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Lesson One: Investigating The Past

Authored by Shawn Sheridan

Geography

6th Grade

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Lesson One: Investigating The Past
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  1. Detectives Who Study the Past

What is one type of item that an archaeologist would study?

clothing, tools, weapons and coins

maps and river routes

human development throughout the region

hieroglyphics

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  1. Detectives Who Study the Past

Besides asking what happened in the past, what else do historians do?

try to understand why events happened the way they did

create maps to find new routes

work on irrigation systems

try to see why tools were used the way they were

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cave Art: Treasures of the Past

What city and country were cave art found?

Scotland England

Lascaux France

Paris France

Jordan Africa

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cave Art: Treasures of the Past

What do scientists believe cave artists used to see in the caves?

glowing bugs

only torches

only lamps

torches and lamps burning animal fat

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cave Painting of Humans

Which painting shows a scene from a hunt where men are riding on the backs of animals holding weapons?

the painting at Bhimbetka Rock Shelter in India

the painting at Lascaux France

the painting at Argentina South America

the painting at Jordan Africa

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cave Paintings of Animals

Where is the painting that shows prehistoric animals?

Lascaux France

Bhimbetka India

Argentina South America

Australia Sydney

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cave Painting of Animals

Why do scientists believe early humans painted animals?

to capture the animals "magical powers" and influence gods

because they were their favorite animals

to domesticate the animals

to sign their paintings with their own mark

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