Ancient History Quiz

What is the role of an archaeologist?

• Studying the present

• Digging up remains of ancient cities

• Building modern cities

• Selling ancient artifacts

What does the term 'era' refer to?

• A period of time or history

• A type of food

• A type of clothing

• A type of animal

What are fragments?

• Whole pieces

• Small pieces broken off

• Pieces with nothing missing

• Large pieces broken off

What is the role of a historian?

• Building new technologies

• Knowing a great deal about the past

• Selling historical artifacts

• Studying the future

What does 'intact' mean?

• Damaged or decayed

• Lost or destroyed

• Whole with nothing missing

• Broken or injured

What does it mean to 'preserve' something?

• Lose or damage

• Throw away

• Ignore

• Protect from being lost or damaged

What does it mean to 'reconstruct' something?

• Ignore completely

• Put parts back together again

• Break into pieces

• Leave as it is

What are remnants?

• Newly created parts

• Left-over small parts or remaining traces

• Missing parts

• Whole and complete parts

What does an archaeologist study?

• Space exploration

• Modern technology

• Future predictions

• Ways humans lived a long time ago

What does a historian know a great deal about?

• The present

• The future

• The past

• The unknown