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Debate

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Humanism

c)

arts

d)

patron

2.

What does "prosperous" mean?

(a)  

3.

What do archaeologists often do in their laboratories? Select all that apply.

a)

Paint or make copies of artifacts

b)

Take pictures of artifacts

c)

Measure or fix artifacts

d)

Write notes about excavations and artifacts

4.

The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar. One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Petrarch

5.

Which film series focuses on recreation of extinct species?

a)

Fantastic Beasts

b)

Jurassic Park

c)

Lord of the Rings

d)

Despicable Me

6.

She used only contem (a)   documents to research the book, not the historic ones.

7.

Art and literature of the Renaissance was influenced by ancient.

a)

Anglo-Saxon

b)

Greek and Latin

c)

Anglo-Norman

d)

Old English

8.

An Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452 A.D., who painted many masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and also excelled in scientific research.

a)

Florence

b)

city-state

c)

Leonardo Da Vinci

d)

Brunelleschi

9.

When a historian or an author deliberately mislead students in his/her textbook, he/she is committing historical ______________ .

a)

denialism

b)

distortion

c)

negation

d)

revisionism

10.

Archaeological sites can be visible on the surface or buried deep beneath the ground.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Historical Distortion and Historical Revisionism are the same.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What cause Franklin's legs to become paralyzed?

a)

chicken pox

b)

yellow fever

c)

flu

d)

polio

13.

When a historian an author corrects a wrong account or entry in our textbooks this is historical _______________ .

a)

denialism

b)

distortion

c)

negation

d)

revisionism

14.

Archaeology refers to...

a)

the study of planets

b)

the study of things that people left behind

c)

the study of things from the future

d)

None of the above

15.

What is preservation?

a)

It is another word for 'dog'.

b)

It is to maintain something in it's original condition.

c)

It is the cost to enter a museum.

d)

It is not a real word.

16.

modern (adj)

a)

contemporary

b)

comfortable

c)

connected

17.

What are put on display at Vietnam Military History Museum?

a)

war propganda

b)

war weapons

c)

war artifacts

d)

captured aircraft

18.

What is presentism?

a)

Focusing too much on 20th and 21st century history

b)

The lack of interest in history

c)

Judging the past by modern standards

d)

The lost of traditional customs

19.

Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

a)

Society was dominated by the church.

b)

Society began to value individualism.

c)

Society was focused on warfare.

d)

Society was dominated by lords.

20.

When did aurochs become extinct?

a)

500BC

b)

1600s

c)

1800s

d)

1200s

21.

In archaeology a "dig" refers to...

a)

artifacts

b)

objects

c)

an excavation

d)

weapons

22.

An archaeologist’s works begins with...

a)

digging up

b)

studying artifacts

c)

finding a site to study

d)

studying objects

23.

Humanism focused on achievements in all of the following except what?

a)

Art

b)

Education

c)

Math

d)

Literature

24.

What does dendrochronology do?

a)

Tell us how trees provide evidence about past climate

b)

Tell us how trees are made

c)

Tell us how trees predict the weather

25.

Pick the best definition for "ruins."

a)

Evidence of a fight or battle, including weapons

b)

To become angry and try to break things

c)

Thoughtful or long ideas

d)

What remains after a building or structure is destroyed

26.

Which is incorrect about the play 'Hamilton'?

https://youtu.be/r1izVfVpBwE

a)

It's casting is color-bind

b)

It's casting is color-conscious

c)

The writer himself played the role of Hamilton

d)

Only a few of its actors were BIPOC

27.

What kind of artifacts do archaeologists want to find?

a)

Hand-made things from long ago

b)

Machine-made things used now

c)

Things in nature from long ago

d)

None of these things

28.

A person whose job is to be in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or an art gallery is a/an ...

a)

archaeologist

b)

curator

c)

inhabitant

d)

authority

29.

society

a)

This is how people are organized into large groups and communities.

b)

This is the academic term for the "new stone age".

c)

This word describes when something is done by people acting as a group.

d)

The science/art of farming.

e)

To search for food and materials.

30.

A social group in a traditional society consisting of people with the same language, culture, religion, etc., living in a particular area.

a)

population

b)

colony

c)

metropolis

d)

tribe

31.

Give one way to learn about / study history

(a)  

32.

what does 'post-mortem' mean?

a)

before death

b)

facial reconstruction

c)

mortuary

d)

after death

33.

What are your thoughts about Archaeology?

a)

It seems very interesting!

b)

It sounds complicated.

c)

It does not interest me.

d)

None of the above

34.

A building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event is called a/ an...

a)

monument

b)

commemoration

c)

artefact

d)

metropolis

35.

to imagine how something will be in the future

a)

envisage

b)

invisible

c)

entail

36.

The museum's collection includes ... dating back to prehistoric times.

Choose 1 word that DOESN'T fit the blank.

a)

artefacts

b)

exhibits

c)

extracts

d)

antiques

37.

The interpretation of the past from outside the archaeological science community, which rejects the accepted data gathering and analytical methods of the discipline.

a)

Xenoarchaeology

b)

Astrobiology

c)

Anomalous

d)

Pseudoarchaeology

38.

What do archaeologists study?

a)

Human behavior and culture by finding and studying artifacts

b)

Animal migration patterns and habitats

c)

North American weather patterns to predict tornadoes, droughts, and hurricanes

d)

Population growth patterns and cultural changes that will occur in the future

39.

traditional buildings which have existed for a long time

a)

contemporary

b)

inherit

c)

heritage

40.

True/False: Tree ring growth varies throughout the year

a)

True

b)

False

41.

How did the scientists in Jurassic Park create the dinosaurs?

a)

blood from a mosquito preserved in ice

b)

blood from a mosquito preserved in amber

c)

DNA from dinosaur fossils

d)

Hatching a fossilised dinosaur egg

42.

a tall piece of stone used to support the roof

a)

column

b)

collar

c)

colour

43.

The study of preserved plant evidence from archaeological sites is....

a)

paleontology

b)

archaeobotany

c)

excavation

d)

plantology

44.

________________ is the study of the past events.

a)

Historical change

b)

History

c)

Conflict

45.

Why museums are appealing to museum-goers?

a)

Provide informative and visual explorations

b)

Evoke the memory of the past

c)

Act as a testament to the evolution of humanity

d)

Bring quality time with their loved ones

46.

Neolithic

a)

This word describes when something is done by people acting as a group.

b)

The science/art of farming.

c)

To search for food and materials.

d)

This is how people are organized into large groups and communities.

e)

This is the academic term for the "new stone age".

47.

Where is Shanidar?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Tibet

d)

Turkey

48.

Vietnam was .... by France for nearly a century.

a)

surrounded

b)

colonized

c)

excavated

d)

bargained

49.

The auroch was a wild animal of which species?

(a)  

50.

Who wrote this play?

(aka the guy who casted himself)

a)

Lin-Manuel Miranda

b)

Daveed Diggs

c)

Anthony Ramos

d)

Okieriete Onaodowan

51.

Why can scientists today not recreate dinosaurs?

a)

it's too dangerous

b)

not enough DNA for a whole genome

c)

they have no living relatives

d)

cloning has been internationally banned

52.

What do archaeologists study?

a)

Human behavior and culture by finding and studying artifacts

b)

Animal migration patterns and habitats

c)

North American weather patterns to predict tornadoes, droughts, and hurricanes

d)

Population growth patterns and cultural changes that will occur in the future