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3a Archaeology and Cactus Hill Pretest

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

artifact

b)

archaeology

c)

archaeologist

2.

MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM

something made by humans and often is a primitive tool, structure, or part of afunctional item

a)

artifact

b)

archaeology

c)

archaeologist

3.

MATCH THE DEFINITION WITH THE CORRECT TERM

A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

a)

artifact

b)

archaeology

c)

archaeologist

4.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an artifact an archaeologist would use to study people of the past?

a)

a canoe

b)

an arrowhead

c)

animal fur

d)

part of a broken down shelter

5.

_____ is an example of an artifact that an archeologist would use to study Early

American culture

a)

dinosaur bones

b)

cooking pot

c)

dinosaur bones

d)

a tree

6.

Scientists still disagree about _______.

a)

when people entered North America

b)

why people entered the Southern Hemisphere

c)

how people entered the United States

d)

how and when people entered the Western Hemisphere

7.

Cactus Hill is located in ___ Virginia.

a)

Southwestern

b)

Southern

c)

Southeastern

d)

Eastern

e)

Western

8.

Cactus Hill is located near the ___ River.

a)

Nile

b)

Naches

c)

Nottoway

d)

Nanticoke

e)

Nowitna

9.

Which letter on the map represents where Cactus Hill can be found?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

10.

Why is Cactus Hill such an important archaeological site?

a)

It is not a significant site. Artifacts found here provided no new evidence.

b)

The arrowheads discovered there are like none ever found before.

c)

Evidence that humans lived there 15,000-18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.

d)

Artifacts found there finally got scientists to agree on how and when people came to the Western Hemisphere.