Written in Bone Test Review

Which state is NOT part of the Chesapeake bay region?

• North Carolina

• Delaware

• Maryland

• Virginia

Areas colored differently than the surrounding soil which allow archaeologists to locate graves are...

• top soil

• sub soil

• soil stains

• grave shafts

Which of these steps comes first in excavating a grave?

• remove soil from the grave shaft

• take photographs of the soil stains of the grave shaft

• place soil in buckets

• sift grave shaft soil through a mesh screen to find artifacts

What was the purpose of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project?

• to find the location of the James Fort

• to find the grave of Pocahontas

• to restore a cemetery in Maryland

• to find the foundation of the St. Mary's City chapel

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why did the scientists at the Jamestown project think that the man in the grave was Bartholomew Gosnold?

• the man was buried with a captain's leading staff

• he was buried in sandy soil

• his grave was marked with a cobble

• he was buried in a lead coffin

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of these in NOT true of indentured servants in colonial America?

• an indentured servant signed a contract to work for a specified number of years (usually seven)

• the landowner paid the servants' passage to America

• each indentured servant was paid $50 each week in wages

• an indentured servant could be sold to another owner

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was unique about the body in the large lead coffin compared to the other burials discussed in the book?

• the body was buried on an island

• the body was embalmed

• the body was missing a leg bone

• the body was buried in a cellar

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In determining the age of a skeleton, scientists will look at the ends of the long bones, called ___________, to see if they are fused.

• joints

• caps

• epiphyses

• shafts

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

For the time period of colonization, very little historical record exists. Therefore, historians depend on oral tradition to help fill in gaps of information. Oral tradition is...

• stories that pass by word of mouth from one generation to the next

• documents written by people of the past

• the time or period before recorded or written history

• one's family or ethic background, family descent

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Colonists in America were usually buried in

• a burial garment

• ordinary clothing

• a shroud

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4