ASB 222: MODULE 2 KEY TERMS QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
2nd human diaspora (Not out of Africa) correct answer to America last glacial in
Pleistocene 18K ya
Had to cross from asia to americas
Had to occupy artic niche-
Needed fire, shelter clothing
Highly skilled big game hunters
Traveling from Alaska to rest of America had to pass through ice sheets
Not known how - go along coast in boats
Other was ice free corrider - both were dangerous and very far
May not have entered until after 15K years ago- very few sites up to 12K years
ago
Ecoutnered different ecosystems south of the ice
Acheulean correct answer Stone tool industry of the early and middle Pleistocene
characterized by the presence of bifacial hand axes and cleavers. This industry is
made by a number of Homo species, including H. erectus and early H. sapiens.
Atapuerca, Spain correct answer an archaeological site of the lower paleolithic
period with evidence of deliberate burial. Some skeletons date as early as 1.2
mya, other areas date to about 800,000-600,000 ya.
Beringia correct answer land bridge that connected Asia and North America
, Bifacial flaking correct answer Flakes struck from two sides of a tool to create a
cutting edge
Biocultural evolution correct answer The mutual, interactive evolution of human
biology and culture; the concept that biology makes culture possible and that
developing culture further influences the direction of biological evolution; a basic
concept in understanding the unique components of human evolution.
Early homo correct answer • Date: 2.5 mya to 200,00 year
• Location: Africa then Eurasia
• Major Trends in Hominin Evolution:
o full-time bipedalism
o Increased brain size
o flatter face and smaller teeth
o increasing Reliance on tools (making stone tools for the first time)
Ethno-linguistic group correct answer A group of people who share a common
language and culture, tribe
Evidence for out of Africa 1 correct answer Dmanisi, Georgia
Experimental archaeology correct answer the study of past behavioral processes
through experimental reconstruction under carefully controlled scientific
conditions
Extinction events correct answer Periods of sudden change when thousands or
millions of species were just wiped out.
ACCURATE ANSWERS
2nd human diaspora (Not out of Africa) correct answer to America last glacial in
Pleistocene 18K ya
Had to cross from asia to americas
Had to occupy artic niche-
Needed fire, shelter clothing
Highly skilled big game hunters
Traveling from Alaska to rest of America had to pass through ice sheets
Not known how - go along coast in boats
Other was ice free corrider - both were dangerous and very far
May not have entered until after 15K years ago- very few sites up to 12K years
ago
Ecoutnered different ecosystems south of the ice
Acheulean correct answer Stone tool industry of the early and middle Pleistocene
characterized by the presence of bifacial hand axes and cleavers. This industry is
made by a number of Homo species, including H. erectus and early H. sapiens.
Atapuerca, Spain correct answer an archaeological site of the lower paleolithic
period with evidence of deliberate burial. Some skeletons date as early as 1.2
mya, other areas date to about 800,000-600,000 ya.
Beringia correct answer land bridge that connected Asia and North America
, Bifacial flaking correct answer Flakes struck from two sides of a tool to create a
cutting edge
Biocultural evolution correct answer The mutual, interactive evolution of human
biology and culture; the concept that biology makes culture possible and that
developing culture further influences the direction of biological evolution; a basic
concept in understanding the unique components of human evolution.
Early homo correct answer • Date: 2.5 mya to 200,00 year
• Location: Africa then Eurasia
• Major Trends in Hominin Evolution:
o full-time bipedalism
o Increased brain size
o flatter face and smaller teeth
o increasing Reliance on tools (making stone tools for the first time)
Ethno-linguistic group correct answer A group of people who share a common
language and culture, tribe
Evidence for out of Africa 1 correct answer Dmanisi, Georgia
Experimental archaeology correct answer the study of past behavioral processes
through experimental reconstruction under carefully controlled scientific
conditions
Extinction events correct answer Periods of sudden change when thousands or
millions of species were just wiped out.
