Anth 335 Old World Prehistory
Dr. Darlene Applegate
Spring 2008
Answers to Practice Questions
for Final Exam
(Exam 4)
1. Compared to most cities in other Old World culture
areas, Indian cities were planned. All of the following are
characteristics of planned cities in the Indian subcontinent except
A. north-south grid
system for street layout.
B. enclosure by mud brick or stone walls.
C. uniform and standardized housing.
D. municipal water and sewage systems.
E.
absence of monumental public architecture.
2. Early states in southeast Asia are referred to as
mandalas. What was the earliest mandala?
A.
Funan
B. Angkor
C. Dvaravati
D. Pyu
E. Champa
3. Typical features of stone temple-mausoleums
included all of the following except
A. banyons.
B.
moats.
C. barays.
D. entry structures.
E. central tower(s).
4. A form of monumental public architecture
in southeast Asia was hydraulic systems, which included
A.
canal systems used
to drain marshes for agricultural fields and to transport water to
agricultural fields.
B. barays to link inland sites with coastal sites.
C. barays to defend settlements.
B. moats to provide drinking water.
E. All of these are correct.
5. Scapulimancy in ancient China
A. was a form of
divination that involved reading vein patterns in animal livers.
B. was used to communicate with the gods of the
underworld.
C. was practiced exclusively by elite members of
society.
D.
developed as early as about 2500 BC.
E. All of these are correct.
6. Early Chinese writing
A. was used by
members of all social classes in Chinese society.
B. was used primarily for economic purposes.
C.
included about 3000 phonetic, pictographic, and
ideological characters.
D. was recorded primarily on leather hides, pottery
vessels, and stone sculptures.
E. All of these are correct.
7. Which of the following statements about
diagnostic crafts in ancient China is false?
A. Silk was used to
manufacture clothing, figurines, funerary textiles, and tapestries.
B. Jade was used to manufacture sculptures, vessels,
and funerary objects.
C. Lacquerware was used to manufacture musical
instruments.
D. Porcelain, a high-quality form of ceramics, was
used to manufacture soldiers and other statues buried in the graves of
emperors.
E.
Both C and D are false.
8. True
or False: Female
figurines recovered from sites in the Indian subcontinent suggest the
existence of a fertility cult or a mother goddess religion.
9. True
or False: The hieroglyphic writing system used in the Indian
subcontinent was used between 2600 and 1200 BC; the phonetic script was
used after about 700-600 BC.
10. True or False:
Archaeologists contend that the early phase of
urbanism was related to iron metallurgy and industrialization, while
the later phase was related to protecting citizens from external
pressures or natural disasters like floods. switch
11. True or False:
The southeast Asia culture
area includes the present-day countries of eastern Myanmar (Burma),
northern Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines,
North Korea, and South Korea.
12. True or
False: A linga is a
phallus-shaped stone sculpture that symbolized the essence of the
mandala and its overlord in southeast Asia.
13. True or
False: Although soils were
fertile and river systems provided water for irrigation, the uneven
terrain in many parts of China made farming difficult.
14. True
or False: Bronze metallurgy, an industry
closely controlled by the Chinese state, was used to manufacture ritual
vessels, food containers, and jewelry.
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