the tragedy of the commons.

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