USI.3A Archaeology and Cactus Hill (Summative)
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cactus Hill is located near the ________ River.
Nottoway
James
Ohio
Mississippi
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A ______ is an example of an artifact an archaeologist would use to study people of the past.
cooking pot
dinosaur bone
dirt
rock
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is Cactus Hill such a significant archaeological site?
The arrowheads discovered there are like none ever found before
Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.
It is not a significant site. Artifacts found here provided no new evidence
Evidence that humans lived there 15,000-18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cactus Hill is located in _______ Virginia.
Southeastern
Southwestern
Eastern
Southern
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do scientists disagree about?
Why people entered the Southern Hemisphere
When people entered North America
How people entered the United States
How and when people entered the Western Hemisphere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
__________ is something made by humans and often is a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item.
An artifact
A natural resource
An archaeologist
A human resource
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The study of past cultures and human behavior through studying evidence left behind by people of the past is called ___.
sociology
anthropology
paleontology
archaeology
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts is called ___.
a scientist
an archaeologist
a paleontologist
a botanist
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