Otzi / Sources

Which is a primary source for learning about pioneer life?

• a history textbook

• an encyclopedia article

• a book based on pioneers' stories

• a letter by a pioneer woman

What is one problem faced by people who study ancient history?

• Many important sources have been destroyed or lost.

• There are no written records from ancient times.

• Most of the sources are primary sources.

• The original purpose of most artifacts is unknown

What information about an archaeological sample can be obtained by carbon-14 testing?

• how old it is

• how quickly it decayed

• what it is made of

• what climate it is from

What made the "Iceman" discovery so interesting to archaeologists?

• The man had died in an accident.

• The man's clothing and possessions were preserved with him.

• The body was the first ever found in the Alps.

• The man's ax was made of copper and chipped stone.

How did scientists figure out what the iceman's net was used for?

• They found prehistoric pictures of people using that kind of net.

• They studied the objects discovered near it.

• They compared it to a kind of net still in use in the region today.

• They tried fishing and catching birds in it.

Why did archaeologists working at the Iceman site melt the snow and filter the water?

• They wanted to see if the water was clean.

• They needed drinking water.

• They did not want to lose any evidence.

• They wanted to clean the Iceman.

The work of a historian is similar to that of detectives because they both .....

• display artifacts in museums

• create primary sources

• use clues to solve mysteries

• study ancient cultures

Excavate means to

• to uncover by digging carefully

• The story or record of what has happened in the past

• the study of the remains of past cultures

• a record of the past, based on information from other sources

Oral tradition is the

• The story or record of what has happened in the past

• the time before writing was developed

• the practice of passing on history from one person to another by word of mouth

• an object made by someone in the past

A Primary source is

• an object made by someone in the past

• a firsthand account of an event or an object created during the period of history being studied

• the study of the remains of past cultures

• the time before writing was developed