World History I
Name ________________________________________ Date __________ Block ______
Quiz #1 - Archaeology
Directions: Answer each question below. Read each question carefully.
1.
A person who excavates sites to learn about
the people who lived there is –
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
____________
a historian
an archaeologist
an anthropologist
a geologist
Circle all that apply. What kinds of evidence
do archaeologists study to find out how
prehistoric people lived?
Artifacts
Fossils
Human Remains
3.
True or False. Carbon dating is useful to
archaeologists when they uncover artifacts
because it can tell the estimated age of an
artifact.
____________
4.
True or False. Artifacts help archaeologists to
understand the way of life of a group of
people called culture.
____________
5.
List any three characteristics of culture that
an archaeologist would study.
6.
According to your notes, circle the TWO early
Fertile Crescent civilizations that
archaeologists are studying.
Write the number from the map on the next page
that corresponds with the correct location.
1. _________ Stonehenge
2. _________ Catal Hoyuk
3. _________ Location of first humans
4. _________ Jericho
5. _________ Aleppo
Plants
(1) ___________________________________
(2) ___________________________________
(3) ___________________________________
Stonehenge
Jericho
Catal Huyuk
Aleppo