Practice Final

ANT 308

 

Spring 2010

 

Directions:  Try to complete this practice final by the morning of Monday, April 26.  I will post answers online on the afternoon of that day.  

 

Define three of the following six terms, and describe how they are important to Old World archaeology:

 

1)      Amenhotep III

 

 

 

 

2)       Kerma culture

 

 

 

 

 

3)      Kot Diji phase

 

 

 

 

 

4)      Shortugai

 

 

 

 

 

5)      Segmentary lineage

 

 

 

 

 

6)      Kurgan

 

 

Please write an essay on one of the following two topics:

1)      Explain how and why the 2nd Intermediate period occurred, and how and why it ended.

2)      Compare and contrast the Indus Valley culture and Egyptian culture in terms of trade, political structure, and social complexity.