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Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'Specialization' mean?

a)

something is created for a special, specific purpose

b)

general skills used in all fields

c)

the process of sharing knowledge collectively

d)

a society where everyone performs the same tasks

2.

What does 'Corroboration' mean?

a)

making a claim without proof

b)

ignoring conflicting evidence

c)

confirming information with other sources

d)

relying only on a single source

3.

What does 'Contextualization' mean?

a)

asking questions that help us go deeper so we understand the background, it can make it more reliable and show different perspectives

b)

focusing only on the author without considering time period

c)

providing only surface-level facts

d)

memorizing details without background

4.

What does 'Sourcing' mean?

a)

who, what, when, where, why, (5Ws), basic information

b)

interpreting the meaning of a passage

c)

asking why an author's word choice is symbolic

d)

analyzing images for hidden messages

5.

What does 'Secondary source' mean?

a)

a photograph taken at the scene

b)

material/evidence that analyzes/interprets/summarizes a primary source

c)

a diary entry written during the time period

d)

an artifact made during the event

6.

What does 'Primary source' mean?

a)

a textbook explaining past events

b)

original materials/evidence created during the time period/specific events created by someone who directly explained it

c)

a documentary made recently

d)

an article summarizing old evidence

7.

What does 'Neolithic era' mean?

a)

iron age (1200BCE-600BCE)

b)

bronze age (3000BCE-1200BCE)

c)

New stone age (10,000BCE-3000BCE)

d)

old stone age (2.8 million BCE-10,000BCE)

8.

What does 'Paleolithic era' mean?

a)

middle ages (500CE-1500CE)

b)

old stone age (2.8 million BCE-10,000BCE)

c)

new stone age (10,000BCE-3000BCE)

d)

industrial revolution (1700s-1800s)

9.

What does 'Justify' mean?

a)

provide a claim, or assertion with evidence and details (IRTP)

b)

to train/control (the best most profitable animals) so that they adapt to our needs

c)

spoken or written communication that uses symbols to represent ideas

d)

seeing how old an item is based on the number of carbon atoms it has, less carbon atoms=older, more carbon atoms=newer

10.

What does 'Explain' mean?

a)

1940 by 4 teenagers

b)

to provide a reason or explanation that connects to the prompt

c)

a belief, your morals/values

d)

sistine chapel of cave art (because of its quality and quantity of paleolithic artwork)

11.

What does 'Describe' mean?

a)

africa

b)

lines that run from north to south, e.g prime meridian, Greenwich England

c)

to provide details specifically for what was asked/that answers the prompt

d)

to grow

12.

What does 'Identify' mean?

a)

600 paintings, 1500 engravings, animal figures of bison, horse, deer, felines

b)

to provide a name of the thing asked

c)

looking for details: key words, quotes, color, or design that shows the authors/makers choices

d)

they went towards, and eventually out of asia

13.

What does 'Which route did humans take to get out of africa' mean?

a)

material/evidence that analyzes/interprets/summarizes a primary source

b)

looking for details: key words, quotes, color, or design that shows the authors/makers choices

c)

they went towards, and eventually out of asia

d)

600 paintings, 1500 engravings, animal figures of bison, horse, deer, felines

14.

What does 'Carbon dating' mean?

a)

seeing how old an item is based on the number of carbon atoms it has, less carbon atoms=older, more carbon atoms=newer

b)

belief in equality and equal rights for all (everyone in the foraging community had to be treated equally as the community was so small)

c)

material/evidence that analyzes/interprets/summarizes a primary source

d)

original materials/evidence created during the time period/specific events created by someone who directly explained it

15.

What does 'Caste' mean?

a)

spoken or written communication that uses symbols to represent ideas

b)

material/evidence that analyzes/interprets/summarizes a primary source

c)

sistine chapel of cave art (because of its quality and quantity of paleolithic artwork)

d)

the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes

16.

What does 'Creed' mean?

a)

material/evidence that analyzes/interprets/summarizes a primary source

b)

a belief, your morals/values

c)

they went towards, and eventually out of asia

d)

600 paintings, 1500 engravings, animal figures of bison, horse, deer, felines

17.

What does 'Where do scientists believe the first humans originated?' mean?

a)

to train/control (the best most profitable animals) so that they adapt to our needs

b)

africa

c)

old stone age (2.8 million BCE-10,000BCE)

d)

spoken or written communication that uses symbols to represent ideas

18.

What does 'What is the Lascaux cave also called? And why?' mean?

a)

old stone age (2.8 million BCE-10,000BCE)

b)

to provide details specifically for what was asked/that answers the prompt

c)

belief in equality and equal rights for all (everyone in the foraging community had to be treated equally as the community was so small)

d)

sistine chapel of cave art (because of its quality and quantity of paleolithic artwork)

19.

What does 'Domesticate' mean?

a)

spoken or written communication that uses symbols to represent ideas

b)

to train/control (the best most profitable animals) so that they adapt to our needs

c)

sistine chapel of cave art (because of its quality and quantity of paleolithic artwork)

d)

lines that run from north to south, e.g prime meridian, Greenwich England

20.

What does 'What did the Lascaux cave contain?' mean?

a)

New stone age (10,000BCE-3000BCE)

b)

to provide a name of the thing asked

c)

600 paintings, 1500 engravings, animal figures of bison, horse, deer, felines

d)

the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes

21.

What does 'When was the Lascaux cave found' mean?

a)

old stone age (2.8 million BCE-10,000BCE)

b)

africa

c)

they went towards, and eventually out of asia

d)

1940 by 4 teenagers

22.

What does 'Cultivate' mean?

a)

lines that run from north to south, e.g prime meridian, Greenwich England

b)

africa

c)

New stone age (10,000BCE-3000BCE)

d)

to grow

23.

What does 'Collective learning' mean?

a)

to provide a name of the thing asked

b)

material/evidence that analyzes/interprets/summarizes a primary source

c)

the ability to share and preserve knowledge for generations

d)

the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes

24.

What does 'Egalitarian' mean?

a)

the ability to share and preserve knowledge for generations

b)

a belief, your morals/values

c)

1940 by 4 teenagers

d)

belief in equality and equal rights for all (everyone in the foraging community had to be treated equally as the community was so small)

25.

What does 'Symbolic language' mean?

a)

confirming information with other sources

b)

New stone age (10,000BCE-3000BCE)

c)

spoken or written communication that uses symbols to represent ideas

d)

provide a claim, or assertion with evidence and details (IRTP)

26.

What does 'Longitude' mean?

a)

sistine chapel of cave art (because of its quality and quantity of paleolithic artwork)

b)

lines that run from north to south, e.g prime meridian, Greenwich England

c)

a belief, your morals/values

d)

provide a claim, or assertion with evidence and details (IRTP)

27.

What does 'Latitude' mean?

a)

New stone age (10,000BCE-3000BCE)

b)

lines that run from east to west, e.g equator

c)

provide a claim, or assertion with evidence and details (IRTP)

d)

looking for details: key words, quotes, color, or design that shows the authors/makers choices

28.

What does 'Close reading' mean?

a)

to provide a name of the thing asked

b)

provide a claim, or assertion with evidence and details (IRTP)

c)

looking for details: key words, quotes, color, or design that shows the authors/makers choices

d)

a belief, your morals/values