Quiz 07| Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

________ has not been considered one of the guiding objectives of archaeology.
a) reconstructing material remains
b) reconstructing culture
c) reconstructing kinship systems
d) explaining cultural processes

Question 2:

________ archaeology is an attempt to make the disciple more scientific while ________ archeology stresses the cognitive and symbolic aspects of social structures and social relations.
a) processual; interpretive
b) provenience; longitudinal
c) longitudinal; provenance
d) interpretive; processual

Question 3:

________ is a computer-aided system used for the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis and presentation of spatial data of all kinds.
a) Bluetooth
b) GIS
c) IBS
d) OCD

Question 4:

“________” is not a formal category used by anthropologists to classify forms of human society.
a) Band
b) Empire
c) State
d) Community

Question 5:

Those who depend upon subsistence strategies based upon herding are called ________.
a) tribes
b) pastoralists
c) bands
d) horticulturalists

Question 6:

Special-purpose groupings that may be organized on the basis of age, sex, economic role, or personal interest are called ________.
a) sodalities
b) chiefdoms
c) tribes
d) bands

Question 7:

In her discussion of gender and archaeology, Rosemary Joyce argues that ________.
a) there has been a decreasing amount of interest in studying gender within the archaeological record
b) feminist archaeology should be replaced with “gendered archaeology”
c) the application of a universal male/female system on past societies is problematic
d) all date from Upper Paleolithic sites needs to be reinterpreted

Question 8:

One of the consequences of increasing tourism at archaeological sites is ________.
a) vandalism
b) reduced revenue from heritage conservation associations
c) decreased government expenditure on site maintenance
d) increasing control by states over heritage resources

Question 9:

Complex stewardship refers to ________.
a) the ethics of archaeological excavation
b) the practice of displaying objects in state-run museums
c) maximizing the integrity of objects for the good of the greatest number of people
d) the repatriation of objects to their original owners and cultural context

Question 10:

________ supplement their excavation data with written records.
a) gender archaeologists
b) cosmopolitan archaeologists
c) surveyors
d) historical archaeologists

Question 11:

Natural disasters often completely destroy cultures and thus are detrimental to the field of archaeology.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

An excavation is the systematic removal of archaeological remains through removal of soil deposits.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Because culture belongs to everyone, there are no ethical dilemmas associated with the retrieval and display of cultural items found during excavations.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

Contemporary notions of gender and/or gender roles may have informed/influenced how artifacts (their use, significance, producers etc.) have been interpreted/categorized.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Historic archaeology seeks to involve archaeologists in the historical manifestations of social justice issues by embedding them in present-day public discourses.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

It is helpful to use ground-penetrating radar (GPR) when excavation of an archaeological site is impossible or not permitted.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Canadian archaeologist Kisha Supernant uses GIS to study Haida wintering sites.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Most of the archaeological fieldwork conducted in Canada is performed by CRM (cultural resource management) archaeologists.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

The involvement of Indigenous peoples in archaeological community-based projects would be an example of civic engagement.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Conflict over whether to preserve or destroy rock paintings represents divides Navajo and Hopi peoples.
a) True
b) False

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