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6. What is meant by "protohistory"?

  • The point at which a certain country develops dance.
  • The point at which a certain country develops writing.
  • The point at which a certain country develops religion.
  • The point at which a certain country develops agriculture.

7. Which of these is an example of naming a culture after where it is from?

  • Michelsberg.
  • Hallstatt.
  • All of the above.
  • Sesklo.

8. A frequently occurring assemblage is indicative of a culture. True or false?

  • True.
  • False.

9. When is prehistory roughly thought to have begun?

  • 20-30 million years ago.
  • 6-7 million years ago.
  • 7-8 million years ago.

10. What is an archaeological culture?

  • How refined a group of peoples were.
  • The social stratification of a culture.
  • Groupings of peoples, here in prehistoric times.
  • When an organism grows on a find; we can examine this to tell us about what they ate at the site when it was occupied.

11. Who coined the term "prehistory"?

  • Heinrich Schliemann.
  • Christian Jurgensen Thomsen.
  • Daniel Wilson.
  • Charles Darwin.

12. Why is the term "prehistory" problematic?

  • Radioarbon dating only goes as far back as 40,000 years.
  • Different countries developed writing at different points in their history.
  • It's too far back to know what really happened.

13. What is an assemblage?

  • An archaeological gathering of related finds, activities, peoples etc.
  • An early animal (including humans).
  • In lithic analysis, a defining characteristic of a lithic flake.
  • An early human (not including animals).