Chapter 06 Self-Assessment

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. 1.A stone carving found in Oaxaca, Mexico, contains a 260-day divinatory calendar which has been carbon dated to about:

5000 BCE correct incorrect

600 BCE correct incorrect

1200 BCE correct incorrect

100 BCE correct incorrect

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. An astronomical observatory found in Kenya and carbon dated to 300 BCE is the earliest example of the so-called ________ calendar, containing 354 days.

Hijra correct incorrect

Gregorian correct incorrect

Smriti correct incorrect

Borana correct incorrect

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. Which of these was not a similarity shared by the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa in the period 600 BCE—600 CE?

Overpopulation correct incorrect

Spread of villages correct incorrect

Patterns of agricultural development correct incorrect

Emergence of chiefdoms correct incorrect

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. An agricultural town of up to 1,000 inhabitants, in which people know each other, requiring a person of authority to keep order, is called a:

kingdom correct incorrect

village correct incorrect

city correct incorrect

chiefdom correct incorrect

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. The earliest evidence of Africans shifting from foraging to agriculture comes from the area of:

the Nile's First Cataract around Aswan correct incorrect

the lower Nile around Memphis correct incorrect

the middle Nile around Khartoum correct incorrect

the Nile River Delta correct incorrect

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. At its height, from the sixth through fourth centuries BCE, the city of Meroë encompassed:

20,000 inhabitants. correct incorrect

50,000 inhabitants. correct incorrect

100,000 inhabitants correct incorrect

500,000 inhabitants. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was a characteristic trait of the Kingdom of Meroë?

It was largely centralized around a recognized king. correct incorrect

Provincial towns upstream and downstream along the Nile had no form of self-rule. correct incorrect

The difference in power between the kings and the chiefs was defined by the royal control over trade. correct incorrect

The flood plain to the south of the capital was not at all suitable for agriculture. correct incorrect

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. The Kingdom of Meroë was well known in the Greco-Roman world, and it was used as the setting for the popular romance novel ______ written by Hellenistic-Greek author Heliodorus of Emesa.

Daphnis and Chloe correct incorrect

Aethiopica correct incorrect

The Ephesian Tale correct incorrect

Leucippe and Clitophon correct incorrect

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. The preeminence of the Kingdom of Aksum after the decline of Meroë was a result of:

a changing climate. correct incorrect

religious freedom. correct incorrect

declining population. correct incorrect

agricultural and commercial wealth. correct incorrect

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. Aksum:

became the first Christian kingdom in 333 CE. correct incorrect

became the second Christian kingdom in 333 CE. correct incorrect

became the third Christian kingdom in 333 CE. correct incorrect

did not become a Christian kingdom until well after 333 CE. correct incorrect

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. The three ecological zones of West Africa are the:

steppe, savanna, and rain forest. correct incorrect

tundra, steppe, and savanna. correct incorrect

rain forest, tundra, and desert. correct incorrect

tundra, savanna, and rain forest. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not an agricultural staple among Maya villagers?

Corn correct incorrect

Squash correct incorrect

Barley correct incorrect

Beans correct incorrect

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. One of the two most powerful Mayan city-states that arose between 600 BCE and 600 CE was:

Machu Picchu correct incorrect

Teotihuacán correct incorrect

Cuzco correct incorrect

Tikal correct incorrect

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. Polytheism began to develop on top of traditional spirituality in the Americas after around:

600 BCE. correct incorrect

550 CE. correct incorrect

2500 BCE. correct incorrect

100 CE. correct incorrect

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. The Mayan Long Count Calendar:

was a 260-day divinatory calendar. correct incorrect

counted the number of days elapsed since the mythical origin of the universe. correct incorrect

was based on the solar year of 365 days. correct incorrect

reset every 52 years. correct incorrect

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. Mayan males were in charge of growing corn in fields which were cut into the rain forest through ________ techniques.

hydroponic cultivation correct incorrect

cross-pollination correct incorrect

organic farming correct incorrect

slash-and-burn cultivation correct incorrect

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. Mayan commoners represented the labor force whose __________ supported the ruling dynastic families as well as the craftspeople in the cities.

agricultural surplus correct incorrect

taxes correct incorrect

mined precious metals correct incorrect

military service correct incorrect

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. Mayan writing is both a(n) ______ as well as a(n) _______ script.

phonetic, alphabetic correct incorrect

glyphic, syllabic correct incorrect

syllabically coded, segmentally coded correct incorrect

logographic, phonographic correct incorrect

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. Mayan script consisted of some:

1000 signs. correct incorrect

500 signs. correct incorrect

800 signs. correct incorrect

200 signs. correct incorrect

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. The Mayan ball game is a feature of:

a scientific-industrial society and its secular practices. correct incorrect

a Stone Age society. correct incorrect

an agrarian-urban society and its chiefdom and kingdom patterns. correct incorrect

the beginnings of modern American baseball. correct incorrect

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. The rulers of Teotihuacán began spectacular building projects on a scale unprecedented in Mesoamerica in the:

second century BCE. correct incorrect

first century BCE. correct incorrect

third century CE. correct incorrect

first century CE. correct incorrect

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. The following was not a characteristic feature of the Teotihuacán culture:

The so-called talud-tablero architectural style correct incorrect

The use of obsidian correct incorrect

The cult of Quetzalcoatl correct incorrect

The absence of a ceremonial human sacrifice tradition correct incorrect

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. The Moche Valley was the location of the two largest ceremonial centers in the Andes:

The Temple Pyramids of Sky and Water correct incorrect

The Temple Pyramids of the Living and the Dead correct incorrect

The Temple Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon correct incorrect

The Temple Pyramids of the Heaven and the Earth correct incorrect