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Unit 6 Material Culture

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of past cultures through the material remains that people have left behind is called (a)  

Choose from the below words
archeology.
material culture.
 surveying.
chronology.
2.

 What is an archeological site?

a)

any location that people occupied and left evidence of their occupation

b)

any place that archeologists have excavated

c)

a systematic effort to locate artifacts or features

d)

 the exact vertical and horizontal location of a feature

3.

Which of the following are examples of artifacts

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

4.

Any preserved remains of plants and animals found at sites are important to archeologists because they may provide evidence of which of the following

a)

 plants and animals that people ate

b)

how people processed plant and animal foods.

c)

what the climate was like when the site was occupied.

d)

population changes

e)

surveying that was done

5.

 A survey conducted by using a camera attached to an airplane is called a(n) (a)  

Choose from the below words
surface survey.
site test.
grid system.
aerial survey.
6.

Carefully digging below the surface of the ground to find buried artifacts and features is known as (a)  

Choose from the below words
analysis.
excavation.
screening.
 interpretation.
7.

Besides archaeologists, what other professionals might rely extensively on aerial surveys for their work?

a)

Military

b)

Transportation projects

c)

Environmental workers

d)

Educational professionals

e)

Health professionals

8.

 The precise location of an artifact is its (a)  

Choose from the below words
timeline.
archeological record.
provenience.
occupation.
9.

 If two artifacts are found in the same place, one above the other, the artifact that is deeper below the surface is likely to be (a)  

Choose from the below words
larger.
heavier.
more important.
older.
10.

The most time-consuming part of an archeological investigation is the (a)  

Choose from the below words
 survey.
excavation.
analysis.
interpretation.
11.

Carbon-14 dating is based on the rate at which carbon-14 (a)  

Choose from the below words
was used to make tools.
 forms in soil and roc
decays, or breaks down.
is found in trash.
12.

An archeologist that studies living people to see what material remains their activities leave behind is called (a)  

Choose from the below words
material archeologist.
activity archeologist.
 ethnoarchaeologist.
domestic archeologist.
13.

Imagine a future archeologist is studying current world practices. Which of the following archeological features is MOST likely to need excavation to discover? (a)  

Choose from the below words
commercial satellite
air burial site
hanging coffins
sewer system
14.

Maurice grew up in an area of Tennessee that was fairly remote and had lots of Native American hunters in the past. As he and his friends played games, they would sometimes hunt for flint arrowheads. What were Maurice and his friends doing without even realizing it? (a)  

Choose from the below words
performing surface surveys
performing flotation
using metal detectors
finding hieroglyphics
15.

How are screens used to find artifacts in archeological excavations?

a)

detecting ink or other writing on objects

b)

sifting small artifacts from soil particles

c)

identifying metals too light for detectors

d)

sorting organic matter from non-organic matter

16.

Which of the following statements about writing is TRUE?

a)

In ancient societies that used writing, it was widespread among nobles and commoners.

b)

Most cultures adopted writing long after its original invention about 5,500 years ago.

c)

Writing in ancient cultures focused on mundane daily activities, like a journal or Facebook today.

d)

Except for the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), religious writing was quite rare.

17.

What is the BEST example of an archeological feature?

a)

the bones left by a prehistoric family

b)

a boat used by a pirate

c)

the accounting records of a merchant

d)

a cave dug by humans for shelter

18.

What ethical issue do many archeologists—and anthropologists—face as they collect and learn from artifacts from around the world?

a)

who should really “own” the discovered artifact

b)

how material culture distorts the culture’s ideas

c)

how technology has made it easier to share images

d)

how it might lead to misjudgment of modern cultures

19.

The archeological record consists of all the material remains ever left by human activity (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
20.

Prehistoric sites were occupied during the time after writing was invented (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
21.

Recording the evidence from an excavation is done in the lab as part of the analysis (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
22.

An archeologist that tries to recreate artifacts such as stone tools is called an experimental archeologist. (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
23.

Things that people made and other physical traces of their lives are called provenience. (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
24.

How did the Rosetta Stone help decipher hieroglyphics?

a)

matching images to Greek words

b)

providing the Egyptian alphabet

c)

translating common Roman trade words

d)

outlining a peace treaty between the French and English