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After the Ice: Cultural Change in the Post-Pleistocene
Multiple Choice Quiz
1
A sudden cold snap hit the Earth about 10,300 years ago. How long did this cold snap last?
A)
50 years
B)
75 years
C)
2 centuries
D)
5 centuries
2
What affect did this cold snap have on human populations?
A)
It tested the ability of human beings to adjust their adaptations.
B)
It had no affect at all.
C)
It forced all humans to wear clothing.
D)
It created an environment that required all populations to move to the equator.
3
The Younger Dryas:
A)
was a warming period at the end of the Pleistocene.
B)
was a period of glacial expansion.
C)
may have been severe enough to cause the temporary abandonment by humans of much of northwest Europe.
D)
Both B and C.
4
How long ago was the final break of the land connection between Great Britain and the continent?
A)
2,000 years ago
B)
4,000 years ago
C)
6,000 years ago
D)
8,000 years ago
5
The most prominent feature of the food resource base of post-Pleistocene Europe was its:
A)
megafauna.
B)
diversity.
C)
fur-bearing animals.
D)
Both A and B.
6
The Mesolithic:
A)
falls after the Paleolithic and before the Neolithic culture periods.
B)
is before the Paleolithic and after the Neolithic culture periods.
C)
comes before both the Paleolithic and Neolithic culture periods.
D)
comes after both the Paleolithic and Neolithic culture periods.
7
The early Mesolithic Maglemosian culture was adapted to:
A)
a tundra environment.
B)
a desert environment.
C)
a forest and lakeside environment.
D)
an equatorial environment.
8
The Maglemosian culture exemplifies:
A)
the use of and survival on only a few resources.
B)
a sedentary way of life.
C)
a migratory way of life.
D)
the use of herding animals as the main source of protein.
9
A preserved pile of trash, often containing food remains is called a:
A)
midden.
B)
camelid
C)
littoral.
D)
mattock
10
A digging tool with a working blade set at right angles to the handle is called a:
A)
midden.
B)
camelid
C)
littoral.
D)
mattock
11
The _____ cultural tradition was quite homogenous throughout northern Europe.
A)
Hamburgian
B)
Lake Forest Archaic
C)
Iberomaurusian
D)
Capsian
12
What was the difference in the trade pattern between the Upper Paleolithic and the Mesolithic?
A)
Lithic raw materials were traded in smaller amounts in the Mesolithic as compared to the Upper Paleolithic.
B)
Trade was more intraregional during the Upper Paleolithic than during the Mesolithic.
C)
Trade materials did not go as far geographically in the Mesolithic as they did in the Upper Paleolithic.
D)
Trade networks extended over longer distances during the Mesolithic as compared to the Upper Paleolithic.
13
Which of the following is an innovation of the Mesolithic time period?
A)
canoes
B)
domesticated wolves
C)
bow & arrow
D)
both A and B
14
What characterizes the subsistence strategy of the Archaic period in North America?
A)
The focus on locally available foods.
B)
The development of highly specialized economies.
C)
The improvement of localized economies.
D)
All the above.
15
The Lake Forest Archaic tradition relied on ____________ resources.
A)
pelagic
B)
lacustrine
C)
midden
D)
littoral
16
Which area is home to the tradition of making stone tools from chipped pebbles, called Hoabinhian?
A)
Asia
B)
North America
C)
Europe
D)
Australia
17
What does Australia have in common with the rest of the world during the Holocene epoch?
A)
Drastic environmental changes.
B)
Exploitation of new food resources.
C)
A growth in cultural diversity.
D)
All the above.
18
In Holocene Africa the _____ was replaced by the _____.
A)
Capsian culture; Iberomaurusian culture
B)
Iberomaurusian culture; Capsian culture
C)
microlith blade; backed blade
D)
macrozamia; dingo
19
What evidence indicates that the Star Carr site was occupied in the spring?
A)
The animal teeth at the site show that most were killed between the months of March and April.
B)
The Star Carr residents burned the new growth of reeds along the lake to allow access to the waterfront.
C)
The residents laid down wooden planks to stabilize the wet surface around the lake.
D)
Both A and B.
20
The best word to describe the cultures of the Mesolithic period is:
A)
flexible.
B)
dormant.
C)
sedentary.
D)
Both A and B.
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