ANTH 1210 (questions well answered)
latest update 2025-2026
Early rock art from Africa may be as old as ________ years.
A) 10,000
B) 28,000
C) 40,000
D) 68,000
E) 100,000 - correct answer ✔✔B) 28,000
The skeletal remains of Homo floresiensis are notable for each of the following
characteristics or assumptions except _____
A) their short stature
B) their small cranial capacity
C) they were living 13,000 years ago
D) their predecessors were perhaps Homo erectus populations
E) they came to Flores on rafts, the remains of which were recovered from the
island of Flores - correct answer ✔✔E) they came to Flores on rafts, the remains
of which were recovered from the island of Flores
The Upper Paleolithic culture period began in Western Europe about ________
years ago.
A) 40,000
B) 10,000
C) 5,000
,D) 70,000
E) 100,000 - correct answer ✔✔A) 40,000
What is the term for the stone tool technology most often associated with the
Neandertals that extended across Europe and North Africa, into the former Soviet
Union, Israel, Iran, central Asia and possibly China?
A) Mousterian
B) Acheulian
C) Early Paleolithic
D) Denisovian
E) Oldowan - correct answer ✔✔A) Mousterian
According to the Regional Continuity Model, ________ prevented local
populations of premodern Homo sapiens from becoming separate species.
A) Founder's effect
B) gene flow
C) displacement by African Homo sapiens
D) mitochondrial DNA
E) genetic drift - correct answer ✔✔B) gene flow
Lascaux and Altamira
A) are well known Neandertal sites
B) are 20,000 year-old campsites
C) contain evidence of butchered mammoths
D) are famous for their numerous cave bear skulls
,E) are famous for their elaborate cave paintings - correct answer ✔✔E) are
famous for their elaborate cave paintings
The transition between premodern and anatomically modern forms of humans
may have occurred as early as 500,000 years ago in Africa. True or false? - correct
answer ✔✔False
What is the benefit of an atlatl?
A) it is unique type of projectile point
B) it is used for starting fires
C) it increases the force and distance of a spear throw
D) it can be used as a drill
E) it is used for fishing - correct answer ✔✔C) It increases the force and distance
of a spear throw
The central concept which unites all sub-disciplines of anthropology is:
A) adaptation
B) prehistory
C) genetics
D) culture
E) personality - correct answer ✔✔D) culture
What are ethnographies?
A) are studies of only Western European societies
B) are studies of nonhuman primates
C) emphasize, among other topics, religion, ritual, myth, diet, and gender roles
, D) are studies done by archaeologists
E) are the practical application of anthropological theories - correct answer ✔✔C)
emphasize, among other topics, religion, ritual, myth, diet, and gender roles
Thus far, the earliest specimens of modern Homo sapiens are from which site?
A) Omo Kibish
B) Klasies River Mouth
C) Qafzeh
D) Cro-Magnon
E) Kow Swamp - correct answer ✔✔A) Omo Kibish
It is hypothesized that some population of inhabitants from Indonesia was the first
group to colonize Australia. True or false? - correct answer ✔✔True
The four major principles of cultural relativisim, laid out by Franz Boas in the
1920's, include all of the following except _____.
A) Cultural aspects of human behaviour are not biologically based or conditioned
but are acquired solely through learning.
B) Cultural behaviour can be understood as a biological conditioned response to
environmental stimuli.
C) Cultural conditioning of behaviour is ultimately accomplished through
habituation rather than rational deliberation.
latest update 2025-2026
Early rock art from Africa may be as old as ________ years.
A) 10,000
B) 28,000
C) 40,000
D) 68,000
E) 100,000 - correct answer ✔✔B) 28,000
The skeletal remains of Homo floresiensis are notable for each of the following
characteristics or assumptions except _____
A) their short stature
B) their small cranial capacity
C) they were living 13,000 years ago
D) their predecessors were perhaps Homo erectus populations
E) they came to Flores on rafts, the remains of which were recovered from the
island of Flores - correct answer ✔✔E) they came to Flores on rafts, the remains
of which were recovered from the island of Flores
The Upper Paleolithic culture period began in Western Europe about ________
years ago.
A) 40,000
B) 10,000
C) 5,000
,D) 70,000
E) 100,000 - correct answer ✔✔A) 40,000
What is the term for the stone tool technology most often associated with the
Neandertals that extended across Europe and North Africa, into the former Soviet
Union, Israel, Iran, central Asia and possibly China?
A) Mousterian
B) Acheulian
C) Early Paleolithic
D) Denisovian
E) Oldowan - correct answer ✔✔A) Mousterian
According to the Regional Continuity Model, ________ prevented local
populations of premodern Homo sapiens from becoming separate species.
A) Founder's effect
B) gene flow
C) displacement by African Homo sapiens
D) mitochondrial DNA
E) genetic drift - correct answer ✔✔B) gene flow
Lascaux and Altamira
A) are well known Neandertal sites
B) are 20,000 year-old campsites
C) contain evidence of butchered mammoths
D) are famous for their numerous cave bear skulls
,E) are famous for their elaborate cave paintings - correct answer ✔✔E) are
famous for their elaborate cave paintings
The transition between premodern and anatomically modern forms of humans
may have occurred as early as 500,000 years ago in Africa. True or false? - correct
answer ✔✔False
What is the benefit of an atlatl?
A) it is unique type of projectile point
B) it is used for starting fires
C) it increases the force and distance of a spear throw
D) it can be used as a drill
E) it is used for fishing - correct answer ✔✔C) It increases the force and distance
of a spear throw
The central concept which unites all sub-disciplines of anthropology is:
A) adaptation
B) prehistory
C) genetics
D) culture
E) personality - correct answer ✔✔D) culture
What are ethnographies?
A) are studies of only Western European societies
B) are studies of nonhuman primates
C) emphasize, among other topics, religion, ritual, myth, diet, and gender roles
, D) are studies done by archaeologists
E) are the practical application of anthropological theories - correct answer ✔✔C)
emphasize, among other topics, religion, ritual, myth, diet, and gender roles
Thus far, the earliest specimens of modern Homo sapiens are from which site?
A) Omo Kibish
B) Klasies River Mouth
C) Qafzeh
D) Cro-Magnon
E) Kow Swamp - correct answer ✔✔A) Omo Kibish
It is hypothesized that some population of inhabitants from Indonesia was the first
group to colonize Australia. True or false? - correct answer ✔✔True
The four major principles of cultural relativisim, laid out by Franz Boas in the
1920's, include all of the following except _____.
A) Cultural aspects of human behaviour are not biologically based or conditioned
but are acquired solely through learning.
B) Cultural behaviour can be understood as a biological conditioned response to
environmental stimuli.
C) Cultural conditioning of behaviour is ultimately accomplished through
habituation rather than rational deliberation.
