Archaeology Quiz

What does AD stand for?

• All Dates

• Ancient Days

• Anno Domini

• After Death

What is an artifact?

• An object made or used by people in the past

• A large division of time

• A person who studies human development

• A period of 100 years

What does BCE stand for?

• Before Christ

• Bronze Age

• Before Common Era

• Bygone Century

What is a primary source?

• A personal attitude about people or life

• A document or written work created after an event

• Firsthand evidence of an event in history

• Evidence collected from observations and experiments

What is the study of human development called?

• Geography

• Paleontology

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

What is a century?

• A period of 50 years

• A period of 100 years

• A period of 10 years

• A period of 1000 years

What is a fossil?

• Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time

• A document or written work created after an event

• A period before recorded or written history

• An expert who studies and records the past

What is a secondary source?

• Evidence collected from observations and experiments

• A person who studies how people live in groups

• A document or written work created after an event

• A personal attitude about people or life

What is a millennium?

• A period of 10 years

• A period of 100 years

• A period of 50 years

• A period of 1000 years

What is prehistoric?

• The time or period before recorded or written history

• A period of 100 years

• The study of objects to learn about past human life

• An object made or used by people in the past