Marija Gimbutas popularized the most widely accepted hypothesis of the origin of these people, who are typically associated with the Yamnaya archeological culture. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these ancient people whose geographical origins are disputed by the Anatolian hypothesis and the Kurgan hypothesis, which posits a steppe homeland.
ANSWER: Proto-Indo-Europeans [or PIEs; prompt on Indo-Europeans]
[10h] Your new smart fridge is assigned a fresh IP address by this server-based network management protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses to new devices on a local network.
ANSWER: DHCP [or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; accept DHCPv6]
[10e] David W. Anthony identified this technology as a key factor in the spread of Indo-European peoples. This invention, which was also used to create pottery, allowed for the creation of mobile carts and vehicles.
ANSWER: wheels [or wheel and axle; accept pottery wheel; accept The Horse, the Wheel, and Language]
[10m] To navigate your smart fridge to acf-quizbowl.com, your router decides where to request data from using this service usually known by a three-letter acronym, which resolves namesake human-readable URLs into IP addresses.
ANSWER: DNS [or Domain Name System; accept DNS resolution]
[10h] Many scholars argue that evidence for the Proto-Indo-European migrations can also be found in this pre- and early-Bronze age European archaeological culture, which is named for impressions left on its characteristic pottery.
ANSWER: Corded Ware culture
[10e] Your smart fridge sends a GET request to ACF’s web server via this application-layer protocol, which may be secured using SSL. Full URLs typically begin with the name of this protocol followed by colon, slash, slash.
ANSWER: HTTP [or Hypertext Transfer Protocol; accept HTTPS or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure or HTTP over SSL or HTTP over TLS]
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