Test Bank for Ancient Lives An Introduction to
Archaeology and Prehistory, 5e by Brian Fagan
(All Chapters Answers at the end of this file)
Chapter 1: Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Archaeologists are not
a. romantic adventurers.
b. scientists.
c. anthropologists.
d. critical thinkers.
2. British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley reconstructed
a. an Ur funeral.
b. Noah’s ark.
c. a Mayan calendar.
d. the Silk Road.
3. The first archaeologists were
a. historians.
b. mathematicians.
c. adventurers.
d. physicists.
4. Before he was a treasure hunter, Giovanni Battista Belzoni was a/n
a. army general.
b. historian.
c. circus strongman.
d. archaeologist.
5. The library of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal contained an account of
a. a flood similar to the Genesis flood.
b. an attack of locusts similar to one found in the Bible.
c. the building of the Tower of Babel.
d. all of the above
6. Archbishop James Ussher of Ireland calculated the date of Creation at
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, a. 7004 B.C.
b. 6004 B.C.
c. 5004 B.C.
d. 4004 B.C.
7. On the Origin of Species was written by
a. Archbishop James Ussher.
b. Charles Darwin.
c. Jacques Boucher de Perthes.
d. Giovanni Battista Belzoni.
8. He excavated the ancient city mounds of Nineveh and Nimrud.
a. Archbishop James Ussher
b. Charles Darwin
c. Austen Henry Layard
d. Giovanni Battista Belzoni
9. He was a businessman-turned-archaeologist who found the city of Troy.
a. Archbishop James Ussher
b. Charles Darwin
c. Austen Henry Layard
d. Heinrich Schliemann
10. Excavations of Crete’s Minoan civilization were performed by
a. Sir Leonard Woolley.
b. Charles Darwin.
c. Austen Henry Layard.
d. Heinrich Schliemann.
11. What branch of science or social science is the scientific study of ancient human
behavior based on the surviving material remains of the past?
a. history
b. archaeometry
c. archaeology
d. anthropology
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,12. What type of archaeology is the dominant activity in North America?
a. historical archaeology
b. applied archaeology
c. paleoarchaeology
d. cultural resource management
13. Which subdiscipline of archaeology studies the earliest human beings before written
history?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
14. Which subdiscipline of archaeology studies the culture and artifacts of the earliest
humans, including stone technology and art?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
15. Which subdiscipline of archaeology studies the remains of the great civilizations of
ancient Greece and Rome?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
16. Which subdiscipline of archaeology would require knowledge of hieroglyphics?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
17. Of all the types of archaeologists, which works on archaeological sites and problems
from periods in which written records exist?
a. historical archaeologists
b. paleoanthropologists
c. classical archaeologists
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, d. Egyptologists
18. Of all the types of archaeologists, which uses technical scuba gear to complete field
work?
a. commercial archaeologists
b. diving archaeologists
c. pressurized chamber archaeologists
d. underwater archaeologists
19. Many archaeologists study historical buildings, but which type would study
Victorian-period factories?
a. historical archaeologists
b. religious archaeologists
c. industrial archaeologists
d. zooarchaeologists
20. The Grotte de Chauvet is one of the earliest
a. historical sites on earth.
b. French sinkholes on record.
c. Neanderthal sites in northern Europe.
d. painted caves in the world.
21. The popular belief in places like Atlantis, Mu, Tiwanaku, or the continuous search for
Noah’s Ark, are all in the realm of
a. pseudoarchaeology.
b. religious archaeology.
c. industrial archaeology.
d. zooarchaeology.
22. Archaeological theory aims to explain the past as well as to
a. change it.
b. change our understanding of it.
c. describe it.
d. alter it.
23. What do archaeologists and anthropologists find hard to use because of the difficulty
in verifying their antiquity?
a. oral traditions
b. amateur discoveries
c. artifacts
d. ceramic pottery
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Archaeology and Prehistory, 5e by Brian Fagan
(All Chapters Answers at the end of this file)
Chapter 1: Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Archaeologists are not
a. romantic adventurers.
b. scientists.
c. anthropologists.
d. critical thinkers.
2. British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley reconstructed
a. an Ur funeral.
b. Noah’s ark.
c. a Mayan calendar.
d. the Silk Road.
3. The first archaeologists were
a. historians.
b. mathematicians.
c. adventurers.
d. physicists.
4. Before he was a treasure hunter, Giovanni Battista Belzoni was a/n
a. army general.
b. historian.
c. circus strongman.
d. archaeologist.
5. The library of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal contained an account of
a. a flood similar to the Genesis flood.
b. an attack of locusts similar to one found in the Bible.
c. the building of the Tower of Babel.
d. all of the above
6. Archbishop James Ussher of Ireland calculated the date of Creation at
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, a. 7004 B.C.
b. 6004 B.C.
c. 5004 B.C.
d. 4004 B.C.
7. On the Origin of Species was written by
a. Archbishop James Ussher.
b. Charles Darwin.
c. Jacques Boucher de Perthes.
d. Giovanni Battista Belzoni.
8. He excavated the ancient city mounds of Nineveh and Nimrud.
a. Archbishop James Ussher
b. Charles Darwin
c. Austen Henry Layard
d. Giovanni Battista Belzoni
9. He was a businessman-turned-archaeologist who found the city of Troy.
a. Archbishop James Ussher
b. Charles Darwin
c. Austen Henry Layard
d. Heinrich Schliemann
10. Excavations of Crete’s Minoan civilization were performed by
a. Sir Leonard Woolley.
b. Charles Darwin.
c. Austen Henry Layard.
d. Heinrich Schliemann.
11. What branch of science or social science is the scientific study of ancient human
behavior based on the surviving material remains of the past?
a. history
b. archaeometry
c. archaeology
d. anthropology
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,12. What type of archaeology is the dominant activity in North America?
a. historical archaeology
b. applied archaeology
c. paleoarchaeology
d. cultural resource management
13. Which subdiscipline of archaeology studies the earliest human beings before written
history?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
14. Which subdiscipline of archaeology studies the culture and artifacts of the earliest
humans, including stone technology and art?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
15. Which subdiscipline of archaeology studies the remains of the great civilizations of
ancient Greece and Rome?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
16. Which subdiscipline of archaeology would require knowledge of hieroglyphics?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
17. Of all the types of archaeologists, which works on archaeological sites and problems
from periods in which written records exist?
a. historical archaeologists
b. paleoanthropologists
c. classical archaeologists
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, d. Egyptologists
18. Of all the types of archaeologists, which uses technical scuba gear to complete field
work?
a. commercial archaeologists
b. diving archaeologists
c. pressurized chamber archaeologists
d. underwater archaeologists
19. Many archaeologists study historical buildings, but which type would study
Victorian-period factories?
a. historical archaeologists
b. religious archaeologists
c. industrial archaeologists
d. zooarchaeologists
20. The Grotte de Chauvet is one of the earliest
a. historical sites on earth.
b. French sinkholes on record.
c. Neanderthal sites in northern Europe.
d. painted caves in the world.
21. The popular belief in places like Atlantis, Mu, Tiwanaku, or the continuous search for
Noah’s Ark, are all in the realm of
a. pseudoarchaeology.
b. religious archaeology.
c. industrial archaeology.
d. zooarchaeology.
22. Archaeological theory aims to explain the past as well as to
a. change it.
b. change our understanding of it.
c. describe it.
d. alter it.
23. What do archaeologists and anthropologists find hard to use because of the difficulty
in verifying their antiquity?
a. oral traditions
b. amateur discoveries
c. artifacts
d. ceramic pottery
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