ANT2100 Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The cause of the metabolic disorder known as rickets is due to a lack of? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Vitamin D
What is the primary resource used by scientist to examine large scale world wide climatic shifts?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Oxygen isotope stages
What system was most likely involved in with obsidian being traded throughout central and
eastern Turkey? - CORRECT ANSWER - Down the line trade systems
The process of clay being kneaded and mixed with water in order to remove air bubbles helps
what? - CORRECT ANSWER - To prevent cracking during the firing process
What is not a trait affiliated with the domestication animals? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
animals appear as they would in the wild
What was the primary observation which at Moundville researches determined the society
practiced ascribed ranking? - CORRECT ANSWER - The presence of children with high
burial status
What is one of the most defining characteristics at state level societies? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A writing system
What does no play a part in the sexing of on an adult based on pelvis morphology? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Erosion of the pubic smyphysis
What is malignant bone cancer know as? - CORRECT ANSWER - Osteosarcoma
, What is the primary reason that the site of Catalhoyuk is believed to be a site of a tribal level
society? - CORRECT ANSWER - The site is made up of houses that show no difference in
social status
What is not a characteristic of a village head? - CORRECT ANSWER - It is an ascribed
position
What does the osteological paradox refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER - That the sickest
skeletons may not exhibit any skeletal indicators of disease
What is paylnology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of plant pollen, spores, and
certain microscopic plankton organism
Why is the Uluburun shipwreck is considered one of the best examples of prehistoric trade and
exchange? - CORRECT ANSWER - The ten tons of copper came from Cyprus, the ship
was found off the coast of Turkey, and recovered tools and weapons came from Egypt and the
Levant
What is the period of non-use known as when referring to Swidden horticulture? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fallowing
Where is the most likely location of clay sources utilized by potters? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Relatively close by
Petrography - CORRECT ANSWER - Examination and analysis of the internal mineral
composition of ceramics
Why is it believed that syphilis to be may have originated in the new world? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The outbreak of syphilis in Europe after 1494 AD, genetic similarities
between syphilis and yaws
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The cause of the metabolic disorder known as rickets is due to a lack of? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Vitamin D
What is the primary resource used by scientist to examine large scale world wide climatic shifts?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Oxygen isotope stages
What system was most likely involved in with obsidian being traded throughout central and
eastern Turkey? - CORRECT ANSWER - Down the line trade systems
The process of clay being kneaded and mixed with water in order to remove air bubbles helps
what? - CORRECT ANSWER - To prevent cracking during the firing process
What is not a trait affiliated with the domestication animals? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
animals appear as they would in the wild
What was the primary observation which at Moundville researches determined the society
practiced ascribed ranking? - CORRECT ANSWER - The presence of children with high
burial status
What is one of the most defining characteristics at state level societies? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A writing system
What does no play a part in the sexing of on an adult based on pelvis morphology? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Erosion of the pubic smyphysis
What is malignant bone cancer know as? - CORRECT ANSWER - Osteosarcoma
, What is the primary reason that the site of Catalhoyuk is believed to be a site of a tribal level
society? - CORRECT ANSWER - The site is made up of houses that show no difference in
social status
What is not a characteristic of a village head? - CORRECT ANSWER - It is an ascribed
position
What does the osteological paradox refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER - That the sickest
skeletons may not exhibit any skeletal indicators of disease
What is paylnology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of plant pollen, spores, and
certain microscopic plankton organism
Why is the Uluburun shipwreck is considered one of the best examples of prehistoric trade and
exchange? - CORRECT ANSWER - The ten tons of copper came from Cyprus, the ship
was found off the coast of Turkey, and recovered tools and weapons came from Egypt and the
Levant
What is the period of non-use known as when referring to Swidden horticulture? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fallowing
Where is the most likely location of clay sources utilized by potters? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Relatively close by
Petrography - CORRECT ANSWER - Examination and analysis of the internal mineral
composition of ceramics
Why is it believed that syphilis to be may have originated in the new world? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The outbreak of syphilis in Europe after 1494 AD, genetic similarities
between syphilis and yaws
