ASB222 Test 1

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Module 1: Test (Chapters 1 & 2) Questions 20 Question 1 1 / 1 pts For most European thinkers in the nineteenth century, cultural evolution was synonymous with: biological evolution natural selection progress idolatry Question 2 1 / 1 pts In the Reverend John Ray’s natural philosophy: the world was fixed at creation and has not changed substantially since the world changed through natural processes of evolution the world is stable for long periods and then changes drastically as the result of catastrophes caused directly by God the world has been decaying steadily since creation Question 3 1 / 1 pts John Frere’s discovery at Hoxne marks the first time that: primitive-looking stone tools had been found at a great stratigraphic depth the bones of extinct animals were found in Europe primitive-looking stone tools had been found in the same soil level as the bones of human beings the bones of extinct animals had been found together with the bones of ancient humans Question 4 1 / 1 pts

In the uniformitarian view, one could determine the age of the earth by: means of radiometric measurement the analysis of stratigraphy reference to the modern rate of erosion analysis of the bones of extinct animals found buried in the earth Question 5 1 / 1 pts In his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Darwin: devoted the final chapter to a discussion of the evolution of human beings focused on the analysis of the stone tools that John Frere had found relied on the work of his uncle, Erasmus Darwin barely even touched on the application of his theory to humanity Question 6 1 / 1 pts In the evolution of plants and/or animals through time: species become bigger, stronger, or faster intelligence increases in animal species while plants become more proficient at photosynthesis there is no particular direction to change all of the above Question 7 1 / 1 pts The flint tools found by Boucher de Perthes were thought to be ancient because: they were found in association with the bones of extinct animals the flint from which the tools were made dated to more than 100,000 years ago they had an exceptionally thick rind on their surfaces, the result of a long period of burial in soil all of the above Question 8

1 / 1 pts Chipped stone objects that looked as though they had been made by people were thought by some seventeenth-century scholars to be: tools made by the immediate descendants of Adam and Eve objects created by fairies the result of lightning strikes b and c Question 9 1 / 1 pts The story of biological and cultural evolution is written not in words but in things such as: skeletons stone tools remnants of pyramids all of the above Question 10 1 / 1 pts The fossil record shows that under the workings of evolution, the majority of species that have ever existed: are still around just exactly as they were when they first appeared are still around but are drastically different from when they first appeared have evolved only very recently are extinct Question 11 1 / 1 pts Pedestrian survey, remote sensing, and subsurface sampling all contribute to the process by which archaeologists: find sites determine the age of a site assess the subsistence patters of ancient people

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investigate the trading patterns of an ancient group Question 12 1 / 1 pts Site formation processes represent: the ways in which archaeological sites are excavated the ways in which archaeological sites come into existence how sites are preserved all of the above Question 13 1 / 1 pts The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: is the likely inspiration for Plato’s story of the lost continent of Atlantis destroyed the Roman Empire and initiated the Dark Ages initiated the Ice Age destroyed the city of Pompeii but also served to preserve its buildings Question 14 1 / 1 pts Sexual dimorphism refers to the characteristic in some animal species that: males and females are readily distinguishable in their morphology males are always larger than females of the species most males are larger than most females, but some females are larger than some males environmental factors can cause a change of the sex of the developing individual Question 15 1 / 1 pts Archaeologists can distinguish the bones of male and female human beings because our species exhibits:

taxonomic differentiation gender-based taphonomy sexual dimorphism inegalitarianism Question 16 1 / 1 pts In determining the age at death of a sub-adult (child or juvenile) based on skeletal remains, the archaeologist should make reference to: the pubic symphysis and cranial sutures cranial sutures and diaphyseal fusion dental maturity and epiphyseal fusion radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology Question 17 1 / 1 pts If you were to see a couple of inconsiderate people simply abandoning the remains of their picnic lunch on the lawn in front of the campus building in which your archaeology course is being held, you might ask them to pick up their: primary refuse secondary refuse debitage taphonomy IncorrectQuestion 18 0 / 1 pts A determination of the ratio of two isotopes of strontium in human bones is useful in determining: the age at death of the individual the cause of death of the individual where a person was born and spent their early years where a person lived during the decade before they died

Question 19 1 / 1 pts Jarrod Burks and Robert Cook were able to identify and map a largely buried and hidden earthwork in Ohio through the use of: dendrochonology a fluxate gradiometer thermolunimscence NAGPRA Question 20 1 / 1 pts Which of the following is an archaeological site: a small ancient hunting camp with just a handful of artifacts an abandoned nineteenth-century rural village an ancient city covering hundreds of acres all of the above Quiz Score: 19 out of 20

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