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What is History? Quiz

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20 questions
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  • Q1
    The term for 10 years
    decade
    century
    millennium
    era
    30s
  • Q2
    The term for 100 years
    millennium
    era
    century
    decade
    30s
  • Q3
    The term for 1000 years
    millennium
    era
    decade
    century
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the general term used for a large chunk of time in history?
    century
    era
    millennium
    decade
    30s
  • Q5
    True or False: Another term for an era is an age.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q6
    True or False: Prehistory is the term used for the time before the 13 colonies were settled.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q7
    True or False: The term used for the time period before writing is called posthistory.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q8
    True or False: The study of the past through artifacts and fossils is called archaeology.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q9
    What is the term for a person who researches causes and effects of past events?
    historian
    biologist
    cartogropher
    history
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the specific study of the development of humans and their culture called?
    anthropology
    archaeologist
    paleontology
    historian
    30s
  • Q11
    What is the general term for things that that are no longer living, such as animal remains?
    artifacts
    fossils
    anthropologist
    archaeology
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the general term for objects that were human-made, such as a weapon or bowl?
    fossils
    anthropologist
    archaeology
    artifacts
    30s
  • Q13
    True or False: A group of individuals with similar characteristics is called a species.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q14
    Would the bones of a dinosaur be an example of a fossil or artifact?
    artifact
    fossil
    30s
  • Q15
    Would the Statue of Liberty be an example of a fossil or artifact?
    artifact
    fossil
    30s

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