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When we say that Western historical scholarship has had an androcentric bias, we refer to the fact that |
| | A) | a desire to achieve objectivity makes the scholar seem a bit like an android. |
| | B) | most historians and anthropologists have privileged male pursuits. |
| | C) | women have been excluded entirely from these fields. |
| | D) | most study of human society has considered men and women to be equal, and has therefore taken an androgynous stance. |
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The primary goal of archaeology is |
| | A) | knowledge, not objects. |
| | B) | collecting treasures for the world's museums. |
| | C) | seeking out objects of particularly great power, in order to keep them out of the hands of evil doers. |
| | D) | excavating every inch of a given site, in order to find everything there is to find. |
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In order to be appropriate, an archaeological question must be both significant and |
| | A) | complex. |
| | B) | erudite. |
| | C) | answerable. |
| | D) | amusing. |
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When archaeologists makes an effort to find evidence of women at sites from the historical period, |
| | A) | they are able to find such evidence even in the work of those who did not have this focus. |
| | B) | they often find no clear 'women's artifacts'. |
| | C) | they avoid military sites, since these were occupied only by men. |
| | D) | they must rely solely on archaeological evidence, since no historical evidence exists in most cases. |
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Donna J. Seifert was able to learn more about late 19th century working class women though careful archaeological study of |
| | A) | factories of that period. |
| | B) | houses of prostitution and other houses in their neighborhoods. |
| | C) | cloth and clothing. |
| | D) | jewelry and buttons. |
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The study of gender in an all-male community |
| | A) | is of no interest to archaeologists. |
| | B) | has been the reserve of male archaeologists, and provides no material for feminist theory. |
| | C) | provides irrefutable evidence of biologically based gender traits. |
| | D) | allows the researcher to avoid the prehistorian's dilemma of assuming universal gender roles. |
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Kehoe suggests that a more gender neutral term should be used instead of the conventional term ________________. |
| | A) | pointed artifacts. |
| | B) | projectile point. |
| | C) | knives. |
| | D) | weapons. |
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A study of modern gathering and hunting groups indicates that the tasks associated with stone tools |
| | A) | are inevitably male linked. |
| | B) | may involve either or both genders. |
| | C) | indicate that women may have used tools but certainly did not make them. |
| | D) | support the Man the Hunter theory. |
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In ____________ civilization, both men and women appear to have engaged in pottery production. |
| | A) | Indian |
| | B) | Aztec |
| | C) | Harrapan |
| | D) | ancient Peruvian |
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The oldest of the so-called Venus figurines appear to have been made |
| | A) | in Europe, some 30,000 years ago. |
| | B) | in ancient Greece. |
| | C) | in Roman temples pre-dating the Roman Empire. |
| | D) | in the New World, by Toltec artisans. |
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