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This study set covers Anthropology through
18 practice questions.
Advanced questions focusing on geographical distribution, human migration history, and cultural-environmental adaptations. Every question includes the correct answer so you can learn as you go — pick any format above to get started.
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Global Anthropological Geography study set below.
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1
Which archaeological site in southern Chile provides evidence of pre-Clovis human habitation dating back approximately 14,500 years, challenging the 'Clovis First' migration theory?
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A
Monte Verde
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B
Lapa do Santo
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C
Cueva de las Manos
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D
Pedra Furada
2
The 'Wallace Line' is a faunal boundary that separates the ecozones of Asia and Australia; which two Indonesian islands lie on immediate opposite sides of this line?
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A
Sumatra and Java
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B
Bali and Lombok
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C
Borneo and Sulawesi
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D
Timor and Flores
3
The Denisovan hominin DNA sequences were first identified through the analysis of a finger bone found in which specific geographical region?
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A
The Caucasus Mountains
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B
The Altai Mountains
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C
The Tibetan Plateau
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D
The Zagros Mountains
4
In the context of Austronesian expansion, which island is widely considered the 'homeland' from which the migration into the Pacific originated?
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A
Borneo
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B
Taiwan
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C
Palawan
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D
Luzon
5
The 'Great Migration' of the Bantu-speaking peoples, which spread iron-working technology and agricultural practices, originated in which modern-day region?
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A
The Horn of Africa
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B
The Nigeria-Cameroon border region
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C
The Nile Delta
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D
The Kalahari Desert
6
Which high-altitude region is home to the Sherpa people, who demonstrate unique physiological adaptations to hypoxia compared to other high-altitude populations?
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A
The Andes
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B
The Ethiopian Highlands
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C
The Solu-Khumbu region of the Himalayas
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D
The Pamir Mountains
7
The Kennewick Man skeletal remains, discovered in 1996, were found along the banks of which river in the United States?
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A
Columbia River
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B
Snake River
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C
Missouri River
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D
Colorado River
8
The 'Qafzeh-Skhul' fossils, significant for early evidence of Homo sapiens outside of sub-Saharan Africa, are located in which modern-day country?
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A
Egypt
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B
Israel
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C
Jordan
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D
Lebanon
9
Which indigenous group is traditionally associated with the geographical region of the Sápmi, spanning northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia?
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A
Inuit
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B
Sami
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C
Nenet
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D
Evenki
10
The 'Blombos Cave' site, famous for early symbolic artifacts like engraved ochre, is located along the coast of which ocean?
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A
Atlantic Ocean
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B
Indian Ocean
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C
Mediterranean Sea
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D
Southern Ocean
11
The 'Sunda Shelf' is a submerged extension of the continental shelf that connected which landmasses during the Pleistocene epoch?
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A
Australia and New Guinea
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B
Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands
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C
Japan and the Korean Peninsula
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D
Britain and Mainland Europe
12
Which group is noted for their unique long-term respiratory adaptation to hyperbaric conditions through enlarged spleens, inhabiting the coastal waters of Indonesia?
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A
The Moken
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B
The Bajau
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C
The Bugis
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D
The Sama-Bajau
13
The 'Vinca culture,' known for one of the earliest systems of proto-writing, was geographically centered in which region of Europe?
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A
The Iberian Peninsula
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B
The Balkans
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C
The Scandinavian Peninsula
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D
The Italian Peninsula
14
The 'Jōmon' period of Japanese prehistory is geographically characterized by the development of sophisticated pottery in which specific archipelago?
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A
The Ryukyu Islands
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B
The Japanese Archipelago
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C
The Kuril Islands
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D
The Sakhalin Islands
15
The 'Clovis' point technology is most densely concentrated in which geographical region of North America?
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A
The Pacific Northwest
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B
The Great Plains and the American Southeast
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C
The Appalachian Mountains
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D
The Canadian Shield
16
The 'Dmanisi' hominin fossils, which provide evidence for the early dispersal of Homo erectus out of Africa, were found in which country?
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A
Armenia
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B
Georgia
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C
Azerbaijan
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D
Turkey
17
The 'San' people of the Kalahari are historically associated with which ancestral linguistic feature involving clicking sounds?
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A
Nilo-Saharan
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B
Khoisan
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C
Niger-Congo
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D
Afroasiatic
18
The 'Mungo Man' remains, which are critical to understanding the early human occupation of Australia, were discovered in the basin of which lake?
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A
Lake Eyre
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B
Lake Mungo
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C
Lake Torrens
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D
Lake Gairdner
