Google Earth Site ID
Traits of Complexity
Misconceptions
Video Questions
Methods or Threats
100
Cahokia is in this US State
What is Illinois
100
Poverty Point’s Mound A is an example of…
What is Monumental Works
100
The place potatoes were domesticated
What is South America
100
The three foods that make up Mississippian subsistence
What is maize, beans, and squash
100
A common way for archaeologists to notice specialization of labor
What is standardized goods
200
Name the site featured below
What is Göbeklitepe
200
Trade routes or bevel-rimmed bowls are an example of this trait of complexity
What is Centralized Economy
200
True or False
Most of the Indigenous peoples of North America lived in small, highly mobile, egalitarian groups.
What is False
200
The first farming occurred near this topographical feature
What is water
200
The current threat to Chaco Canyon discussed in class
What is oil and drilling
300
The Monumental Works featured at Chaco Canyon
(list at least one)
What is their Road System, Great Kivas, Great “Houses”, or Irrigation Canals
300
The Pyramids are an example of Monumental works, it can also be an example of two other traits of complexity. List at least one.
What is specialization of labor or social stratification
300
The society that domesticated llamas
What is the Inka
300
Three examples of specialized labor (ex. leaders)
What are religious specialists, artisans, military, scribes, etc….
300
The current threat to Cahokia discussed in class
What is rain/flooding, causing destabilization and slumping
400
This site is known for “the first written words.”
What is Uruk
400
Differences in diet can be indicative of this trait of complexity
What is Social Stratification
400
The people who built the pyramids (Hint: be specific, the answer is not "Egyptians").
What are workers, craftsmen, and laborers
What is NOT slaves
400
THE DAILY DOUBLE
These two sites changed how archaeologists understood hunter-gatherers and their social complexity
What is Poverty Point and Göbeklitepe
400
The current threat to Teotihuacan discussed in class
What is tourism or climate change/erosion
500
Name the site featured below
What is YinXu Palace & Temple Historic site
500
Justin Bieber is considered an example of this social status
What is Achieved Status
500
This term is used to describe the Americas before European contact, but it is a misconception.
What is Pristine Wilderness
500
The approximate number of days it took to build Mound A (Poverty Point)
What is 30-90 days
500
One way archaeologists can reconstruct past plant use
What is Phytolith Analysis/Residue Analysis/ Palynology/Paleobotany/Paleoethnobotany Coprolite Coprolite Analysis/Bone Chemistry (carbon isotope analysis)...