6th Grade Review

The oldest cave paintings are from _____.

• 5,000-10,000 years ago

• 1. 30,000- 40,000 years ago

• 1. 5-10 years ago 

The beginning of man is thought to have started in __________.

• America
• Europe
• Australia
• Africa

What does it mean to be nomadic?

• To live in one place permanently
• To travel from place to place with no permanent home
• To live underwater
• To live in the mountains

What is excavation?

• A type of construction equipment
• A method of cooking
• The process of moving earth, rock or other materials with tools, equipment or explosives
• A type of dance

What can archaeologists learn from fossils?

• Past life on earth as well as when and how different species lived millions of years ago.

• They can learn how to revive extinct species
• They can learn how to create fossils
• They can learn about the future evolution of species

What do archeologists study?

• The study of stars
• The study of human behavior
• The study of past human life and culture
• The study of plants

What is a fossil?

• A type of rock
• A type of animal
• The preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past
• A type of plant

What is an artifact?

• An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

• Remains or traces of a living organism from a long time ago usually preserved in petrited form or as a mold or cast in rock.

• A type of computer software

• The digging of an area of ground to recover an archeological site or record.

This measurement marks the location of the equator on Earth.

• 0 degrees latitude
• 90 degrees latitude
• 180 degrees longitude
• 360 degrees longitude

Which line cuts the world into North and South hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn