Roots of Complexity

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. Which of the following cultures is associated with small Neolithic villages where people grew wheat, barley, peas, and lentils?

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. Which of the following was a ceremonial site with rings of enormous, carved stones and T-shaped pillars dating from around 11,600 years ago?

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. Based on the archaeological evidence, which of the following statements is generally true about the relationship between agriculture and early complex societies?

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. Which of the following cultures produced jade sculptures and carved huge basalt boulders into the form of human heads?

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. Which of the following was a town that dates from as early as 9,000 years ago, reaching a population of around 8,000 over 1,200 years?

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. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is known as ___________; it is located in present-day __________.

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. Hassunan and Samarran sites are located in ___________; the residents of both relied on ________.

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. Which of the following was the largest and one of the earliest Regal-Ritual Centers of the Olmec?

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. In some ___________ villages, round buildings known as __________ may have initially been used for communal storage.

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. Stonehenge was built around ______________ years ago; recent archaeological research has revealed that it was a _________.

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. Which of the following cultures did not have domesticates or agriculture, but built monuments?

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. Recent research has revealed that the builders of Stonehenge lived and feasted around two miles away, at a place called ________________.

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. The sites of Laguna de los Cerros, La Venta, and San Lorenzo are associated with which culture?

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. Which of the following is usually evidence of a complex society?

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. Which of the following was a Samarran site with evidence of canal building?

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. The construction of large-scale features, such as monuments and mounds, is often regarded by archaeologists as evidence of:

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. Which of the following sites provide evidence in arguing against the hypothesis that social complexity is always preceded by the production of agricultural surpluses?

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. Why is Catalhoyuk in central Turkey not thought to be a city?

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. The upright stones at Stonehenge are called _______; the horizontal stones are _________.

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. Which of the following is characterized by social ranking and political integration?

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. Which of the following was the capital of a complex society in western South America more than 4,500 years ago, with an enormous flat-topped pyramid known as Pirámide Mayor?

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. Which of the following contribute to societies becoming more complex?

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. What is believed to be one of the primary reasons for the development of a complex society at Caral in South America?

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. The people who constructed GöbekliTepe, Watson Brake, and Poverty Point can be best described as:

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. The earliest known use of metals in South America dates to about ______ years ago; it involved the production of ______________.

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. Of the following, which is the earliest example of the development of a complex society?

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. What do we know about the people who built Stonehenge based on the analysis of animal teeth from a nearby village?

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. Ethnographic evidence supports which of the following connections between surplus food and social complexity?

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. Which of the following cultures had a unifying, religious iconography and art style that included gold objects and the depiction of felines and raptorial birds?

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. What did the Olmec have in common that bound them together in different territories?

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. How have archaeologists characterized the monuments built by the Olmec?

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. Which of the following sites has monumental earthworks with concentric ridges in a semicircle that date from around 3,500 years ago?

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