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University of Oklahoma
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 1
12/12/2010

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The peron responsible for the story of Atlantis
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Plato
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Graham Hancock's evidence for the Lost Culture of Atlantis is:
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Egyptian Pyramids aligned based on Orion's Belt
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______ claimed that Atlantis was the cradle of civilization and agriculture
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Ignatius Donnelly
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Domestication involves ___
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humans manipulating their environment thru reproductive cycle, selecting for a brittle rachis, selecting for certain desired traits
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The Natufian people domesticated
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wheat and barley
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The site of Jerico was important because
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It was an example of one of the first farming communities
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Domestication of plants is recognized by
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larger seeds
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the first domesticated animal was
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the dog
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The site associated w/ the domestication of rice is
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Ban-po-ts'un
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________ are the earliest domesticated of eastern N. America
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Goosefoot, marshelder, and sunflower
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The key factor allowing the less healthy early farmers to out-comete their hunter/gather neighbors was _____
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the development of a weaning gruel, increased population, shorter birth spacing
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Erich von Daniken's evidence for the presence of alien human interaction is
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textual, artistic references and technology that was too advanced for primitive humans
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The evidence supporting the argument for human construction of Stonehenge are
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there were predecessors both in tech and use of large stones
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The use of megaliths was important as they
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marked sacred landscapes and astronomical and seasonal events, and were method to build solidarity
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The bog bodies were
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usually represent a double or triple death
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The Celtic priest/druids were
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representations of a pan-tribal religious practice
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Gobekli Tepe is important because
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it has the first monumental architecture
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Catalhoyuk dates to 8500 ya and represents
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the first urban center
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During the Ubaid period in Mesopotamia
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inegalitarianism develops
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During the Ubaid period in Mesopotamia
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inegalitarianism develops
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__________ are common in inegalitarian societies
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ascribed status
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In ancient Egypt power is
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concentrated in the pharoh
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According to the Video the rate of block setting in the building of pyramids was
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1 block/2min
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Dr. Zahi Hawass argues that the pyramid workers were not slaves because
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there are job titles, art and statues present in the tombs
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The two societies in which the warfare, population growth, and circumscription best explain he development of the state are
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Oaxaca and Andes
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The site associated w/ the founding of the Oaxaca state is
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Monte Alban
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The Danzante figures represent
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conquered people
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The Andes are unique in that they
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have multiple environmental zones, are a mountainous region, and represent a fast transition to a state
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The Moche state
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had clear status differences as seen in burial goods
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The Inca
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built and maintained an extensive road network
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_____ are egalitarian societies
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Bands and Tribes
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______ are inegalitarian societies
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Chiefdom, State, and Empire
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Our earliest human ancestor
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Ardipithecus ramidus
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We know for sure this one was bipedal
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Australopithecus afarensis
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Had hand structures similar to modern humans
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Parathropus robust
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Found in association w/ primative tools, may be the missing link between Australopithecus and Homo
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Australopithecus gahri
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Larger brain, and first to move out of Africa
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Homo erectus
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Neanderthals had ____ heads on _____ bodies
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primitive heads on modern bodies
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The first to inter their dead
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Neanderthals
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The oldest modern human found in Europe
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Cro Magnon
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The oldest modern human found in Europe
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Cro Magnon
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Atlantis is thought to be on this Island
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Thera
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The Celtics were a ____ society
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Chiefdom
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The first state was
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Uruk
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The oldest Paleoindian site
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Burnham
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The Archaic period in Oklahoma is characterized by
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Altithermal
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Evidence that the Polynesians were the first visitors to the New World is
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Sweet potato and chicken
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1st emperor to unite China and also create a Terra Cotta Army
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Qin Shi Huang
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This early Indus Valley city had community planning
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Mohenjo-daro
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This was an important monumental structure in early China
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An-yang
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Archeology is the
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study of human past through material remains
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Anthropology is
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the systematic study of humanity in all places and times
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The Australopithecines of 4-5 millions years ago inhabited E. Africa which at the time had a _____ climate
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savannah
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The most important aspect in archeology is
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context
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Material culture consists of
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artifacts, ecofacts, and features
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Evidence of extraordinary travels of the Hopewell people is evidenced by
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an effigy pipe and copper horn
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According to the Principle of Superposition the oldest artifacts are generally found in the _______ layer
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lowest
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Radiocarbon dating is reliable back to ________ years ago
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40,000
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Onka was able to gain prestige by ____________, which is typical of tribal level society
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gathering wealth and then giving it as a gift
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The peppered moth's from 1850's England became black because
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the black color was a mutation that resulted from natural selection
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The first possible hominin was
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Sahelanthtopus tchadensis
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The first hominin appeared in Africa around
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5-8 mya
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The evidence indicating bipedialism came first
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A bowl-shaped pelvis
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_________ is an advantage of bipedialism
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the ability to see greater distances
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Almost all the Australopithecines have been found in a ________ environment.
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Woodland
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The evidence that Lucy and her relatives did not have an opposed big toe in
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footprints found in volcanic ash at Laetoli
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Evidence from the Swarthkrans site indicate Paranthropus robustus
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had hand morphology that suggested the use of tools and was hunted by Pilocene leopards
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The first hominin to make stone tools was
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Homo habilis
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The first hominin to leave Africa was
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Homo erectus
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Oldowan tools are associated with
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Homo habilis
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Acheulean refers to
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biface handaxes associated w/ Homo erectus
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Controlled flake removal is possible because
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the toolstone is isotropic
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Manual dexterity refers to
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the ability to touch the thumb and pinky finger
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The based on the multiregional hypothesis neandertals
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interbred w/ modern humans
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The site of ____________ has evidence that has been used to argue or Neandertal cannibalism
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La Quina and Krapina Cave
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The skeletal evidence of the possible use of language associated Neandertals is
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the hyoid
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The mitochondrial DNA data supports
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the development of Homo sapiens in Africa
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Dolni Vestonice is important because
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there was evidence of ritualism
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There is anthropological data to support ____________ in human populations
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female gathering made up a majority of the diet
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___________ is the longest lasting lithic thechnology in pre history
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Mousterian
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