1. Societies in which large numbers of people live in cities, socially stratified and governed by centrally organized political
systems, are called:
a. urbanizations.
b. civilizations.
c. nations.
d. city-states.
e. centralized governments.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
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2. The word civilization derives from the Latin word, civis, referring to one who is an inhabitant of a city, and civitas,
which refers to the urban community in which one lives. The word civilization connotes refinement and progress, but
in anthropology, the term refers to:
a. the independence of people to do what they desire.
b. societies in which small numbers of people live in socially stratified political systems.
c. societies in which large numbers of people live in political systems that lack stratification.
d. societies in which large numbers of people live in socially stratified political systems.
e. central inhabited cities where transportation and communication hubs exist.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
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3. This statement, “it is as if a number of what otherwise would be separate Neolithic villages were all crammed
together in one place,” would be a description of what ancient city?
a. Çatalhöyük
b. Sumer
c. Teotihuacan
d. Tenochtitlan
e. Jericho
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
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global origins.
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, 4. Evidence suggests that ancient planners designed the city of _____ to have the San Juan River run through it.
a. Macchu Picchu
b. Tikal
c. Chichen Itza
d. Teotihuacan
e. Tulum
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
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5. Archaeologists who have studied the city of Teotihuacan estimate what population for this city at its height?
a. 1 million
b. 100,000
c. 75,000
d. 40,000
e. 20,000
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
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6. In which modern-day country do we find Tikal?
a. Mexico
b. Honduras
c. Belize
d. Guatemala
e. Costa Rica
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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, 7. For several hundred years, Tikal was able to sustain its ever-growing population. Then the pressure for food and land
reached a critical point, and population growth was halted. At the same time, warfare with other cities was becoming
increasingly destructive. This is marked archaeologically by all of the following except:
a. by the advent of nutritional problems as evidenced by bones from burial.
b. by the construction of a system of defensive ditches and embankments.
c. by the construction of artificially raised fields in areas that were flooded each rainy season.
d. large, irrigation waterworks.
e. existence of abandoned houses on prime lands.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Conceptual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
8. By 1,550 years ago, the population of Tikal had achieved a density of _____ people per square kilometer.
a. 600 to 700
b. 25 to 100
c. 1 million
d. 100 to 150
e. 3,000 to 5,000
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
9. The Mayan city of Tikal may have played an important role as:
a. the capital of Mexico.
b. a university center for astronomers and mathematicians.
c. an important stop on an overland trade route.
d. the first industrial center for the production of wheat.
e. the place where swords were manufactured to fight the Aztecs.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Conceptual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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, 10. Which of the following statements about Tikal is incorrect?
a. Tikal was a product of Mayan civilization.
b. Tikal was built in a rain forest region.
c. At the city’s height, it contained as many as 45,000 people.
d. Carved monuments were commissioned by commoners to commemorate important events in their personal
lives.
e. Tikal may have exported flint.
ANSWER: e
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
11. The city of Tikal was governed by:
a. an egalitarian council of women.
b. a hereditary ruling dynasty.
c. a council of elders based on kinship.
d. elected senators.
e. craft guilds.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
12. El Pilar is located not far from Tikal:
a. in Mexico.
b. in Cuba.
c. in Spain.
d. on the border between Belize and Guatemala.
e. on the border between Guatemala and Honduras.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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systems, are called:
a. urbanizations.
b. civilizations.
c. nations.
d. city-states.
e. centralized governments.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
2. The word civilization derives from the Latin word, civis, referring to one who is an inhabitant of a city, and civitas,
which refers to the urban community in which one lives. The word civilization connotes refinement and progress, but
in anthropology, the term refers to:
a. the independence of people to do what they desire.
b. societies in which small numbers of people live in socially stratified political systems.
c. societies in which large numbers of people live in political systems that lack stratification.
d. societies in which large numbers of people live in socially stratified political systems.
e. central inhabited cities where transportation and communication hubs exist.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
3. This statement, “it is as if a number of what otherwise would be separate Neolithic villages were all crammed
together in one place,” would be a description of what ancient city?
a. Çatalhöyük
b. Sumer
c. Teotihuacan
d. Tenochtitlan
e. Jericho
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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, 4. Evidence suggests that ancient planners designed the city of _____ to have the San Juan River run through it.
a. Macchu Picchu
b. Tikal
c. Chichen Itza
d. Teotihuacan
e. Tulum
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
5. Archaeologists who have studied the city of Teotihuacan estimate what population for this city at its height?
a. 1 million
b. 100,000
c. 75,000
d. 40,000
e. 20,000
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Defining Civilization
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.01 - Define civilization, cities, and states, and identify their
global origins.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
6. In which modern-day country do we find Tikal?
a. Mexico
b. Honduras
c. Belize
d. Guatemala
e. Costa Rica
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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, 7. For several hundred years, Tikal was able to sustain its ever-growing population. Then the pressure for food and land
reached a critical point, and population growth was halted. At the same time, warfare with other cities was becoming
increasingly destructive. This is marked archaeologically by all of the following except:
a. by the advent of nutritional problems as evidenced by bones from burial.
b. by the construction of a system of defensive ditches and embankments.
c. by the construction of artificially raised fields in areas that were flooded each rainy season.
d. large, irrigation waterworks.
e. existence of abandoned houses on prime lands.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Conceptual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
8. By 1,550 years ago, the population of Tikal had achieved a density of _____ people per square kilometer.
a. 600 to 700
b. 25 to 100
c. 1 million
d. 100 to 150
e. 3,000 to 5,000
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
9. The Mayan city of Tikal may have played an important role as:
a. the capital of Mexico.
b. a university center for astronomers and mathematicians.
c. an important stop on an overland trade route.
d. the first industrial center for the production of wheat.
e. the place where swords were manufactured to fight the Aztecs.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Conceptual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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, 10. Which of the following statements about Tikal is incorrect?
a. Tikal was a product of Mayan civilization.
b. Tikal was built in a rain forest region.
c. At the city’s height, it contained as many as 45,000 people.
d. Carved monuments were commissioned by commoners to commemorate important events in their personal
lives.
e. Tikal may have exported flint.
ANSWER: e
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
11. The city of Tikal was governed by:
a. an egalitarian council of women.
b. a hereditary ruling dynasty.
c. a council of elders based on kinship.
d. elected senators.
e. craft guilds.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
12. El Pilar is located not far from Tikal:
a. in Mexico.
b. in Cuba.
c. in Spain.
d. on the border between Belize and Guatemala.
e. on the border between Guatemala and Honduras.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Tikal: A Case Study
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ANTH.HAVI.17.10.02 - Identify the elements of archaeological exploration of
ancient civilizations through a case study of the Maya city of Tikal.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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