USI.3a Archaeology and Cactus Hill

The study of past cultures and human behavior through studying evidence left behind by people of the past is called ___.

• sociology

• anthropology

• paleontology

• archaeology

A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts is called a(n) ___.

• scientist

• archaeologist

• paleontologist

• botanist

Something made by humans (often a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item) is called a(n) ___.

• artifact

• human resource

• natural resource

• specimen

Scientists are not in agreement about how and when people entered ___.

• the United States

• North America

• the earth

• the Western Hemisphere

• Cactus Hill

Cactus Hill is located in ___ Virginia

• Southern

• Southwestern

• Southeastern

• Eastern

• Western

Cactus Hill is located along the ___ River.

• Nile

• Nottoway

• Mississippi

• Ohio

• Missouri

SELECT ALL THE ANSWERS THAT APPLY

Why is the discovery at Cactus Hill significant (important)?

• Evidence that humans lived at Cactus Hill as early as 18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest sites in North America

• It proves that humans were in the Western Hemisphere longer than scientists originally believed.

• Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.

• Cactus hill provided no new evidence, proving once and for all that the original theory about humans in North America is correct.

Evidence found a Cactus Hill is ___ years old.

• 1,500 - 1,800

• over a million

• 1,000

• 15,000 - 18,000

Archaeologists study ___ through the recovery and analysis of artifacts.

• science

• human behavior and culture

• dinosaurs

• technology advancements