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Worksheets3a Archaeology and Cactus Hill Pretest
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM
The study of past cultures and human behavior through studying evidence left behind by people of the past
artifact
archaeology
archaeologist
MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM
something made by humans and often is a primitive tool, structure, or part of afunctional item
artifact
archaeology
archaeologist
MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM
A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts
artifact
archaeology
archaeologist
Which of the following is NOT an example of an artifact an archaeologist would use to study people of the past?
a canoe
an arrowhead
animal fur
part of a broken down shelter
_____ is an example of an artifact that an archeologist would use to study Early
American culture
dinosaur bones
cooking pot
dinosaur bones
a tree
Scientists still disagree about _______.
when people entered North America
why people entered the Southern Hemisphere
how people entered the United States
how and when people entered the Western Hemisphere
Cactus Hill is located in ___ Virginia.
Southwestern
Southern
Southeastern
Eastern
Western
Cactus Hill is located near the ___ River.
Nile
Naches
Nottoway
Nanticoke
Nowitna
Which letter on the map represents where Cactus Hill can be found?
A
B
C
Why is Cactus Hill such an important archaeological site?
It is not a significant site. Artifacts found here provided no new evidence.
The arrowheads discovered there are like none ever found before.
Evidence that humans lived there 15,000-18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.
Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.
