Question 1

What is the study of people who lived in the past

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Archeology

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Sociology

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Pathology

Question 2

Examples of objects Archaeologists may study

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jewelry, coins, and pieces of pottery

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jewelry, dishes, and furniture

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jewelry, coins, and furniture

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coins, pottery, and furniture

Question 3

Archeology helps us understand

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Both of these

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Where and when people lived on Earth

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Why and how people lived on Earth

Question 4

T or F: A benefit of archeology is that we can study how people lived before written language

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True

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False

Question 5

Archaeology helps us understand topics like...

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all of these

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ancient Egyptian religion

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colonial life in Jamestown, Virginia

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the lives of enslaved African Americans

Question 6

An archeologist's job consists of excavating an area of study called...

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sites

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spots

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cities

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plantations

Question 7

An archaeological site is anyplace _____________ exists

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physical remains of human activities

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written evidence of the society

Question 8

One of the first "excavations" occurred in

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Babylon

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Sarajevo

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Troy

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Virginia

Question 9

Modern archaeology using a systemic process began in

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the late 1700s

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the early 1800s

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the late 1800s

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1910

Question 10

This man pioneered the systemic process used in the study of archaeology

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Thomas Jefferson

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Howard Ricketts

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King Nebachadnezzar II

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Heinrich Schliemann

Question 11

In 1784, Jefferson examined this site on his land in Virginia

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Native American burial grounds

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The ancient city of Troy

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tombs of pharoahs

Question 12

In 1871, this wealthy German businessman began excavating an area in Turkey

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Heinrich Schliemann

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Alfred von Schlieffen

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Louis Pasteur

Question 13

Heinrich Schliemann was looking for

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the ancient city of Troy

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Egyptian pharaoh burial spot

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the ancient city of Babylon

Question 14

The city of Troy was the famed city of the

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Trojan War

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Battle of Babylon

Question 15

The Trojan War was described by the Greek poet, Homer, who wrote

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the Iliad

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the Odyssey

Question 16

The two enemies who fought the Trojan War were

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The Trojans and the Greeks

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The Trojans and the Germans

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The Trojans and the Egyptians

Question 17

Schliemann located the city using

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geographical accounts from the Iliad

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an old map he found

Question 18

Schliemann began excavating ________ miles from the seacoast

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three

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ten

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five

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two

Question 19

Schliemann found not just Troy, but _______ cities, each city built on the ruins of previous cities

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nine

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two

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three

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five

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