WorksheetsDigging Up the Past
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind is called a(n)
a)
Sociologist
b)
Archaelogist
c)
Scientologist
d)
Geologist
2.
An object made or used by people in the past is called a(n)
a)
Item
b)
Fossil
c)
Artifact
d)
Thingy
3.
All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate is called the
a)
Environment
b)
Climate
c)
Nation
d)
Population
4.
An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features is called a(n)
a)
Geographer
b)
Explorer
c)
Archaeologist
d)
Sociologist
5.
An expert who studies and records the past is called a(n)
a)
Geologist
b)
Archaelogist
c)
Sociologist
d)
Historian
6.
The time before written history is known as
a)
Ancient
b)
Prehistoric
c)
Post-historic
d)
Precivilization
7.
Someone who searches for information on a particular subject is called a
a)
Librarian
b)
Architect
c)
Researcher
d)
Explorer
8.
Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony.
a)
Church
b)
Ritual
c)
Celebration
d)
Temple
9.
Many scientists believe the earliest ancestors of humans were found on which continent?
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
South America
d)
Africa
10.
Being next to what natural land form would be most important for a civilization to survive?
a)
Mountains
b)
Water Sources
c)
Grasslands
d)
Plains
11.
Cave art rarely shows
a)
Humans
b)
Animals
c)
Tools
d)
Nature
12.
People believed that some cave paintings were a ritual that early humans performed before which of these things
a)
Eating
b)
Hunting
c)
Farming
d)
Sleeping
13.
The cave paintings in this chapter were mostly how old?
a)
about 500–800 years ago
b)
about 2,000–3,000 years ago
c)
about 10,000–18,000 years ago
d)
about 2 to 3 million years ago
14.
Cave paintings commonly would have which of these
a)
Family portraits
b)
Numbers
c)
An alphabet
d)
Geometric Shapes
15.
It is believed that early humans signed their cave paintings with a(n)
a)
Handprint
b)
Signature
c)
Initials
d)
Symbols
16.
Artifacts can be fossils and human remains, but can all of the following except
a)
Clothing
b)
Weapons
c)
Ideas
d)
Tools
17.
To create various colors in their cave paintings, early man used powders and
a)
Animal fat
b)
Peanut Oil
c)
Water
d)
Cow's Milk
18.
The first cave paintings were discovered in the country of
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Germany
d)
China
19.
Natural features of Earth include all of these except
a)
Water
b)
Landforms
c)
Plants and animals
d)
Technology
20.
Things that have a form composed of one or a number of simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, or circles are called
a)
Basic Drawings
b)
Geometric Shapes
c)
Cave Paintings
d)
Sketches
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