Question
This is the first of three nouns to title a David Anthony book whose first chapter discusses a "mother language." For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these work animals. Anthony credits these animals with forming a "steppe bridge," allowing herders to travel great distances across Europe and Asia.
ANSWER: horses
[10h] Anthony's work revised this hypothesis associated with Marija Gimbutas. This hypothesis, named for burial mounds, holds that Proto-Indo-Europeans originated in the Pontic steppe.
ANSWER: Kurgan hypothesis
[10m] A less-popular hypothesis developed by Colin Renfrew claims that Proto-Indo-Europeans came from this region. The archaeological site Göbekli Tepe is located in this region.
ANSWER: Anatolia [accept Turkey or Türkiye; accept Asia Minor; accept Turkish Asia; prompt on Asia]
<Social Science - Social Science - Anthropology>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 36 | 16.39 | 75% | 72% | 17% |