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
4 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the culture and artifacts of the earliest
humans, including stone technology and art?
, (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.
,Feedback: The answer is Africa.
8 Explain why it is important to study archaeology. How could the lessons learned from
archaeology be applied to modern-day relations between different cultures?
Answer:
9 How does information from the past help us deal with modern issues such acur climate
change?
Answer:
10 List the four major developments in human prehistory. Which of these developments do
you believe is the most significant? Why?
Answer:
11 Discuss whether archaeologists be allowed to dig up burial sites and settlements of places
the locals consider to be holy.
Answer:
12 Radiocarbon dating is a method of determining the age of an artifact based on
(A) the decay rates of radiocarbon isotopes.
(B) the number of nuclei present in organic matter.
(C) the radiocarbon spectrum of the geological record.
(D) in situ clues from surrounding artifacts.
Answer: (A) the decay rates of radiocarbon isotopes.
Feedback: The answer is the decay rates of radiocarbon isotopes.
13 Cultural resource management (CRM) of archaeological sites and artifacts
(A) has always been mandated by law in all countries of the world.
(B) is a way to protect the past.
(C) is the method used by countries to prevent archaeologists from other countries from
excavating.
(D) has largely been discredited in recent years.
Answer: (B) is a way to protect the past.
Feedback: The answer is is a way to protect the past.
, 14 He was a businessperson-turned-archaeologist who discovered the remains of the city of
Troy.
(A) Archbishop James Ussher
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Austen Henry Layard
(D) Heinrich Schliemann
Answer: (D) Heinrich Schliemann
Feedback: The answer is Heinrich Schliemann.
15 Prehistory is the period before the
(A) advent of written records.
(B) period of the dinosaurs.
(C) archaeological record.
(D) publication of On the Origin of Species.
Answer: (A) advent of written records.
Feedback: The answer is advent of written records.
16 British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley reconstructed
(A) an Ur funeral.
(B) Noah's ark.
(C) Abu Simbel.
(D) Tenochtitlán.
Answer: (A) an Ur funeral.
Feedback: The answer is an Ur funeral.
17 Copán, Guatemala, was a major Maya center during the
(A) 15th century.
(B) 16th century.
(C) mid-first millennium A.D.
(D) American Revolution.
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
4 Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the culture and artifacts of the earliest
humans, including stone technology and art?
, (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.
,Feedback: The answer is Africa.
8 Explain why it is important to study archaeology. How could the lessons learned from
archaeology be applied to modern-day relations between different cultures?
Answer:
9 How does information from the past help us deal with modern issues such acur climate
change?
Answer:
10 List the four major developments in human prehistory. Which of these developments do
you believe is the most significant? Why?
Answer:
11 Discuss whether archaeologists be allowed to dig up burial sites and settlements of places
the locals consider to be holy.
Answer:
12 Radiocarbon dating is a method of determining the age of an artifact based on
(A) the decay rates of radiocarbon isotopes.
(B) the number of nuclei present in organic matter.
(C) the radiocarbon spectrum of the geological record.
(D) in situ clues from surrounding artifacts.
Answer: (A) the decay rates of radiocarbon isotopes.
Feedback: The answer is the decay rates of radiocarbon isotopes.
13 Cultural resource management (CRM) of archaeological sites and artifacts
(A) has always been mandated by law in all countries of the world.
(B) is a way to protect the past.
(C) is the method used by countries to prevent archaeologists from other countries from
excavating.
(D) has largely been discredited in recent years.
Answer: (B) is a way to protect the past.
Feedback: The answer is is a way to protect the past.
, 14 He was a businessperson-turned-archaeologist who discovered the remains of the city of
Troy.
(A) Archbishop James Ussher
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Austen Henry Layard
(D) Heinrich Schliemann
Answer: (D) Heinrich Schliemann
Feedback: The answer is Heinrich Schliemann.
15 Prehistory is the period before the
(A) advent of written records.
(B) period of the dinosaurs.
(C) archaeological record.
(D) publication of On the Origin of Species.
Answer: (A) advent of written records.
Feedback: The answer is advent of written records.
16 British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley reconstructed
(A) an Ur funeral.
(B) Noah's ark.
(C) Abu Simbel.
(D) Tenochtitlán.
Answer: (A) an Ur funeral.
Feedback: The answer is an Ur funeral.
17 Copán, Guatemala, was a major Maya center during the
(A) 15th century.
(B) 16th century.
(C) mid-first millennium A.D.
(D) American Revolution.
