Grade 5 Academic Vocabulary Quiz

What does an archaeologist study?

• Plants

• Modern cities

• Ancient cities and artifacts

• Animals

What is an era?

• A person who studies history

• A small piece of something

• A period of time or history

• A type of artifact

What are fragments?

• Complete structures

• Whole objects

• Small, broken pieces

• Artifacts in museums

Who is a historian?

• A person who builds cities

• A type of ancient artifact

• A person who knows a great deal about history

• Someone who studies animals

What does it mean if something is intact?

• It is broken

• It is whole or complete

• It is damaged

• It is a small piece

What does preserved mean?

• To be protected so that it doesn’t get damaged

• To be studied

• To be thrown away

• To be rebuilt

What does it mean to reconstruct something?

• To study it

• To put its parts back together

• To leave it as is

• To destroy it

What are remnants?

• Complete structures

• Whole objects

• Small pieces or parts of something that are left over

• Artifacts in a museum

Which of the following describes an archaeologist?

• A person who studies plants

• Someone who studies ancient cities and artifacts

• A historian

• A person who builds structures

What is the opposite of intact?

• Whole

• Complete

• Preserved

• Broken