Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Review Quiz1. A non-portableartifact in the groundis a:a. Stratumb. Proveniencec. Featured. Fossilc. Feature. This is a picture of a row ofpostmolds -- where wooden posts used to bebefore they rotted away.2. What is anthropology? The study of:a. Culturesb. Fossilsc. Rocksd. Humansd. Anthropology is the study of humans,at all times, in all places, from a comparativeand holistic perspective.3. What are the four major subfields ofAnthropology?a. cultural, biological, linguistic, archaeologyb. cultural, geological, paleontological, archaeologyc. biological, physical, archaeology, culturald. sociology, geology, geography, archaeologya. cultural, biological, linguistic, archaeology4. The Law of Superposition (Steno’s Law)states that deeper strata are:a. More shallowb. More recentc. Olderd. Youngerc. When deposits are undisturbed, deeperstrata (layers) are older.5. A site is:a. A place where animal fossils are found.b. A place where human activity occurred.c. A place where archaeologists dig.d. All of the above.b. A site is a place where human activityoccurred. The place where you find animalfossils is a fossil locality. Most sites havenever been dug by an archaeologist, so thatis not a good definition.6. The idea that the rates and processes ofchange that we can observe today were thesame in the past is called:a. Catastrophismb. Proveniencec. Uniformitarianismd. Stratigraphyc. Uniformitarianism7. Dirt that contains no cultural materialis called:a. Sterileb. Matrixc. Stratumd. Fossiliferousa. Sterile. So you might excavate untilyou reached sterile soil.8. An object made, used, or altered byhumans is called a(n):a. Thunderstoneb. Artifactc. Fossild. Matrixb. ArtifactHere are studentstrying to “refit” 550-year old pottery backtogether, to reconstruct vessels.TRUE OR FALSE 9. Scientific creationism is scientific.10. A fossil locality is a place where fossils are found.11. Matrix is trash mixed with dirt.12. Anthropologists follow a professional code of ethics that is concerned, in part, with the welfare of the people they study.9. Scientific creationism is scientific.False. It does not propose and fairlytest alternative hypotheses.10. A fossil locality is a place where fossils are found. True.11. Matrix is trash mixed with dirt.False. Matrix is the dirt that holds and supportsartifacts and features. MIDDEN is trashmixed with dirt.12. Anthropologists follow a professional code of ethics that is concerned, in part, with the welfare of the people they study. True.13. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallaceare famous for:a. Figuring out the Law of Superposition.b. Inheritance of acquired characteristics.c. Figuring out that rates and processes of change in the past were the same as can be observed today.d. The idea of Natural Selection as a mechanism for change (evolution) in organisms.d. Natural selection14. Define archaeologyThe study of human behaviorthrough material remains15. Define hypothesisA tentative but testable explanation16. What do we call a story that accounts for a culture’sorigin? It often invokes supernatural happenings.Creation myth18. A reference point at a site or a fossil locality is known as a:datum19. The exact horizontal and vertical location of something is its:provenience24. What do we call a sideways view of strata?profile25. What do we call a bird’s-eye view of a level?plan view34. If you send an email to your professor or T.A., what should you write in the subject line of the email?ANTH 101 OR write Human EvolutionEmails with other headings will probably bedeleted without reading!Always expect an acknowledgment that youremail was received.For other, online practice quizzes,look under ASSIGNMENTS onyour Blackboard web
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