WorksheetsWSC 2023 Reconstructing the Past
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 15mins
A (a) is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum.
The Poble Espanyol is ....
A historical Mexican town where tourists can walk around
The open-air museum shows buildings and all the diversity of Spain
A seaside town in Portugal who recently had restoration done to preserve its rich history.
At Heritage park, also known as the largest living museum in __________. It is where people can learn about the past simpler life, where All employees and volunteers of Heritage Park are dressed in character and always have a smile on their faces eager to talk and educate.
The U.K.
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
MILLENNIUM CITY PARK, which is located in western shore of beautiful Longting Lake in Kaifeng, (a) s a large-scale historical cultural theme park. It showcase the (b) .
Disneyland's new theme park ________, which lets tourists journey back into America's wild, wild west. From the bustling river fronts of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers of the late 1700s to the raucous and dusty desert southwest of the 1880s.
Western Saloon
Old Coral
Frontierland
____________ offers an immersive recreation of a 17th-century English Village. This is where one of the first pilgrims settled in America in the 1620's.
Mount Rushmore
Plimoth Patuxet Plantation
Shenandoah Reservations
The Plimoth Patuxet Plantation Museum has gotten criticisms for not living up to its promise of creating a "bi-cultural museum" that equally tells the story of the European and Indigenous peoples that lived there, from which indigenous group?
Sioux Indians
Cherokee TRibe
Wampanoag community
The (a) diet avoid processed foods on the theory that it is healthier to eat like our ancestors did 10,000 years ago.
Scientists reconstructed ancient meals of the Siwa culture, who lived in ancient (a) between 1400 - 500 B.C. with modern technology such as gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, which separates organic materials from old samples of residue and soot from cooking pots.
The _______ was considered the fast food of ancient Rome, a sort of snack bar where drinks and hot foods were served.
popinaria
focaccia
thermopolium
One of the most famous thermopolium is Vetutius Placidus in the city of _______.
Sicily
Naples
Pompeii
The Stew of Tomato Branch, The Loaf of Garlic, The Flagon of Grog, The Tuber of Starch and The Leg of Fowl are just some of the food items on this ______ menu at the restaurant Medieval Times in New Jersey.
Victorian
classical
medieval
Tomatoes existed in Europe before the Spanish invaded Mexico.
TRUE
FALSE
In the wee hours of the morning on April 15, (a) , the great steamship RMS Titanic met its tragic fate.
The commemorative cruise ship ______, left the Southampton, England port on April 8, 2012 to commemorate 100 years after the ill fated Titanic, where guests would dine on the last first-class meal.
The Mighty Alpaca
The Balmoral
Titanic Deux
Ulster American Folk Park isn't American at all—it's in _______.
Germany
Britain
Ireland
The Ulster American Folk Park/Museum is to .......
give people the experience of what lives were like for the Irish who moved to the Unites States.
give people the experience of being Irish themselves by doing activities such as heavy drinking.
A "living future" museum is has a constantly changing contents and exhibits. It will show how the problems of the present can provide the raw material for a better world
True
False
The Great Emu War was about...........which took place in western Australia.
emu farmers who had disagreements on farmland
to get rid of the nuisance of the large emu population
The famous American Civil War reenactment of Gettysburg is in which state?
Massachusettes
Pennsylvania
Ohio
The American Civil War took place on Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 9, 1865 between the (a) army of the north and the (b) army of the South.
(a) is an outdoor gathering that aims to recreate a historical setting—most often the English Renaissance
Bruce Coville's 1986 novel __________, six teenagers have no history teacher—their parents are rogue scientists developing the first AI on an otherwise uninhabited island.
Sherlock Holmes
Animal Farm
Operation Sherlock
What is one of the criticisms of historical games for kids?
That the games sacrifice accuracy for better game play.
That they have hidden dangerous messages.
How accurate is the Oregon Trail Game?
Very accurate
Not very accurate
How accurate is the game Seven Cities of Gold?
Very accurate
Not very accurate
How accurate is the game Age of Empires?
Quite accurate
Not accurate
Does it matter if video games get some historical facts incorrect or exploring different narratives of history in video games more beneficial and important?
The first Oregon Trail game was created in 1971 by _______.
Apple
Nintendo
MECC
________ that is, focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries.
Dilettantism
Presentism
What issues do some people have with presentism?
discounting the voices of marginalized peoples
not respecting the past
11 Actresses has portrayed Princess Diana. How important is it for actors/actresses to look similar to the people that they are portraying?
Princess Diana spent only (a) at the House of Windsor and tragically died in a car accident in (b) .
How many Hollywood actors have portrayed Nelson Mandela?
7
8
9
How many stars have portrayed Abraham Lincoln?
10
14
In the play _______ is where BIPOC (Black Indigenous People Of Color) actors are playing white historical figures.
Hamilton
King Henry
