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ANTH 336  New World Prehistory
Dr. Darlene Applegate
Fall 2006
Answers to Midterm Exam 3 Practice Questions

1.  The sites of La Venta and San Lorenzo are associated with which Mesoamerican group?

a. Monte Alban
b. Olmec
c. Tenochtitlan
d. Maya
e. Toltec


2.  Columnated courtyards, atlantean columns, chacmools, and skull racks were used by which Mesoamerican group?

a. Toltec
b. Aztec
c. Maya
d. Monte Alban
e. Teotihuacan


3.  The site of Tenochtitlan was significant because

a. the largest man-made structure in the New World is found there.
b. the oldest evidence of glyphs were found there.
c. it was the Aztec capital.
d. it was the center of the jade trade network.
e. the oldest evidence of maize was found there.


4.     According to MacNeish, during the stage of early domestication, cultigens made up what percentage of the diet?

a. 3%
b. 15%
c. 25%
d. 40%
e. 60%


5. What is illustrated below?

sun

a.  Temple of Quetzelcoatl
b.  Tenochtitlan
c.   Pyramid of Sun
d.  Pyramid of Moon
e.  San Lorenzo


6. True or False:  The three most important cultigens in Mesoamerica were maize, beans, and squash.
 

7. True or False:  The fundamental subdivision of Mesoamerica's environment is highland vs lowland.
 

8. True or FalseUpper-class members of Mesoamerican socieites, from kings to priests and nobles, practiced self-mutilation.
 

9. True or False:  The earliest evidence of domesticated squash in Mesoamerica is about 8000 BC, while the earliest evidence of domesticated maize is about 4300 BC.
 

10. True or False:  Chinampas is a term referring to a farming technique of constructing field plots on lake margins.
 

11.  Tikal and Copan are sites associated with the Maya civilization.
 

12.   The Olmec may have been the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica.
 

13.  The name for an indigenous written text in Mesoamerica is a/an  codex .
 

14.  The oldest domesticated beans are dated at 6000 BC .
 

15.   The capital of the Toltec state was at Tula  .
 
 


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