Test Bank for Ancient Lives: An
Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory,
6e Brian Fagan (All Chapters)
Chapter 1
1 Modern archaeologists use the remains of a civilization to
(A) study the human past.
(B) reconstruct ancient city plans.
(C) enrich themselves and their benefactors.
(D) confirm existing hypotheses about the origin of the species.
Answer: (A) tstudy tthe thuman tpast.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tstudy tthe thuman tpast.
2 World tprehistory tevaluates tthe tprehistory tof thumankind tfrom tthe tperspective tof ta
(A) single tregion.
(B) single tperson.
(C) person tliving tduring tprehistoric ttimes.
(D) global tperspective.
Answer: (D) tglobal tperspective.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tglobal tperspective.
3 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology tis tthe tstudy tof tthe tearliest thuman tbeings
tbefore twritten thistory?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (A) tprehistoric tarchaeology
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tprehistoric tarchaeology.
4 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology tis tthe tstudy tof tthe tculture tand tartifacts tof
tthe tearliest thumans, tincluding tstone ttechnology tand tart?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (B) tpaleoanthropology
,Feedback: t The tanswer tis tpaleoanthropology.
5 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology tis tthe tstudy tof tthe tremains tof tthe tgreat
tcivilizations tof tancient tGreece tand tRome?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (C) tclassical tarchaeology
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tclassical tarchaeology
6 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology twould trequire tknowledge tof thieroglyphics?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (D) tEgyptology
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tEgyptology.
7 Biologists tCharles tDarwin tand tStephen tJay tGould tboth thypothesized tthat
thumanity toriginated tin
(A) Africa.
(B) the tMiddle tEast.
(C) Australia.
(D) North tAmerica.
Answer: (A) tAfrica.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tAfrica.
8 Explain twhy tit tis timportant tto tstudy tarchaeology. tHow tcould tthe tlessons
tlearned tfrom tarchaeology tbe tapplied tto tmodern-day trace trelations?
Answer:
9 Define tgarbagology. tHow tdo tthe tlessons tlearned tfrom tthis tmodern tarchaeological
tmethod tcompare twith tthose tlearned tfrom tarchaeological tdigs tin tancient tRome?
Answer:
10 List tthe tfour tmajor tdevelopments tin thuman tprehistory. tWhich tof tthese
tdevelopments tdo tyou tbelieve tis tthe tmost tsignificant? tWhy?
Answer:
11 Discuss twhether tarchaeologists tbe tallowed tto tdig tup tburial tsites tand tsettlements
tof tplaces tconsidered tholy.
Answer:
12 Radiocarbon tdating tis ta tmethod tof tdetermining tthe tage tof tan tartifact tbased ton
, (A) the tdecay trates tof tradiocarbon tisotopes.
(B) the tnumber tof tnuclei tpresent tin torganic tmatter.
(C) the tradiocarbon tspectrum tof tthe tgeological trecord.
(D) in tsitu tclues tfrom tsurrounding tartifacts.
Answer: (A) tthe tdecay trates tof tradiocarbon tisotopes.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tthe tdecay trates tof tradiocarbon tisotopes.
13 Cultural tresource tmanagement t(CRM) tof tarchaeological tsites tand tartifacts
(A) has talways tbeen tmandated tby tlaw tin tall tcountries tof tthe tworld.
(B) is ta tway tto tprotect tthe tpast.
(C) is tthe tmethod tused tby tcountries tto tprevent tarchaeologists tfrom tother tcountries tfrom
texcavating.
(D) has tlargely tbeen tdiscredited tin trecent tyears.
Answer: (B) tis ta tway tto tprotect tthe tpast.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tis ta tway tto tprotect tthe tpast.
14 He twas ta tbusinessperson-turned-archaeologist twho tdiscovered tthe tremains tof tthe
tcity tof tTroy.
(A) Archbishop tJames tUssher
(B) Charles tDarwin
(C) Austen tHenry tLayard
(D) Heinrich tSchliemann
Answer: (D) tHeinrich tSchliemann
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tHeinrich tSchliemann.
15 Prehistory tis tthe tperiod tbefore tthe
(A) advent tof twritten trecords.
(B) period tof tthe tdinosaurs.
(C) archaeological trecord.
(D) publication tof tOn tthe tOrigin tof tSpecies.
Answer: (A) tadvent tof twritten trecords.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tadvent tof twritten trecords.
16 British tarchaeologist tSir tLeonard tWoolley treconstructed
(A) an tUr tfuneral.
