Fisher USI.3 #2

The Inuit live in 

• Florida
• Texas
• Alaska
• Georgia

The Inuit live in 

• igloos
• chickees
• teepees
• pink houses

Archaeology is the recovery of

• secondary source documents

• weather patterns over time

• material evidence remaining from the past

• population movements and the development of cities

What are artifacts?

• objects made and used by humans

• debris left by storms

• rocks thrown from volcanoes

• remains of animals

What did archaeologists find at Cactus Hill?

• an ancient city

• dinosaur bones

• beads and pottery

• stone points and blades

Cactus Hill is along the

• James River

• Appomattox River

• Nottoway River

• Rappahannock River

What is the importance of the Cactus Hill discovery?

• It proves Europeans came to the Americas approximately 25,000 years ago.

• It is one of the oldest known sites of human life in the United States.

• It is one of the oldest dinosaur graveyards in the United States.

• It proves that humans had the ability to start fires earlier than we previously thought.

Archaeologists use artifacts to learn about

• ancient weather

• human behavior and cultures of the past

• animal behavior and groups of the past

• ancient trees

Which of the following is not an example of an artifact?

• arrowheads

• pottery

• glassware

• bones

Who studies human behavior and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artifacts? 

• Biologists
• Artists
• Artisans 
• Archaeologists