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Question

In The Horse, the Wheel and Language, David W. Anthony presents a “revised” version of a hypothesis named for these features. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these structures whose associated culture was identified with the Proto-Indo-Europeans by the archaeologist Marija Gimbutas. The Pazyryk Culture constructed many of these burial mounds throughout Siberia.

ANSWER: kurgans [accept Kurgan hypothesis]

[10e] The earliest attested Indo-European language was used by these people, who arrived in Anatolia in one of the first waves of Indo-European migration. These people fought the Battle of Kadesh against Egypt.

ANSWER: Hittites

[10h] Hittite influence and language spread across the Middle East after Suppiluliuma I sacked this neighboring kingdom’s capital of Washukanni. This Hurrian-speaking kingdom centered in modern-day Syria engaged in a protracted war with Thutmose III.

ANSWER: Mitanni [accept Ḫabigalbat; accept Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat]

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Canada	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	20%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	25%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	10.00	67%	17%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	11.43	86%	14%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	10.00	88%	13%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	10.00	60%	30%	10%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	17.00	90%	40%	40%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	11.25	63%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley D	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
USC	Claremont Scripps	0	10	0	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
UCSC	Berkeley E	0	10	0	10
Stanford B	Berkeley F	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCI	UCSB	0	0	0	0
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
Queen's B	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Toronto A	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto H	McGill B	0	10	0	10
Toronto J	Toronto E	0	0	0	0
Toronto K	Western Ontario	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Waterloo	0	10	0	10
Queen's A	Guelph B	0	10	0	10
ERAU A	UF A	0	0	0	0
Melbourne A	USF	0	10	0	10
UCF B	UF C	0	10	0	10
UCF A	UF B	0	10	0	10
UF E	ERAU B	10	10	10	30
FSU	Melbourne B	0	0	0	0
CWRU A	Kenyon A	10	10	0	20
OSU B	CWRU D	0	10	10	20
Pitt A	Kenyon B	0	10	0	10
MSU A	OSU A	0	10	0	10
OSU C	Pitt C	0	10	0	10
MSU B	OSU D	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Pitt B	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina C	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Roanoke	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	Tusculum	0	0	0	0
Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Virginia B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	0	0
Penn A	George Mason C	0	0	0	0
Maryland B	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	Notre Dame E	0	10	0	10
Maryland D	NYU A	0	0	0	0
Georgetown B	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	UMBC A	0	10	0	10
VCU A	Penn B	0	0	0	0
Swarthmore A	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers C	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Missouri B	William Woods	10	10	0	20
WashU A	SIUE	0	10	0	10
WashU B	WashU D	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Truman State	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Illinois A	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Purdue A	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Chicago D	10	10	10	30
UIC	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Nebraska	10	10	0	20
Minnesota A	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Minnesota B	Iowa State	0	0	0	0
Macalester A	Minnesota C	10	10	10	30
Carleton	Wisconsin	0	10	0	10
Yale B	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	Alberta	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	British Columbia A	0	10	0	10
British Columbia D	British Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	McGill D	0	0	0	0
Ohio	Northwestern C	0	0	0	0
UTD B	Rose State	0	0	0	0
Texas A	Iowa	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	UCO	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	UTD A	10	10	0	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Sewanee A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	UAB A	0	10	0	10
Huntsville A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Huntsville B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Alabama B	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Bristol A	10	10	10	30
Warwick B	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell-DII	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
ESF	Syracuse	0	10	0	10