ASB 222 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
Adena correct answer Burial-mound building culture centered in the Ohio River
valley. Beginning about 3000 years ago, this culture developed at the chiefdom
level of sociopolitical integration, building sometimes quite impressive tombs for
their chiefs.
Affluent Foragers correct answer People who lived in resource-priviledged
regions. The Jomon of Japan and the native people of the northwest coast of
North America are examples of affluent foragers.
Amratian/ Negada I correct answer Represents the time period between 5750 and
5650 years ago in Upper Egypt (the southern part of Egyptian realm)
Anasazi correct answer Name given by the Navajo to the people who built the
ancient cliff dwellings and freestanding pueblos found in the American Four
Corners region (where the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado
come together at right angles).
Ancestral Puebloan correct answer A prehistoric culture centered in the Four
Corners region of the American Southwest. Also called Anasazi.
Anthropocene epoch correct answer The name of a proposed segment of
geological time, equivalent to the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene. Unlike
these and all other previously recognized and defined epochs, the Anthropocene
was initiated not by a fundamental shift in nature, but by the combined and
massive impacts of human activities.
Aztec correct answer Calling themselves the Mexica, the Aztecs were the
historical civilization encountered by the Spanish invaders of Medico in the
, sixteenth century. When the Spanish arrived, the Aztecs were the dominant
political and military force in Mesoamerica.
Chavin correct answer A distinctive art style that developed in western South
America beginning about 3000 years ago. The religious iconography of Chavin
seems to have served as a unifying influence, setting the stage for the later
development of geographically broad empires.
Chiefdom correct answer A level of sociopolitical 9integration more complex than
the tribe but less so than the state. The social system is ranked, not egalitarian.
Chimu correct answer One of the pre-Inca complex societies that developed in
South America. The Chimu produced a true empire that spread across more than
1300 km (800 mi) of the coast of South America, including the entire northern
coast of Peru.
Chinampas correct answer Artificial islands in lakes and swamps produced but the
Aztecs of central Mexico. These artificial islands were intensively farmed.
City- State correct answer Political entity characteristic of some early civilizations.
A central population center dominates the surrounding hinterlands. The wealth of
the countryside flows into the city where it is concentrated in the hands of the
elite classes.
Civilization correct answer As used here, cultures exhibiting social stratification,
labor and craft specialization, a food surplus used to support a political and/ or
religious elite, monumental construction, and a system of record keeping.
Adena correct answer Burial-mound building culture centered in the Ohio River
valley. Beginning about 3000 years ago, this culture developed at the chiefdom
level of sociopolitical integration, building sometimes quite impressive tombs for
their chiefs.
Affluent Foragers correct answer People who lived in resource-priviledged
regions. The Jomon of Japan and the native people of the northwest coast of
North America are examples of affluent foragers.
Amratian/ Negada I correct answer Represents the time period between 5750 and
5650 years ago in Upper Egypt (the southern part of Egyptian realm)
Anasazi correct answer Name given by the Navajo to the people who built the
ancient cliff dwellings and freestanding pueblos found in the American Four
Corners region (where the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado
come together at right angles).
Ancestral Puebloan correct answer A prehistoric culture centered in the Four
Corners region of the American Southwest. Also called Anasazi.
Anthropocene epoch correct answer The name of a proposed segment of
geological time, equivalent to the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene. Unlike
these and all other previously recognized and defined epochs, the Anthropocene
was initiated not by a fundamental shift in nature, but by the combined and
massive impacts of human activities.
Aztec correct answer Calling themselves the Mexica, the Aztecs were the
historical civilization encountered by the Spanish invaders of Medico in the
, sixteenth century. When the Spanish arrived, the Aztecs were the dominant
political and military force in Mesoamerica.
Chavin correct answer A distinctive art style that developed in western South
America beginning about 3000 years ago. The religious iconography of Chavin
seems to have served as a unifying influence, setting the stage for the later
development of geographically broad empires.
Chiefdom correct answer A level of sociopolitical 9integration more complex than
the tribe but less so than the state. The social system is ranked, not egalitarian.
Chimu correct answer One of the pre-Inca complex societies that developed in
South America. The Chimu produced a true empire that spread across more than
1300 km (800 mi) of the coast of South America, including the entire northern
coast of Peru.
Chinampas correct answer Artificial islands in lakes and swamps produced but the
Aztecs of central Mexico. These artificial islands were intensively farmed.
City- State correct answer Political entity characteristic of some early civilizations.
A central population center dominates the surrounding hinterlands. The wealth of
the countryside flows into the city where it is concentrated in the hands of the
elite classes.
Civilization correct answer As used here, cultures exhibiting social stratification,
labor and craft specialization, a food surplus used to support a political and/ or
religious elite, monumental construction, and a system of record keeping.