(B) Noah's tark.
(C) Abu tSimbel.
(D) Tenochtitlán.
Answer: (A) tan tUr tfuneral.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tan tUr tfuneral.
, 17 Copán, tGuatemala, twas ta tmajor tMaya tcenter tduring tthe
(A) 15th tcentury.
(B) 16th tcentury.
(C) mid-first tmillennium tA.D.
(D) American tRevolution.
Answer: (C) tmid-first tmillennium tA.D.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tmid-first tmillennium tA.D.
18 Which tlate t19th-century tGerman tarchaeologist tand this tcolleagues tare
tcredited twith ttransforming texcavation tfrom thunting tfor ttreasure tto ta
tcareful tscientific tprocess tof tchronicling tthe tpast?
(A) Augustus tLane tFox tPitt-Rivers
(B) Howard tCarter
(C) Arthur tEvans
(D) Alexander tCross
Answer: (D) tAlexander tCross
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tAlexander tCross.
19 Which ttwo tearly twomen tarchaeologists tbucked tthe tstereotype tof tmale
texcavators tand tworked tin tthe tfield tin tthe tSyrian tdesert tand tin tCrete,
trespectively?
(A) Gertrude tBell tand tHarriet tHawes
(B) Christian tHillaire tand tJean-Marie tChauvet
(C) Amelia tBotta tand tMildred tAusten tLayard
(D) Virginia tApgar tand tAlice tHamilton
Answer: (A) tGertrude tBell tand tHarriet tHawes
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tGertrude tBell tand tHarriet tHawes.
20 Before the twas ta ttreasure thunter, tGiovanni tBattista tBelzoni twas ta(n)
(A) army tgeneral.
(B) historian.
(C) circus tstrongman.
(D) priest.
Answer: (C) tcircus tstrongman.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis ta tcircus tstrongman.
21 The tlibrary tof tAssyrian tKing tAshurbanipal tcontained tan taccount tof
(A) a tflood tsimilar tto tthe tone tdescribed tin tGenesis.
(B) manna tfalling tfrom tthe tskies.
(C) the tfounding tof tthe tancient tcity tof tCarchemish.
(D) the tfirst tOlympic tgames.
Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory,
6e Brian Fagan (All Chapters)
Chapter 1
1 Modern archaeologists use the remains of a civilization to
(A) study the human past.
(B) reconstruct ancient city plans.
(C) enrich themselves and their benefactors.
(D) confirm existing hypotheses about the origin of the species.
Answer: (A) tstudy tthe thuman tpast.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tstudy tthe thuman tpast.
2 World tprehistory tevaluates tthe tprehistory tof thumankind tfrom tthe tperspective tof ta
(A) single tregion.
(B) single tperson.
(C) person tliving tduring tprehistoric ttimes.
(D) global tperspective.
Answer: (D) tglobal tperspective.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tglobal tperspective.
3 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology tis tthe tstudy tof tthe tearliest thuman tbeings
tbefore twritten thistory?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (A) tprehistoric tarchaeology
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tprehistoric tarchaeology.
4 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology tis tthe tstudy tof tthe tculture tand tartifacts tof
tthe tearliest thumans, tincluding tstone ttechnology tand tart?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (B) tpaleoanthropology
,Feedback: t The tanswer tis tpaleoanthropology.
5 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology tis tthe tstudy tof tthe tremains tof tthe tgreat
tcivilizations tof tancient tGreece tand tRome?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (C) tclassical tarchaeology
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tclassical tarchaeology
6 Which tsubdiscipline tof tarchaeology twould trequire tknowledge tof thieroglyphics?
(A) prehistoric tarchaeology
(B) paleoanthropology
(C) classical tarchaeology
(D) Egyptology
Answer: (D) tEgyptology
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tEgyptology.
7 Biologists tCharles tDarwin tand tStephen tJay tGould tboth thypothesized tthat
thumanity toriginated tin
(A) Africa.
(B) the tMiddle tEast.
(C) Australia.
(D) North tAmerica.
Answer: (A) tAfrica.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tAfrica.
8 Explain twhy tit tis timportant tto tstudy tarchaeology. tHow tcould tthe tlessons
tlearned tfrom tarchaeology tbe tapplied tto tmodern-day trace trelations?
Answer:
9 Define tgarbagology. tHow tdo tthe tlessons tlearned tfrom tthis tmodern tarchaeological
tmethod tcompare twith tthose tlearned tfrom tarchaeological tdigs tin tancient tRome?
