Quiz on Anthropology and Archaeology

What is the study of human societies and cultures and their development called?

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Geology

• Paleontology

What is the preserved remains or impression of a prehistoric organism called?

• Artifact

• Fossil

• Relic

• Specimen

Who studies the solid Earth and the processes by which it is shaped and changed?

• Archaeologist

• Geologist

• Anthropologist

• Biologist

What is an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest?

• Fossil

• Artifact

• Specimen

• Relic

What term is used to describe the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively?

• Society

• Culture

• Civilization

• Community

What are preserved remains of ancient humans, animals, and plants called?

• Artifact

• Fossil

• Evidence

• Culture

What is an object made by human beings called?

• Fossil

• Artifact

• Evidence

• Culture

What term describes beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people?

• Culture

• Evidence

• Prehistory

• Artifact

What is information used to prove something called?

• Artifact

• Evidence

• Fossil

• Culture

What does it mean to bring something to an end?

• Conclude

• Prehistory

• Culture

• Artifact