Question: The Upper Paleolithic is the period of the Old Stone Age when Homo sapiens were the dominant hominin. The Upper Paleolithic dates from approximately • 2.5 million years ago until approximately 15,000 years ago • 2.5 million years ago until approximately 300,000 years • 300,000 to approximately 40,000 years ago • 40,000 years ago until approximately 15,000 years ago

Answer Options:
A) 2.5 million years ago until approximately 15,000 years ago
B) 2.5 million years ago until approximately 300,000 years
C) 300,000 to approximately 40,000 years ago
D) 40,000 years ago until approximately 15,000 years ago

Answer: D) 40,000 years ago until approximately 15,000 years ago

Question: The greatest thing to come out of plant and animal domestication is the increased equality among people in society. • True • False

Answer Options:
A) True
B) False

Answer: B) False

Question: Which of the following is true? • Food production yielded more nutritious diets. • Food production allowed most people to work less • Food production reduced warfare. • Food production led to an increase in social inequality • Food-producing societies are more egalitarian than foraging societies.

Answer Options:
A) Food production yielded more nutritious diets.
B) Food production allowed most people to work less
C) Food production reduced warfare.
D) Food production led to an increase in social inequality
E) Food-producing societies are more egalitarian than foraging societies.

Answer: D) Food production led to an increase in social inequality

Question: The most commonly used Absolute Dating technique in archaeology is • Uranium-Series dating • Radiocarbon Dating • Thermoluminescence, and magnetic dating techniques, known as Archaeomagnetic Dating • Potassium/Argon Dating, also known as Radio-potassium Dating • Dendrochronology

Answer Options:
A) Uranium-Series dating
B) Radiocarbon Dating
C) Thermoluminescence, and magnetic dating techniques, known as Archaeomagnetic Dating
D) Potassium/Argon Dating, also known as Radio-potassium Dating
E) Dendrochronology

Answer: B) Radiocarbon Dating

Question: The most important information that comes from any archaeological site is where things are found and what things are found together, known as provenience or • arbitrary levels • content • excavation • natural levels

Answer Options:
A) arbitrary levels
B) content
C) excavation
D) natural levels

Answer: B) content

Question: Archaeological evidence shows that the life of hunter gathers was difficult: poor diets, hard work, poor health, and dangerous animals. • True • False

Answer Options:
A) True
B) False

Answer: B) False

Question: The emergence of agriculture was initially because of the actions of a really smart inventor. • True • False

Answer Options:
A) True
B) False

Answer: B) False

Question: The most famous works of art from the Upper Paleolithic are from the Painted Caves of Europe. These caves are clustered in Southwestern France and Northern Spain and feature engravings and carvings on the walls of caves from these regions. The paintings span the entirety of the Upper Paleolithic with some of the caves being recently dated to periods before Homo sapiens occupying Europe, indicating that these caves were likely painted by __. • Homo sapiens • Neanderthals • Homo erectus • Homo Habilis • Au. aferensis

Answer Options:
A) Homo sapiens
B) Neanderthals
C) Homo erectus
D) Homo Habilis
E) Au. aferensis

Answer: B) Neanderthals

Question: Magnetic or Magnetometer survey is a _….. __ that allows archaeologists to identify potential archaeological elements by finding places underground where there is something that is different from the background soil. • Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) • Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) • subsurface detection technique • Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) • above-ground technique

Answer Options:
A) Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR)
B) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
C) subsurface detection technique
D) Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR)
E) above-ground technique

Answer: C) subsurface detection technique

Question: Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site in southern Türkiye. Which of the following was key to supporting the large labor needed to build it. • Aliens • Mammoths • Climate change • Elephants • Bread

Answer Options:
A) Aliens
B) Mammoths
C) Climate change
D) Elephants
E) Bread

Answer: E) Bread

Question: are among the threats to several known archaeological sites and finds around the world. • Global climate change • Looting • Politics • Armed conflicts • All of the above

Answer Options:
A) Global climate change
B) Looting
C) Politics
D) Armed conflicts
E) All of the above

Answer: E) All of the above

Question: Which one of the following is NOT a factor that had to converge to make domestication happen? • genetic changes in plants • a minimal set of nutritious domesticates • the invention of agriculture • required several species of plants and animals (variety) • settling down

Answer Options:
A) genetic changes in plants
B) a minimal set of nutritious domesticates
C) the invention of agriculture
D) required several species of plants and animals (variety)
E) settling down

Answer: C) the invention of agriculture