3a Archaeology and Cactus Hill Pretest

MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM

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

• artifact

• archaeology

• archaeologist

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MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM

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

• artifact

• archaeology

• archaeologist

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MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM

A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

• artifact

• archaeology

• archaeologist

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an artifact an archaeologist would use to study people of the past?

• a canoe

• an arrowhead

• animal fur

• part of a broken down shelter

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_____ is an example of an artifact that an archeologist would use to study Early

American culture

• dinosaur bones

• cooking pot

• dinosaur bones

• a tree

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Scientists still disagree about _______.

• when people entered North America

• why people entered the Southern Hemisphere

• how people entered the United States

• how and when people entered the Western Hemisphere

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Cactus Hill is located in ___ Virginia.

• Southwestern

• Southern

• Southeastern

• Eastern

• Western

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Cactus Hill is located near the ___ River.

• Nile

• Naches

• Nottoway

• Nanticoke

• Nowitna

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Which letter on the map represents where Cactus Hill can be found?

• A

• B

• C

Why is Cactus Hill such an important archaeological site?

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

• The arrowheads discovered there are like none ever found before.

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

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