Chapter 11 Quiz

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. Social Complexity is

any society that has more than a single class or group of people correct incorrect

a society that has many different parts organized into a single social system correct incorrect

a society that has few different parts organized into a single social system correct incorrect

the degree to which members of a society interact socially correct incorrect

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. Some level of social complexity is experienced by

all societies correct incorrect

technologically advanced societies correct incorrect

societies with high levels of social inequality correct incorrect

agricultural societies correct incorrect

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. The state is a form of

simple society correct incorrect

decentralized political control correct incorrect

complex society correct incorrect

specialized social structure correct incorrect

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. Complex societies ensure that

the labor of non-elites benefits the elites correct incorrect

all members of the society benefit from the labor of everyone else correct incorrect

social inequality can be changed through political action correct incorrect

everyone in the society will be adequately provided for correct incorrect

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. Why is pottery analysis so important to archaeological practice?

pottery is typically the most important marker of when a site was occupied correct incorrect

pottery was only owned by elites, so it is an important marker of social stratification correct incorrect

pottery is very sturdy, so archaeologists can often find complete objects correct incorrect

pottery always contains datable carbon samples correct incorrect

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. The trade model of state formation suggests that people trade because

there is a constant scarcity of resources correct incorrect

the people want the objects or raw materials of trade correct incorrect

it creates strong political alliances and reduces warfare correct incorrect

it helps keep larger populations occupied correct incorrect

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. Early civilizations that depended on water resources gave rise to

irrigation correct incorrect

canal systems correct incorrect

aqueducts correct incorrect

hydraulic despotism correct incorrect

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. What can use-wear analysis reveal about a stone artifact?

how object might have been made correct incorrect

what the function of the object was correct incorrect

the kind of materials the object was used on correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. An assemblage is

a collection of objects found together correct incorrect

a gathering of a city's population correct incorrect

a collection of objects collected from a wide range of sites correct incorrect

an explanation of how a city-state became socially complex correct incorrect

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. The recent discovery of the Tarascan empire provides evidence of social complexity through

the large cache of burial objects recovered correct incorrect

the existence of records that talk about the social structure correct incorrect

the extent to which the rulers' names are recorded by other, competing rulers correct incorrect

the analysis of trash deposits associated with different residence types correct incorrect

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. In ancient Egypt, the ruins of temples, tombs, and pyramids provide evidence of

a centralized leadership that controlled vast numbers of laborers correct incorrect

an unusual quarry that provided the stone correct incorrect

engineering expertise needed to build the pyramids came from sources far from Egypt correct incorrect

Herodotus was reporting the construction of the pyramids accurately correct incorrect

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. Jared Diamond argues that the cause of societal collapse is due to

gradual loss of social stability leading to warfare correct incorrect

overshooting of the natural resource base correct incorrect

failure to rectify social inequality correct incorrect

out-migration due to lack of food and shelter correct incorrect

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. The Classic Maya is an example of

the result of unchecked warfare correct incorrect

out of control population growth correct incorrect

extreme environmental change that cannot be managed by the ruling elite correct incorrect

how a society transforms correct incorrect

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. A stelae is

a large metal structure found in the Mayan empire correct incorrect

a large limestone slab carved with symbols telling a story correct incorrect

a large carved frieze used in monumental architecture correct incorrect

the method used by Mayan priests to record calendar data correct incorrect

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. Archaeologist Scott Van Keuren used what to understand the social life in the Southwest U.S.?

settlement patterns correct incorrect

carved limestone tablets correct incorrect

pottery production techniques correct incorrect

burial remains correct incorrect