Archaeology Test

Food-related remains that can help archaeologists learn about the daily diet of past peoples include which of the following?

• Animal bones, plant seeds, and shells

• Modern packaged foods

• Fossilized footprints

• Ancient weapons only

Archaeologists follow which steps when excavating a site like the Terra-Cotta Army?

• Surveying, mapping, careful excavation, documentation, and preservation

• Random digging, immediate removal of artifacts, and ignoring context

• Only using heavy machinery to speed up the process

• Focusing solely on removing artifacts without recording their positions

The relative size of something

• hieroglyph

• Artifact

• Flint

• Scale

Archaeologists use which of the following tools and methods to uncover and recover shipwreck artifacts?

• Sonar, underwater excavation, and remote-operated vehicles

• Metal detectors, bulldozers, and cranes

• X-ray machines, telescopes, and satellites

• Drones, parachutes, and hot air balloons

Satellites helped archaeologists locate the lost city of Ubar in the Arabian desert by:

• detecting ancient caravan routes beneath the sand

• measuring the temperature of the desert

• photographing modern cities nearby

• analyzing the weather patterns in the region

The study of past human life by examining things left

• Archaeloogy
• Paleontolgy

• Aritfact

• Sarcophagus

Archaeologists use which of the following methods to decide where to dig instead of relying on luck?

• Science and History

• Guesswork

• Random digging

• Superstition

Archaeologists use small tools such as toothbrushes and paintbrushes instead of dynamite when digging because:

• they need to carefully preserve delicate artifacts and avoid damaging them.

• dynamite is cheaper and faster for excavation.

• small tools are easier to carry than dynamite.

• dynamite is required only for large construction projects.

The following civilizations lived in the Americas before European contact:

• Maya, Aztec, Inca

• Roman, Greek, Egyptian

• Chinese, Mongol, Japanese

• Viking, Saxon, Norman

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) requires museums to:

• return certain Native American cultural items to their respective peoples.

• display all Native American artifacts to the public.

• sell Native American artifacts to private collectors.

• keep all Native American remains in storage indefinitely.