7 Humanities Test 2 Revision

What is an artefact?

• An object made or altered by people
• any object from the past
• object on display in musuem
• a truth about the past

What is the difference between absolute dating and relative dating? Give an example.

Which of the following are in correct chronological order?

• 395 CE 218 BCE 44BCE
• 44 BCE 27 BCE 218 BCE
• 218 BCE 44BCE 27 BCE
• 27 BCE 218 BCE 44 BCE

Dendrochronology is another name for?

• Tree ring dating
• DNA testing 
• Radiocarbon dating
• TL dating

Explain at least 5 aspects of a civilisation that are evident from hammurabi's Law Code.

Explain thermoluminescence, including what it can be used to date, and whether it is an absolute or relative dating method.

What method could you use to date this artefact?

• Thermoluminescence

• Radio Carbon Dating

• Dendrochronology

• Fluorine Dating

Stratigraphy refers to?

• Handwriting
• Archaeologists tools
• Evidence
• Layers of the earth

What type of dating is thermoluminescence? ​ (a)  

• Absolute
• Relative
• Neither

What type of dating is stratigraphy?​ (a)  

• Relative
• Absolute
• Layers
• Earth