USI.3A Archaeology and Cactus Hill (Summative)

USI.3A Archaeology and Cactus Hill (Summative)

6th Grade

8 Qs

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USI.3A Archaeology and Cactus Hill (Summative)

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