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Topic 1: Studying the Past

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a hardened remain or imprint of a living thing that lived long ago?

a)

bone

b)

artifact

c)

fossil

d)

secondary source

2.

Who are scientists who study the physical materials of Earth (such as soil and rocks)

a)

geologists

b)

anthropologists

c)

paleontologists

d)

biochemists

3.

What is an object made by a human being?

a)

clue

b)

prehistory

c)

fossil

d)

artifact

4.

What kind of scientists find and study artifacts to learn more about the past?

a)

anthropologists

b)

archaeologists

c)

geologists

5.

What do we call the time period before humans invented writing?

a)

ancient history

b)

prewriting

c)

prehistory

d)

modern history

6.

Where do most scientists believe human life began?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

7.

Objects found in deeper soil are usually:

a)

younger

b)

older

8.

To excavate means to:

a)

sift

b)

uncover

c)

study

d)

dance

9.

The study of how human beings behave, how they act together, where they came from and what makes one group of people different from another

a)

artifact

b)

hunter-gatherer

c)

anthropology

d)

culture

10.

Beliefs, customs, and practices of a particular group of people or a nation

a)

evidence

b)

culture

c)

artifact

d)

archaeologist

11.

A person that lives by hunting animals or gathering fruits, berries, and other plants

a)

caveman

b)

hunter-gatherer

c)

geologist

d)

anthropologist

12.

Archaeologists use this test to determine how old organic artifacts are.

a)

X-ray tests

b)

Radiocarbon Dating

c)

Immunizations

d)

Blood Tests

13.
How do nomads live?
a)
They settle in one place.
b)
They build villages out of caves.
c)
They travel from place to place depending on the season.
d)
They return to the same place each season.
14.
The study of human culture and how it develops over time is called
a)
archaeology
b)
anthropology
c)
prehistory
d)
paleontology
15.

In 1974, archaeologist Donald Johanson found pieces of a 3-million-year-old, 4-foot-tall hominid skeleton he called ...

a)

Suzy

b)

Mary

c)

Lucy

d)

Nancy