Archaeology

Question 1

What’s the difference between an archaeologist and historian ?

Answer 1

A Historian looks at written documents an archaeologist digs up evidence

Question 2

What is history ?

Answer 2

History is the study of events and people from the past

Question 3

What is a source ?

Answer 3

Sources are pieces of evidence used by historians to determine what happened in the past

Question 4

What is a primary source ?

Answer 4

A source from the time of the event ( e.g Anne Frank’s diary )

Question 5

What is a secondary source ?

Answer 5

A source that happened after the event ( e.g our history textbook )

Question 6

What is an autobiography?

Answer 6

A book you write about yourself

Question 7

What is a biography

Answer 7

A book someone else writes about you

Question 8

What does BC stand for ?

Answer 8

Before Christ

Question 9

What does AD stand for

Answer 9

Anno Domini ( “the year of our lord” in Latin )

Question 10

What does it mean to be bias ?

Answer 10

An unfair preference or opinion about somebody or something

Question 11

Definition of accuracy ?

Answer 11

How wrong or right something is

Question 12

Definition of exaggeration ?

Answer 12

Adding false details ( lying ) to/ about something to make it more interesting

Question 13

Chronological/ly ?

Answer 13

Things/ events mentioned in the order that they have happened

Question 14

What is an artefact?

Answer 14

Man made objects found by archaeologists

Question 15

Fossils ?

Answer 15

Plants found by archaeologists

Question 16

What is pre-history ?

Answer 16

Before writing

Question 17

What is a site ?

Answer 17

A site is where an archaeologist works

Question 18

Name some ways of finding a site ?

Answer 18

Aerial photograph, Geophysics, Rescue/ salvage archaeology, Excavation/ dig.

Question 19

What type of tools does an archaeologist use ?

Answer 19

Pickaxes, Trovels, Brushes, Shovels, Sieves and sometimes toothbrushes.

Question 20

Name some ways of dating objects?

Answer 20

Stratigraphy, Dendrochronology, D.N.A, Carbon Dating.

Question 21

What is Stratigraphy ? Or what type of artefact is it used for ?

Answer 21

Coins and swords metal objects

Question 22

What type of artefacts is dendrochronology used for ?

Answer 22

Wooden objects only

Question 23

What type of artefact is D.N.A used for ?

Answer 23

Skeletons

Question 24

Explain carbon dating

Answer 24

Carbon dating is a method of dating once living things. We have a substance in us called Carbon 14 that slowly releases after death the less of the substance the longer you’ve been dead for. That’s how we measure living artefacts