Chapter 1: What is History?

Archaeology is?

• The study of ancient cultures through their artifacts, structures, and other remains
• The study of ancient plants and animals

• The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere
• The study of human behavior and societies

An artifact is?

• An object made by humans.

• The remains of plant & animal life that has been well preserved

• Ancient objects made by people

• Any thing old found in the ground

A fossil is?

• A type of prehistoric rock

• The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism

• A type of prehistoric mineral

• A type of prehistoric plant

1.A decade is a period of time that lasts _______.

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

2.The calendar we use today is called the ______ calendar.

• Julian

• Gregorian

• Lunar

• Egyptian

3.The Gregorian calendar begins counting years with the founding of Rome.

• True

• False

4.A leap year is a year that has _________.

• one extra day

• one less day

• one extra week

• one less week

5.The letters A.D. stand for the words anno domini and mean "in the year of our Lord."

• True

• False

7.A paleontologist looks for clues to the past by studying __________.

• ancient cultures

• ancient literature

• fossils

• ancient ruins

An anthropologist is mostly concerned with studying fossils.

• True

• False