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Investigating the Past U1L1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an expert who studies the past by examining objects

a)

archaeologist

b)

historian

c)

geographer

d)

anthropologist

2.

an object made or used by people in the past

a)

climate

b)

geometric

c)

archaeologist

d)

artifact

3.

all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate

a)

movement

b)

environment

c)

region

d)

location

4.

an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

a)

archaeologist

b)

geographer

c)

historian

d)

mathamitician

5.

an expert who studies and records the past

a)

surgeon

b)

historian

c)

geographer

d)

archaeologist

6.

before written history

a)

preview

b)

prehistoric

c)

preliminary

d)

pretense

7.

relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

a)

practice

b)

play

c)

ritual

d)

belief

8.

a written work that contains important information

a)

document

b)

artifact

c)

texture

d)

ritual

9.

someone who searches for information on a particular subject

a)

looker

b)

researcher

c)

finder

d)

seeker

10.

Social scientists are scholars who study

a)

astronomy

b)

dinosaur skeletons

c)

animal behavior

d)

human society

11.

People who study the past are most like

a)

artists

b)

builders

c)

dectectives

d)

teachers

12.

Why do historians read old documents and papers from the past?

a)

to agree on plans for the guture

b)

to compare their ideas of history

c)

to learn to speak a different language

d)

to find out what happened and why

13.

What challenge does the study of prehistoric history present to us?

a)

written records that can't be read

b)

huge amounts of artifacts to look at

c)

lack of evidence from the period of time

d)

conflicting views in ancient diaries

14.

Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?

a)

make maps

b)

examine objects

c)

read old newspapers

d)

study the Earth's features

15.

An object made or used by people in the past is called

a)

an artifact

b)

a document

c)

a ritual

d)

a theory

16.

Which of the following is a human-made feature that a geography would study?

a)

a cave

b)

a road

c)

a spear

d)

volcano

17.

How do we know that cave artists used scaffolding to stand on?

a)

many trees grew in the area

b)

The ancient wood is still there

c)

Pictures of the scaffolding are still there

d)

Some paintings are too high to reach from the floor