Answer:
10 List tthe tfour tmajor tdevelopments tin thuman tprehistory. tWhich tof tthese
tdevelopments tdo tyou tbelieve tis tthe tmost tsignificant? tWhy?
Answer:
11 Discuss twhether tarchaeologists tbe tallowed tto tdig tup tburial tsites tand tsettlements
tof tplaces tconsidered tholy.
Answer:
12 Radiocarbon tdating tis ta tmethod tof tdetermining tthe tage tof tan tartifact tbased ton
, (A) the tdecay trates tof tradiocarbon tisotopes.
(B) the tnumber tof tnuclei tpresent tin torganic tmatter.
(C) the tradiocarbon tspectrum tof tthe tgeological trecord.
(D) in tsitu tclues tfrom tsurrounding tartifacts.
Answer: (A) tthe tdecay trates tof tradiocarbon tisotopes.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tthe tdecay trates tof tradiocarbon tisotopes.
13 Cultural tresource tmanagement t(CRM) tof tarchaeological tsites tand tartifacts
(A) has talways tbeen tmandated tby tlaw tin tall tcountries tof tthe tworld.
(B) is ta tway tto tprotect tthe tpast.
(C) is tthe tmethod tused tby tcountries tto tprevent tarchaeologists tfrom tother tcountries tfrom
texcavating.
(D) has tlargely tbeen tdiscredited tin trecent tyears.
Answer: (B) tis ta tway tto tprotect tthe tpast.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tis ta tway tto tprotect tthe tpast.
14 He twas ta tbusinessperson-turned-archaeologist twho tdiscovered tthe tremains tof tthe
tcity tof tTroy.
(A) Archbishop tJames tUssher
(B) Charles tDarwin
(C) Austen tHenry tLayard
(D) Heinrich tSchliemann
Answer: (D) tHeinrich tSchliemann
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tHeinrich tSchliemann.
15 Prehistory tis tthe tperiod tbefore tthe
(A) advent tof twritten trecords.
(B) period tof tthe tdinosaurs.
(C) archaeological trecord.
(D) publication tof tOn tthe tOrigin tof tSpecies.
Answer: (A) tadvent tof twritten trecords.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tadvent tof twritten trecords.
16 British tarchaeologist tSir tLeonard tWoolley treconstructed
(A) an tUr tfuneral.
(B) Noah's tark.
(C) Abu tSimbel.
(D) Tenochtitlán.
Answer: (A) tan tUr tfuneral.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tan tUr tfuneral.
, 17 Copán, tGuatemala, twas ta tmajor tMaya tcenter tduring tthe
(A) 15th tcentury.
(B) 16th tcentury.
(C) mid-first tmillennium tA.D.
(D) American tRevolution.
Answer: (C) tmid-first tmillennium tA.D.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tmid-first tmillennium tA.D.
18 Which tlate t19th-century tGerman tarchaeologist tand this tcolleagues tare
tcredited twith ttransforming texcavation tfrom thunting tfor ttreasure tto ta
tcareful tscientific tprocess tof tchronicling tthe tpast?
(A) Augustus tLane tFox tPitt-Rivers
(B) Howard tCarter
(C) Arthur tEvans
(D) Alexander tCross
Answer: (D) tAlexander tCross
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tAlexander tCross.
19 Which ttwo tearly twomen tarchaeologists tbucked tthe tstereotype tof tmale
texcavators tand tworked tin tthe tfield tin tthe tSyrian tdesert tand tin tCrete,
trespectively?
(A) Gertrude tBell tand tHarriet tHawes
(B) Christian tHillaire tand tJean-Marie tChauvet
(C) Amelia tBotta tand tMildred tAusten tLayard
(D) Virginia tApgar tand tAlice tHamilton
Answer: (A) tGertrude tBell tand tHarriet tHawes
Feedback: t The tanswer tis tGertrude tBell tand tHarriet tHawes.
20 Before the twas ta ttreasure thunter, tGiovanni tBattista tBelzoni twas ta(n)
(A) army tgeneral.
(B) historian.
(C) circus tstrongman.
(D) priest.
Answer: (C) tcircus tstrongman.
Feedback: t The tanswer tis ta tcircus tstrongman.
21 The tlibrary tof tAssyrian tKing tAshurbanipal tcontained tan taccount tof
(A) a tflood tsimilar tto tthe tone tdescribed tin tGenesis.
(B) manna tfalling tfrom tthe tskies.
(C) the tfounding tof tthe tancient tcity tof tCarchemish.
(D) the tfirst tOlympic tgames.
