Chapter 1: The Earliest Human Societies To 2500 b.c.e.
Quiz for Individuals in Society: The Iceman
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Correct. The answer is a. Two German tourists hiking in the Italian Alps stumbled upon the Iceman’s corpse lying facedown covered in ice.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Two German tourists hiking in the Italian Alps stumbled upon the Iceman’s corpse lying facedown covered in ice.
Correct. The answer is c. Because the Iceman had both a copper ax and arrows, scholars hypothesized the the Iceman and his people had to master several different technologies in order to produce and use such goods.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Because the Iceman had both a copper ax and arrows, scholars hypothesized the the Iceman and his people had to master several different technologies in order to produce and use such goods.
Correct. The answer is b. By looking at the bluish tinge of his teeth, scientists determined that the Iceman ate a diet of milled grain and thus lived in an environment where crops were grown.
Incorrect. The answer is b. By looking at the bluish tinge of his teeth, scientists determined that the Iceman ate a diet of milled grain and thus lived in an environment where crops were grown.
Correct. The answer is a. While scholars initially thought the Iceman had died in a storm, the autopsy showed an arrowhead in his shoulder, suggesting he had in fact been murdered.
Incorrect. The answer is a. While scholars initially thought the Iceman had died in a storm, the autopsy showed an arrowhead in his shoulder, suggesting he had in fact been murdered.