2150 Quizzes

2150 2006-7 Quizzes

Remember, each quiz is worth 5%, but only your best 4 of 6 quizzes count. I strongly recommend that you write each quiz if at all possible. (Do not just skip the first two with the intention of writing the last four!)

Quiz #6 on March 19 in tutorial.

This will be based on the readings and classes from weeks of Feb 26, March 11, and March 18.

At least 70% of the quiz will be on the specific material below. There may be some additional material on the quiz that is not listed here.

There will be some fill in the blank and matching questions drawing upon the readings and classes.

There will also be 2 questions for which a longer answer will be required, i.e. ½ page (paragraph or point form). You will have some choice. Questions could include these:

* We know quite a lot about the process and consequences of recent contacts and conquests, e.g. the Spanish/Aztec encounter, or the Australian/Papua New Guinean encounter. How might this information be of use in understanding other, much more ancient contacts/conquests between societies?

* What were the preconditions, existing within Mesoamerica and the Spanish kingdom, that made the processes of contact and conquest possible? What factors determined the outcome of this encounter?

* Briefly summarize the key ethical issues facing archaeology today, as described in the “Can You Dig It?” article.

* According to Hester Davis, how has archaeology and preservation law changed in the US recently, and why?

* According to James Wiseman (writing on the world’s most endangered sites), what are the main threats facing archaeological heritage today?

* According to Ronald Wright, what is the use of ancient civilizations in answering the question, “Where are we going?”

Quiz #5 on Feb 20 in tutorial........ Fagan Ch 15 and Ch 16, and The Private Lives of the Pyramid Builders: www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/pyramid_builders_01.shtml, and the Decipherment of Hieroglyphs www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/decipherment_01.shtml

At least 70% of the quiz will be on the specific material below. There may be some additional material on the quiz that is not listed here, which will be from the weeks of Jan 29 and Feb 5.

You may be asked to fill in the blanks in definitions of terms, and you may be asked to match an archaeological site with its definition.

Also: be prepared to write half-page answers to the Critical Thinking Questions from Fagan Ch 15, 16.

From the web readings on the Pyramid Builders and the Decipherment of Hieroglyphs: You may be asked to write short answers to fairly general questions about these readings.

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Quiz 4 - to be held in tutorial on Weds Jan 23 at the start of class. 25 minutes long. Question format: very short answer, matching, fill in the blank, etc.

Here's what to study. At least 70% of the quiz will be on the specific material below. There may be some additional material on the quiz that is not listed here, which will be from the weeks of Jan 8, 15, and 22.

Definitions: From Fagan chapters 12-14: In the margins of the textbook are short definitions for useful terms and sites. You may be asked to fill in the blanks in definitions of terms. You may be asked to match an archaeological site with its definition.

Medium-length Answers: Be prepared to write half-page answers to the Critical Thinking Questions from Fagan chapters 12-14. Point form is fine.

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Quiz 3 - to be held in tutorial on Weds Nov 28th at the start of class. 25 minutes long. Question format: very short answer, matching, fill in the blank, etc.

Definitions: From Fagan chapters 8-12: In the margins of the textbook are short definitions for useful terms and sites. You may be asked to fill in the blanks in definitions of terms. You may be asked to match an archaeological site with its definition.

You may be asked to fill in some species in Figure 8.10

Briefly discuss the hunter-scavenger debate, p 218-219.

Briefly discuss the lifeway of Homo erectus (p 234-)

Discuss the possible fates of the Neanderthals, and the evidence (in Wright, and in Fagan).

Briefly discuss Cro-Magnon art (268-)

Briefly summarize the consequences of food production (296-)

List the key characteristics of a state-organized society (323)

Briefly summarize Wright's concept of "the progress trap" (Ch 2).

Be able to distinguish illustrations of the skulls of A. afarensis, A. robustus (or boisei), and H. erectus, and H. sapiens sapiens.

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Quiz 2 - to be held in tutorial on Weds Nov 7th at the start of class. 25 minutes long. Question format: very short answer, matching, fill in the blank, etc.

Here's what to study. At least 70% of the quiz will be on the specific material below. There will be some additional material on the quiz that is not listed here, which will be from Ch 4, 5, 6, 7, and from lectures and tutorials the weeks of Oct 16, 23, and 30.

Definitions: From chapters 4-7: In the margins of the textbook are short definitions for useful terms and sites. You may be asked to fill in the blanks in definitions of terms. You may be asked to match an archaeological site with its definition.

Be able to describe the basic elements of ceramic analysis (p 96-97 box).

Be able to describe the basic elements of studying ancient subsistence (103 box)

See the chart between pages 116 and 121, entitled Major Developments in Archaeology since 1798. You may be asked to fill in blanks or place the developments in order.

You may be asked to briefly discuss the case of Otzi.

Why is the case of Abu Hureyra important? What did archaeologists learn? (p 127)

What is "sourcing" (p 135) and why does it matter?

What is the significance of the Uluburun ship?

Be able to summarize the key elements of the "Framework of Common Belief" (p 142-143).

How is culture history constructed? (169)

Summarize the processes of inevitable variation, cultural selection, diffusion, migration. (p 171-174)

Briefly describe and compare ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology (179-180).

Quiz 1 - to be held in tutorial on Weds Oct 10th at the start of class. 25 minutes long. Question format: very short answer, matching, fill in the blank, etc.

Here's what to study. At least 60% of the quiz will be on the specific material below. There will be some additional material on the quiz that is not listed here, which will be from Ch1, Ch2, Ch 3, and from lectures and tutorials.

Definitions: From chapters 1-3: In the margins of the textbook are short definitions for useful terms and sites. You may be asked to fill in the blanks in definitions of terms. You may be asked to match an archaeological site with its definition.

Table 1.1, pg 19 - You may be asked to fill in the "Major Developments in Human Prehistory" next to their appropriate dates in the chart.

You may be asked to list the four major developments in human prehistory given on p 17-19

You may be asked to place the following sites on maps (pp 16-18): Giza, Olduvai Gorge, Uluburun, Catalhoyuk, Ur, Babylon, Pompeii, Stonehenge, Otzi site, Lascaux, Cahokia, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, Cuzco, Angkor Wat.

You may be asked to list an archaeologist's ethical responsibilities (p 37)

You may be asked to list three remote sensing methods (p 63)

You may be asked to briefly describe the types of sites mentioned on p 72-73.

You may be asked about the types of dating methods described in Box 3.4 and Table 3.1.