Question 1

A(n)  _______ archaeologist was the first scholar to describe the Nazca geoglyphs, having observed them in 1927.

Accepted Answer

A)   American
B)   German
C)   Peruvian
D)   SwissE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The _________ coast was dry and hot, with today's Djibouti posting the highest average temperatures in the world.

Accepted Answer

A)   Mediterranean Sea
B)   Persian Gulf
C)   Sixth Nile Cataract
D)   Red SeaE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

The conversion of the foragers of the savanna south of the _________ rain forest to farming, from the Great Lakes westward to Angola and southward to the tip of South Africa, was the work of multiple branches of Bantus.

Accepted Answer

A)   Niger
B)   Nile
C)   Congo
D)   SenegalE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Aksum became the third Christian kingdom, after ________ (301 CE)  and Georgia (319 CE) .

Accepted Answer

A)   Rome
B)   Cappadocia
C)   Armenia
D)   ArabiaE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

The Sahara was relatively hospitable for many millennia, until around 5000-3000 BCE, when ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Summer temperatures increased steadily.
B)   Farming settlements exhausted the topsoil and created a "dust bowl".
C)   Nubian marauders made settled habitations impossible.
D)   Monsoon rains shifted eastward.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following was a characteristic trait of the Kingdom of Meroë?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was largely centralized around a recognized king.
B)   Provincial towns upstream and downstream along the Nile had no form of self-rule.
C)   The difference in power between the kings and the chiefs was defined by the royal control over trade.
D)   The flood plain to the south of the capital was not at all suitable for agriculture.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

The following was not a characteristic feature of the Teotihuacán culture:

Accepted Answer

A)   The so-called talud-tablero architectural style
B)   The use of obsidian
C)   The cult of Quetzalcoatl
D)   The absence of a ceremonial human sacrifice traditionE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Mayan writing is a __________ as well as a syllabic script, numbering some 800 signs.

Accepted Answer

A)   Semaphoric
B)   Alphabetic
C)   Cryptographic
D)   GlyphicE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

A stone carving found in Oaxaca, Mexico, contains a 260-day divinatory calendar which has been carbon dated to about:

Accepted Answer

A)   5000 BCE
B)   600 BCE
C)   1200 BCE
D)   100 BCEE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

The preeminence of the Kingdom of Aksum after the decline of Meroë was a result of:

Accepted Answer

A)   a changing climate.
B)   religious freedom.
C)   declining population.
D)   agricultural and commercial wealth.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

In the early 600s CE, the Moche elite dissolved, while smaller elites in nearby valleys carried on and _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Clustered around Cahuachi, a major pilgrimage center.
B)   Eventually disappeared also, sometime around 750 CE.
C)   Hid within the crevices created by Nazca geoglyphs.
D)   Reassembled the Moche federation by 900 CE.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Which of these was not a similarity shared by the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa in the period 600 BCE-600 CE?

Accepted Answer

A)   Overpopulation
B)   Spread of villages
C)   Patterns of agricultural development
D)   Emergence of chiefdomsE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

An astronomical observatory found in Kenya and carbon dated to 300 BCE is the earliest example of the so-called ________ calendar, containing 354 days.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hijra
B)   Gregorian
C)   Smriti
D)   BoranaE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

By around 300 CE, Teotihuacán had grown to as many as ___________ inhabitants.

Accepted Answer

A)   100,000
B)   1,000,000
C)   10,000
D)   1000E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

Progress made since the 1990s in ___________ has allowed the conclusion that "Mayaland" consisted of some 15-17 fully evolved, dominant kingdoms in the central lowlands.

Accepted Answer

A)   Deciphering the glyphic script
B)   Excavating new temple complexes
C)   Translating Spanish-language documents
D)   Scientific analysis of Mayan calendarsE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Derived from the Arabic word for "coast", the _________ was an area of steppe or semidesert bordering the Sahara.

Accepted Answer

A)   Savanna
B)   Yemen
C)   Zanzibar
D)   SahelE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Mayan calendars were:

Accepted Answer

A)   Always consistent in their measurement of time.
B)   All based on the solar year of 365 days.
C)   Related to natural processes such as human gestation and astronomical cycles.
D)   Based on sophisticated mathematics, based on calculations derived from decimals.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The Moche Valley was the location of the two largest ceremonial centers in the Andes:

Accepted Answer

A)   The Temple Pyramids of Sky and Water
B)   The Temple Pyramids of the Living and the Dead
C)   The Temple Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon
D)   The Temple Pyramids of the Heaven and the EarthE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

In the first century CE, the rulers of Teotihuacán built the city ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   In a series of stages, finishing one section only when funding came available.
B)   With public buildings in the center and housing units packed along a wall on the periphery.
C)   On an urban grid along a north-south axis.
D)   Out of wood, knowing that its buildings could be disassembled and transported if need arose.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

One of the calendars in use among the Mayas was the Long Count Calendar, which counted the days elapsed since the mythical origin of the universe (corresponding to _______________ in the Gregorian calendar) .

Accepted Answer

A)   October 23, 4004 BCE
B)   April 15, 514 BCE
C)   August 11, 3114 BCE
D)   December 25, 8000 BCEE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Exam 6: Chiefdoms and Early States in Africa and the Americas, 600 B.C.E-600 C.E

A stone carving found in Oaxaca, Mexico, contains a 260-day divinatory calendar which has been carbon dated to about:

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The _________ coast was dry and hot, with today's Djibouti posting the highest average temperatures in the world.

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The conversion of the foragers of the savanna south of the _________ rain forest to farming, from the Great Lakes westward to Angola and southward to the tip of South Africa, was the work of multiple branches of Bantus.

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Aksum became the third Christian kingdom, after ________ (301 CE) and Georgia (319 CE) .

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Mayan writing is a __________ as well as a syllabic script, numbering some 800 signs.

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The following was not a characteristic feature of the Teotihuacán culture:

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By around 300 CE, Teotihuacán had grown to as many as ___________ inhabitants.

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Progress made since the 1990s in ___________ has allowed the conclusion that "Mayaland" consisted of some 15-17 fully evolved, dominant kingdoms in the central lowlands.

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An astronomical observatory found in Kenya and carbon dated to 300 BCE is the earliest example of the so-called ________ calendar, containing 354 days.

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Which of the following was a characteristic trait of the Kingdom of Meroë?

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Mayan calendars were:

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Which of these was not a similarity shared by the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa in the period 600 BCE-600 CE?

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The Moche Valley was the location of the two largest ceremonial centers in the Andes:

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A(n) _______ archaeologist was the first scholar to describe the Nazca geoglyphs, having observed them in 1927.

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Derived from the Arabic word for "coast", the _________ was an area of steppe or semidesert bordering the Sahara.

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The preeminence of the Kingdom of Aksum after the decline of Meroë was a result of:

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One of the calendars in use among the Mayas was the Long Count Calendar, which counted the days elapsed since the mythical origin of the universe (corresponding to _______________ in the Gregorian calendar) .

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The Sahara was relatively hospitable for many millennia, until around 5000-3000 BCE, when ________.

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In the early 600s CE, the Moche elite dissolved, while smaller elites in nearby valleys carried on and _____________.

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In the first century CE, the rulers of Teotihuacán built the city ___________.

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