USI.3A Archaeology and Cactus Hill (Summative)

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

• sociology

• anthropology

• paleontology

• archaeology

__________ is something made by humans and often is a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item.

• An artifact

• A natural resource

• An archaeologist

• A human resource

What do scientists disagree about?

• Why people entered the Southern Hemisphere

• When people entered North America

• How people entered the United States

• How and when people entered the Western Hemisphere

Cactus Hill is located in _______ Virginia.

• Southeastern

• Southwestern

• Eastern

• Southern

Cactus Hill is located near the ________ River.

• Nottoway

• James

• Ohio

• Mississippi

Why is Cactus Hill such a significant archaeological site?

• The arrowheads discovered there are like none ever found before

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

• It is not a significant site. Artifacts found here provided no new evidence

• Evidence that humans lived there 15,000-18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.

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

• a scientist

• an archaeologist

• a paleontologist

• a botanist

A ______ is an example of an artifact an archaeologist would use to study people of the past.

• cooking pot

• dinosaur bone

• dirt

• rock