Anthropology Test Review
What is the process of using scientific techniques to determine the identity of a deceased individual connected to criminal investigations?
Archaeometry
Forensic archaeology
Seriation
Stratigraphy
What is the study of the development of life on earth, including the fossil remains?
Dendrochronology
Archaeometry
Paleontology
Paleobotany
What is the study of the plant remains from former geological periods?
Paleobotany
Seriation
Paleontology
Typology
What is the procedure of placing artifacts from various sites of the same culture in chronological order?
Typology
Paleobotany
Seriation
Forensic archaeology
What is the study of the layers of earth that have been deposited over a long period of time?
Stratigraphy
Seriation
Dendrochronology
Forensic archaeology
What is the classification of artifacts according to their characteristics?
Typology
Forensic archaeology
Archaeometry
Paleontology
Which of these statements is true?
An archaeologist uses the social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities in research studies.
An archaeologist uses only the social sciences and the humanities in research studies.
An archaeologist uses only the social sciences and natural sciences in research studies.
An archaeologist uses only the natural sciences and the humanities in research studies.
Which of these items is used to locate archaeological evidence below ground?
Magnetometer
Archaeometry
potsherds
geochronology
Which best describes the term geochronology?
The study of the layers of earth that have been deposited over a long period of time
The relative dating of artifacts
The use of scientific procedures to determine the age of artifacts
A device that locates information that is located underground
Where is the Effigy Mounds National Monument located?
Mississippi
Iowa
Tennessee
Which of these statements are true?
The Effigy Mounds were built in the shape of animals and birds.
The Effigy Mounds were built in the shape of constellations in the sky.
The Effigy Mounds have conical, linear, or compound shapes.
Why were the Effigy Mounds likely built?
For economic purposes
For political purposes
For religious purposes
When were most of the Effigy Mounds built?
After the European contact period
Before the European contact period
During the European contact period
What is an effigy?
A representation of a dead ancestor
A representation of a dead creature
A representation of a living creature
Which of these statements is true about Indian burial mounds?
They were built at various times throughout the Americas.
They were only built before Indian contact in the Mississippi River Valley.
They were only built in the region around the Effigy mounds.
Where are the Shiloh Indian mounds located?
Mississippi
Iowa
Tennessee
What type of site are the Shiloh Mounds located at?
A town site
A burial site
The site of a temple
How long ago were the Shiloh Indian mounds occupied?
800 years ago
500 years ago
2,500 years ago
What term do archaeologists use to refer to the society centered at Shiloh?
Chiefdom
Tribal council
Warrior society
Which of these statements is true?
Many of the archaeological sites in the National Park Service have shown some deterioration since the 1970s.
Many of the archaeological sites in the National Park Service are being restored because of adequate funding.
Many of the archaeological sites in the National Park Service are deteriorating at an alarming rate.
Which of these is not a part of the "Vanishing Treasures" program?
Closing down deteriorating archaeological sites in the National Park System
Documenting the rate of deterioration and repairing structures in imminent danger
Training a new generation of craftsmen before the older one have retired
What does the archaeological evidence in the Curecanti National Park reveal?
a prehistoric written language in the region
Prehistoric people living in the region were hunters and gathers
Prehistoric people living in the region built large cities
Which of these is the best definition of archaeology?
The study of the soil to determine the history of a region
The study of the animals that roamed the earth in prehistoric times
The study of the remains of the cultures and societies of a people
In which century did the historic period at the Big Bend National Park begin?
1500s
1600s
1400s
Where were the first Europeans to explore the Big Bend National Park area from?
England
Spain
France
What term is defined as a scientist who searches for dinosaurs?
Paleobotanist
Geologist
Paleontologist
Which of these was not one of the large dinosaurs that once roamed the region of the Dinosaur National Monument?
Ornitholestes
Diplodocus
Apatosaurus
Which of these was known as the plated lizard and weighed from 2 to 5 tons?
Allosaurus
Stegosaurus
Archaeopteryx
Which of these dinosaurs was 30 to 35 feet long, walked on 2 legs, and weighed more than 1 ton?
Diplodocus
Stegosaurus
Allosaurus
What is the natural process whereby layers of mud and sand wore away and exposed the dinosaur bones at the Dinosaur National Monument?
Fossilization
Erosion
Mineralization
What is an important difference between lizards and dinosaurs?
the position of the legs on their bodies
The position of their eyes
The position of their hearts
Approximately, when did the earliest dinosaurs appear?
200 million years ago
500 million years ago
25,000 years ago
How do paleontologists name and classify dinosaurs?
By the location where they were found
By their size
By the shape of their hip bones, teeth, feet, and other body parts
What is characteristic of Saurischians?
Bird-like hips
Lizard-like hips
Four-legged, plate-backed
What is characteristic of Ornithischians?
Two legs and sharp claws
Lizard-like hips
Bird-like hips
The earliest dinosaurs surviving the changing conditions of the climate on earth is an example of which of these?
Erosion
Fossilization
Adaptation
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