WorksheetsInvestigating the Ancient Past
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Archaeology?
a)
The study of dinosaur bones
b)
The study of artifacts
c)
Playing adventure video games
d)
The study of old rocks
2.
Archaeology is important because it helps us understand our ______.
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
d)
dreams
3.
What is the job of an Archaeologist?
a)
to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
b)
To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
c)
To find cool stuff underground
d)
To study the relationship between geography and fossils
4.
Which of the following would be considered a fossil?
a)
decayed plant remains
b)
clay pots
c)
scrolls
d)
arrowhead
5.
An area where archaeologist dig things up from the past is called
a)
site
b)
wash
c)
hole
d)
laboratory
6.
Archaeologists study the materials left by people and their cultures in the past.
a)
Fact
b)
Opinion
7.
Things we find that were formed by people of the past are called
a)
artifacts
b)
monoliths
c)
statues
d)
replicas
8.
Studying the layers of soil to date your find is called
a)
stratigraphy
b)
soilmanship
c)
layerology
d)
soil chemistry
9.
You can find an artifact in your own backyard
a)
true
b)
false
10.
What is an artifact?
a)
Remains of object, buildings from the past
b)
A social scientist
c)
Features of Earth still around from the past
d)
Fossils
11.
What time period does "prehistoric" refer to?
a)
Before the year 1999
b)
Before the modern era
c)
Before written records
12.
What does a historian do?
a)
Studies records of the past
b)
Studies old sandwiches
c)
Studies the Earth's features
13.
Who would ask the question, "What happened in the past? Why?"
a)
Archaeologist
b)
Geographer
c)
Historian
14.
The time it takes for half of a radioactive element's atoms to decay is its:
a)
Era
b)
Half life
c)
Relative age
d)
Absolute age
15.
What is stratigraphy?
a)
The use of radiocarbon to tell how old something is
b)
The study of the different layers revealed when a slice is cut down through the earth.
c)
Where an archaeologist digs to find bones
d)
Testing for the amount of flourine in a bone to tell its age
16.
What can relative dating methods tell us about a piece of historical evidence?
a)
Can reveal the exact age of the evidence.
b)
Can reveal whether it is older or younger than something else.
c)
Can give an approximate age of how old it is.
d)
Can tell you who used it and why.
17.
What can absolute dating methods tell us about historical artefacts?
a)
What it was used for
b)
Which era the evidence is from
c)
The age relative to another thing
d)
The actual age of the evidence
18.
What is NOT a function of a museum?
a)
to obtain items from the past to display
b)
to exhibit and preserve items from the past
c)
to got a conduct digs to find new historical evidence
d)
to provide public support such as guided tours
19.
Protecting historical evidence to allow future generations to experience viewing items that show what life might have been like for people who came before us is known as ___________.
a)
Conserving the past
b)
Displaying the past
c)
Exploiting the past
d)
Exploring the past
20.
What is something you might find in a Museum?
a)
Artefacts
b)
Fossils
c)
Letters from the past
d)
All of the above
21.
When counting time historians divide history into two parts _______ and ________.
a)
B.C.E and B.C
b)
B.C.E and C.E
c)
C.E and C.C.E
d)
Before and After
22.
When talking about when things happened in the past, the word circa means .....
a)
It happened around that time
b)
It happened on that exact date
c)
They have no idea when it happened
23.
Putting something in chronological order means
a)
you put the events in order of their importance
b)
you put the events in order of when they occurred
c)
you put the events in order of the most interesting to the least interesting
24.
What can assist historians in seeing how one event may have contributed to another?
a)
A timeline
b)
Looking at only one event in detail
c)
A map of the events
25.
What is it called if a source contains someone's opinion?
a)
Perspective
b)
False
c)
Biased
d)
Fact
26.
A primary source is something that...
a)
has been written about the time period
b)
that has intrepreted things and events from the past
c)
a school text book
d)
was written or is from the time period
27.
When looking at sources, a primary source is ALWAYS better than a secondary source.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Which source is more likely to contain bias?
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
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