ASB 222 Module 1-2 Quiz 2025
Questions and Answers
Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to each other by
which layer with which they are associated. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
Archaeology without excavation - ANSWER✔️✔️-noninvasive
Archaeology applies scientific methods and theories to the material remains of past cultures to
understand human behavior. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
For archaeologists, the definition of an archaeological site is: - ANSWER✔️✔️-a place or a cluster
of artifacts
Which of the following places the four types of human societies in order from smallest in size and
least complex, to the largest in size and most complex? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Bands, Tribes,
Chiefdoms , States
Radiocarbon dating can date things that lived up to 500,000 years ago. - ANSWER✔️✔️-False, it is
highly effective for +40k ya
Cultural evolution is the process by which people progress to better ways of life. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-False, development isn't inherently "better"
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Questions and Answers
Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to each other by
which layer with which they are associated. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
Archaeology without excavation - ANSWER✔️✔️-noninvasive
Archaeology applies scientific methods and theories to the material remains of past cultures to
understand human behavior. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
For archaeologists, the definition of an archaeological site is: - ANSWER✔️✔️-a place or a cluster
of artifacts
Which of the following places the four types of human societies in order from smallest in size and
least complex, to the largest in size and most complex? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Bands, Tribes,
Chiefdoms , States
Radiocarbon dating can date things that lived up to 500,000 years ago. - ANSWER✔️✔️-False, it is
highly effective for +40k ya
Cultural evolution is the process by which people progress to better ways of life. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-False, development isn't inherently "better"
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
