ASB 222 FINAL FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS (2026)
●● Site (Behavioral)
Answer: a place where human activity once took place
●● site (Archaeological)
Answer: a cluster of artifacts
●● archaeology
Answer: study of past human societies through their material remain
●● cultural items
Answer: Physical/material objects that have meaning, value, or use
●● features
Answer: a collection of one or more contexts representing some human
non-portable activity
●● ecofacts
,Answer: the natural remains of plants and animals found in the
archaeological record
●● human remains
Answer: body of a deceased person, including cremated remains
●● goals of archaeology
Answer: 1) Discover evidence of the human past
2) Reconstruct cultural history around the world
3)Reconstruct past lives and societies
4) Explain changes in past societies
●● cultural evolution
Answer: major changes in human societies over time; no progress
●● band
Answer: hunters and gathers
●● tribe
Answer: a social group made up of families or clans
●● chiefdom
, Answer: Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader
who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful
than kingdoms and empires, they were based on gift giving and
commercial links.
●● state
Answer: a nation or territory considered as an organized political
community under one government.
●● hypothesis
Answer: An educated guess
●● survey
Answer: initial data gathering stage; has a specific research Q &
statistical sampling period
●● excavation
Answer: the process of digging up the remains of the past
●● absolute dating
Answer: A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil
●● relative dating
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS (2026)
●● Site (Behavioral)
Answer: a place where human activity once took place
●● site (Archaeological)
Answer: a cluster of artifacts
●● archaeology
Answer: study of past human societies through their material remain
●● cultural items
Answer: Physical/material objects that have meaning, value, or use
●● features
Answer: a collection of one or more contexts representing some human
non-portable activity
●● ecofacts
,Answer: the natural remains of plants and animals found in the
archaeological record
●● human remains
Answer: body of a deceased person, including cremated remains
●● goals of archaeology
Answer: 1) Discover evidence of the human past
2) Reconstruct cultural history around the world
3)Reconstruct past lives and societies
4) Explain changes in past societies
●● cultural evolution
Answer: major changes in human societies over time; no progress
●● band
Answer: hunters and gathers
●● tribe
Answer: a social group made up of families or clans
●● chiefdom
, Answer: Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader
who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful
than kingdoms and empires, they were based on gift giving and
commercial links.
●● state
Answer: a nation or territory considered as an organized political
community under one government.
●● hypothesis
Answer: An educated guess
●● survey
Answer: initial data gathering stage; has a specific research Q &
statistical sampling period
●● excavation
Answer: the process of digging up the remains of the past
●● absolute dating
Answer: A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil
●● relative dating
