Asb 222 Final Exam 2025 With 200 Real Exam
Prep Questions and Correct Verified Answers/
Asb 222 Final Practice Test (Brand New!)
Archaeology without excavation
is called non invasive archaeology
Homo sapiens evolved first in:
Africa
What is archaeology?
The study of past human societies through their material remains
Cultural items, features, eco facts, and human remains are types of:
Artifacts
Volcanic rocks millions of years old can be dated with which technique?
Potassium-argon dating
When an archaeologist attempts to find sites with a conservation goal in mind, s/he
is trying to identify the potential damage of a proposed project by finding any
archaeological sites in its path.
True
Four methods for chronometrically dating the past are Potassium-Argon dating,
Radio Carbon dating, Historical documents and
Dendrochronology
Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to
each other by which layer with which they are associated.
True
The hominins that exited Africa during the first out of Africa migration were
anatomically modern humans.
pg. 1
,False
The development of complex language helps separate modern humans from our
earlier ancestors.
True
When do biologically modern humans appear in the archaeological record?
200kya
The last glaciation (during the Late Pleistocene) was marked by large continental
ice sheets and a cool, dry climate, and a drop in sea level.
True
_____ is used in archaeology to compare ancient artifacts to modern ones to
reconstruct past activities.
Analogy
_____ is the location of an artifact in an archaeological site.
Provenience
Of the following, what were the two main challenges people had to overcome in
colonizing the Americas?
Living in subarctic environments and traveling from Alaska to the rest of the
American continents.
You are an archaeologist excavating a site and you find an artifact of a type you've
never seen before. Which method would NOT help you figure out what the artifact
was used for in the past?
Survey
Cultural evolution is a form of progress and improvement in the lives of humans.
False
Early human populations lived in harmony with their surroundings, and never
affected their environment.
True
pg. 2
, Which of the following is a type of information that CAN NOT be known through
bioarchaeological remains?
The personality of an individual
Bioarchaeological studies show that the following was a consequence of
agriculture?
Population density increased
Bioarchaeologicaly uses all but which of the following methods to learn about the
past?
Genetics, chemistry AND paleopathology
Agriculture became predominate during which period?
Holocene
Agriculture is known to have been developed independently in all of the following
places EXCEPT?
California
Which of the following is an important consequence of domestication to plants and
animals?
Their number or yield increases AND they are easier for people to manage
Ceramic artifacts are important in archaeology because?
They are highly variable in time and space
Radiocarbon dating can be appropriately used to date which of the following?
Remains of animals that lived 25,000 years ago
Which of the following is true about relative dating?
Artifacts found in lower stratigraphic layers are older than artifacts in higher
stratigraphic layers
Radiocarbon dating works by by assessing the ratio of which of the following?
12C to 14C
Which of the following is not an archaeological site?
pg. 3
Prep Questions and Correct Verified Answers/
Asb 222 Final Practice Test (Brand New!)
Archaeology without excavation
is called non invasive archaeology
Homo sapiens evolved first in:
Africa
What is archaeology?
The study of past human societies through their material remains
Cultural items, features, eco facts, and human remains are types of:
Artifacts
Volcanic rocks millions of years old can be dated with which technique?
Potassium-argon dating
When an archaeologist attempts to find sites with a conservation goal in mind, s/he
is trying to identify the potential damage of a proposed project by finding any
archaeological sites in its path.
True
Four methods for chronometrically dating the past are Potassium-Argon dating,
Radio Carbon dating, Historical documents and
Dendrochronology
Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to
each other by which layer with which they are associated.
True
The hominins that exited Africa during the first out of Africa migration were
anatomically modern humans.
pg. 1
,False
The development of complex language helps separate modern humans from our
earlier ancestors.
True
When do biologically modern humans appear in the archaeological record?
200kya
The last glaciation (during the Late Pleistocene) was marked by large continental
ice sheets and a cool, dry climate, and a drop in sea level.
True
_____ is used in archaeology to compare ancient artifacts to modern ones to
reconstruct past activities.
Analogy
_____ is the location of an artifact in an archaeological site.
Provenience
Of the following, what were the two main challenges people had to overcome in
colonizing the Americas?
Living in subarctic environments and traveling from Alaska to the rest of the
American continents.
You are an archaeologist excavating a site and you find an artifact of a type you've
never seen before. Which method would NOT help you figure out what the artifact
was used for in the past?
Survey
Cultural evolution is a form of progress and improvement in the lives of humans.
False
Early human populations lived in harmony with their surroundings, and never
affected their environment.
True
pg. 2
, Which of the following is a type of information that CAN NOT be known through
bioarchaeological remains?
The personality of an individual
Bioarchaeological studies show that the following was a consequence of
agriculture?
Population density increased
Bioarchaeologicaly uses all but which of the following methods to learn about the
past?
Genetics, chemistry AND paleopathology
Agriculture became predominate during which period?
Holocene
Agriculture is known to have been developed independently in all of the following
places EXCEPT?
California
Which of the following is an important consequence of domestication to plants and
animals?
Their number or yield increases AND they are easier for people to manage
Ceramic artifacts are important in archaeology because?
They are highly variable in time and space
Radiocarbon dating can be appropriately used to date which of the following?
Remains of animals that lived 25,000 years ago
Which of the following is true about relative dating?
Artifacts found in lower stratigraphic layers are older than artifacts in higher
stratigraphic layers
Radiocarbon dating works by by assessing the ratio of which of the following?
12C to 14C
Which of the following is not an archaeological site?
pg. 3
