Unit 1, Module 1: Uncovering the Past

______________ is a term used to identify dates that occurred long ago, before the birth of Jesus Christ

• A.D.

• B.C.

• B.C.E.

• C.E.

An archaeologist would most likely explore

• a mountain range that forms the border of a geographic region.

• the site of an ancient battle.

• a forest or other unpopulated area.

• data about climate in a region.

_______________ is the study of the past.

• Geography

• Archaelogy

• History

• Geology

Which of the following would a historian be least interested in?

• the bones of a group of people

• the knowledge of a group of people

• the beliefs of a group of people

• the customs of a group of people

A historian's work includes all of the following except?

• turning ancient discoveries into modern technology.

• studying and interpreting history.

• teaching and learning about culture and identity.

• making predictions about the future based on the past.

History helps you understand how today's events are shaped by the events of the future.

• True

• False

__________ is the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

• Culture

• History

• A fossil

• Archaeology

Sometimes, archaeologists carefully reconstruct ___ from hundreds of broken peices of a statue, for example.

• artifacts

• values

• fossils

• climate

_______________ is the study of the past based on what people left behind.

• archaeology

• geography

• geology

• history

A _______________ is a part or imprint of something that was once alive.

• artifact

• fossil

• climate

• landform