Anth 130 Introduction to Archaeology
Dr. Darlene Applegate
Fall 2007
Answers to Final Exam Practice Questions
1. Archaeological models are
a. simplified representations of real world phenomena.
b. systems of landscape utilization.
c. relative dating techniques.
d. replicas of buildings and structures found at sites.
e. forms used to manufacture stone tools.
2. If an archaeologist was studying the organization of a
household at an archaeological site, he/she would be studying
a. remote sensing
b. microsettlement
c. intrasite patterns
d. intersite patterns
e. midden patterns
a. band
b. tribe
c. chiefdom
d. state
e. empire
4. Which of the following is not an accepted way to
disseminate
the results of archaeological research?
a. television shows
b. newspaper articles
c. artifact shows
d. magazine articles
e. books
5. All of the following are processes that destroy the
archaeological
record except
a. hunting.
b. farming.
c. looting.
d. resource extraction.
e. dam construction.
6. True
or False: Site reports and journal articles are
intended
for an audience of professional archaeologist peers.
7. True or False:
Cosmology refers to the way people view their
relationship
with a supernatural being, while religion refers to the way people view
the universe. definitions are
switched
8. True
or False: Food remains, food acquisition tools, and human
skeletal
remains are used by archaeologists to reconstruct subsistence.
9. True
or False: Generally speaking, archaeologists are
patient,
detail-oriented, adaptible individuals with good organizational and
interpersonal
communication skills.
10. The most complex societies in terms of socio-political
organization
are states
(civilizations) .
11. Beliefs about society and politics are called ideology
.