Archaeology Quiz

What is archaeology?

• The study of outer space

• The interpretation of material evidence remaining from past human activity

• The study of climate change

• The study of volcanoes

Where have archaeological discoveries of early Indian settlements been made?

• Northwest Canada

• Southeastern Virginia

• Central Mexico

• Western Europe

How do archaeologists study human behavior and cultures of the past?

• Through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

• By interviewing living people

• By reading historical fiction books

• Through experiments in a laboratory

Where is Cactus Hill located?

• Near the Rocky Mountains

• On the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia

• In the Amazon Rainforest

• In the Sahara Desert

What makes Cactus Hill one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America?

• Evidence of extraterrestrial beings

• Evidence that humans lived there as early as 18,000 years ago

• Fossils of dinosaurs

• Ancient hieroglyphics

Who were the Inuit?

• Lived in deserts

• Inhabited the Arctic with freezing temperatures

Where did the Kwakiutl people live?

• The Great Plains

• The Arctic

• The Pacific Northwest coast

• The Sahara Desert

Where did the Lakota people reside?

• In the rainforest

• The Great Plains

• The Arctic

• The desert

Where did the Pueblo tribes live?

• The Sahara Desert

• The rainforest

• The Arctic

• The Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona

Which area is known as the Eastern Woodlands?

• The Sahara Desert

• The Arctic

• The Amazon Rainforest

• Northeast North America, heavily forested