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Ancient Lives: An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
NADIA DURRANI, BRIAN M. FAGAN
7th Edition
, Test Bank for Ancient Lives An
Introduction to Archaeology and
Prehistory, 7e Brian M Fagan (All
Chapters)
1 Modern archaeologists use the remains of a civilization to
(A) study the human past.
(B) reconstruct ancient city plans.
(C) enrich themselves and their benefactors.
(D) confirm existing hypotheses about the origin of the species.
Answer: (A) study the human past.
Feedback: The answer is study the human past.
2 World prehistory evaluates the prehistory of humankind from the perspective of a
(A) single region.
(B) single person.
(C) person living during prehistoric times.
(D) global perspective.
Answer: (D) global perspective.
Feedback: The answer is global perspective.
3 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the earliest humans (hominins)?
(A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (B) palaeoanthropology
Feedback: The answer is palaeoanthropology
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,4 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the culture and artifacts of the
earliest humans, including stone technology and art?
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, (A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (A) prehistoric archaeology
Feedback: The answer is prehistoric archaeology.
5 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the remains of the great
civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome?
(A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (C) classical archaeology
Feedback: The answer is classical archaeology
6 Which subdiscipline of archaeology would require knowledge of hieroglyphics?
(A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (D) Egyptology
Feedback: The answer is Egyptology.
7 Biologists Charles Darwin and Stephen Jay Gould both hypothesized that
humanity originated in
(A) Africa.
(B) the Middle East.
(C) Australia.
(D) North America.
Answer: (A) Africa.
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Ancient Lives: An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
NADIA DURRANI, BRIAN M. FAGAN
7th Edition
, Test Bank for Ancient Lives An
Introduction to Archaeology and
Prehistory, 7e Brian M Fagan (All
Chapters)
1 Modern archaeologists use the remains of a civilization to
(A) study the human past.
(B) reconstruct ancient city plans.
(C) enrich themselves and their benefactors.
(D) confirm existing hypotheses about the origin of the species.
Answer: (A) study the human past.
Feedback: The answer is study the human past.
2 World prehistory evaluates the prehistory of humankind from the perspective of a
(A) single region.
(B) single person.
(C) person living during prehistoric times.
(D) global perspective.
Answer: (D) global perspective.
Feedback: The answer is global perspective.
3 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the earliest humans (hominins)?
(A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (B) palaeoanthropology
Feedback: The answer is palaeoanthropology
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,4 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the culture and artifacts of the
earliest humans, including stone technology and art?
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, (A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (A) prehistoric archaeology
Feedback: The answer is prehistoric archaeology.
5 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the remains of the great
civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome?
(A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (C) classical archaeology
Feedback: The answer is classical archaeology
6 Which subdiscipline of archaeology would require knowledge of hieroglyphics?
(A) prehistoric archaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical archaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (D) Egyptology
Feedback: The answer is Egyptology.
7 Biologists Charles Darwin and Stephen Jay Gould both hypothesized that
humanity originated in
(A) Africa.
(B) the Middle East.
(C) Australia.
(D) North America.
Answer: (A) Africa.
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