A Practice Midterm

(to get warmed up for the real thing)

Kevin Callahan

NOTE: THIS PRACTICE EXAM WAS MADE BEFORE THE MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE CAME OUT. GO BY THAT IN GETTING READY FOR THE BIG TEST. GOOD LUCK!

I. Short ID's

Coulee

Pre-Clovis

Norton Tradition

Francisco Coronado

Lewis Binford

L'Anse-aux-Meadows

William C. McKern

NAGPRA

Monte Verde

Maritime Archaic

Garden of Eden hypothesis

Arikara

 

II. Short Answer (when, where, significance, sites)

What is the difference between an "idealized" Band, Tribe, Chiefdom, and State?

Band = Hunter-Gather foragers in nuclear families and extended families who usually band together during certain times of the year to e.g. hunt cooperatively.

(Big Men lead through prestige. Tribal leaders are often ignored. Chiefs have more power and state leaders have means of physical coercion). Tribe = A set of villages in alliance. A Village based alliance system, often forced upon the villages for mutual defense as a reaction to an external threat. This is where ethnic identities often emerge from. It is rare that an individual does things for the tribe. More often it was for personal gain or prestige to assist the family.

Chiefdom = 2 societal levels exist. The high kin chief's group and then the work group. Based upon kinship. Chiefs have more power to comple followers.

States = The leaders have armies to compel their orders and bureacracy.

Desert Lifeways

Early West coast subsistence

Multi-linear evolution

Microblades

Squire and Davis

Mini-Max theories

Northern California Early Archaic

Culture History

Paleo-Indian

Middle Range Theory

III. Essay: Longer Answer

What were the major trends in the Arctic area? What was life like? How did lifeways change over time? Why did it change?

 

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