Secrets of Ancient Gum Quiz

The authors write that Lola’s gum is “an archaeological gold mine.” What do they mean?

• Archaeologists are studying Lola’s gum.

• Lola’s gum has provided a lot of valuable information about human life in the distant past.

• After Lola’s gum was discovered, gold mining began in Lolland, Denmark.

• Archaeologists discovered gold in Lola’s gum.

How do the authors characterize life during the Neolithic period?

• boring, dull, plain

• challenging, tough, dangerous

• easy, attractive, appealing

• calm, peaceful, slow

Which is the central idea of the section “Exciting Time”?

• Without plumbing, life is difficult.

• Boar shave flesh-piercing tusks.

• Humans have been chewing gum for thousands of years.

• Stone tools changed life for early humans.

What major changes were occurring during Lola’s time? Choose TWO.

• People were transitioning from farming to hunting and gathering.

• New tools were making life safer.

• Indoor plumbing was emerging.

• People were beginning to farm.

Consider this sentence: “When Lola’s gum was discovered, it still contained traces of her saliva.”

Which sentence uses trace in the same way it is used in the sentence above?

• The detective was determined to trace the whereabouts of the missing person.

• Sam used bright colors to trace the dinosaur’s picture.

• The cookies had a trace of something special in them—vanilla, perhaps?

• Scientists discovered traces of human activity in the mud: ancient footprints.

The authors write, “We don’t know if she liked to sing or stare out at the sea.” The purpose of this line is to ________________.

• explain that the gum can’t tell us about who Lola was as a person

• reveal that many hunter-gatherers sang

• support the idea that the gum did not provide much useful information

• support the idea that the gum did provide useful information

A prehistoric object is very _______.

• old

• new

• broken

• large

Where would someone more likely forage?

• the grocery store

• a forest

• an empty field

• their house

Which is genetic?

• how tall you are

• the weather

• the clothes you wear

• where you live