WorksheetsTest: Historian Toolkit Pt. 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A period of 10 years is called a(n) _____.
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
e)
timeline
2.
A period of 100 years is called a(n) _____.
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
e)
timeline
3.
A period of 1000 years is called a(n) _____.
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
e)
timeline
4.
A big block of time in history is called a(n) _____.
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
e)
timeline
5.
A diagram that shows the order of events within a period of time
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
e)
timeline
6.
People who study the past are most like ________.
a)
teachers
b)
artists
c)
detectives
d)
builders
7.
What type of artifact have archaeologists found in areas near cave paintings?
a)
prayers
b)
masks
c)
maps
d)
lamps/torches
8.
Historians are considered the recorders of the past. What types of objects do they study?
a)
Clothing, tools, clothes, weapons
b)
Artifacts, documents, diaries, letters
c)
Water, landforms, plants, animals
9.
What do geographers study?
a)
Clothing, tools, clothes, weapons
b)
Artifacts, documents, diaries, letters
c)
Water, landforms, plants, animals
10.
What do archaeologists study?
a)
Clothing, tools, clothes, weapons
b)
Artifacts, documents, diaries, letters
c)
Water, landforms, plants, animals
11.
_________ means "an object made or used by people in the past."
a)
artifact
b)
document
c)
ritual
d)
prehistoric
12.
_________ means "before written history."
a)
artifact
b)
document
c)
ritual
d)
prehistoric
13.
_________ means "relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony"
a)
artifact
b)
document
c)
ritual
d)
prehistoric
14.
What unique challenge does the study of prehistoric history present?
a)
written records that cannot be read
b)
conflicting views in ancient diaries
c)
lack of evidence from the period
d)
huge amounts of artifacts to analyze
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