Archaelogy

Question 0

What is archaeology

Answer 0

The study if remains

Question 1

What is history

Answer 1

The study of the past

Question 2

What does the term prehistory mean

Answer 2

A time before history was recorded and writing wasn’t used

Question 3

What is a source

Answer 3

Evidence used by historians

Question 4

What is a primary source

Answer 4

Evidence straight from the past

Question 5

What is secondary source

Answer 5

Evidence from a later date

Question 6

What is the time and place rule

Answer 6

To look at how close the source was to the time and place

Question 7

What is cross checking

Answer 7

Look at as many sources as possible

Question 8

What does it mean to be bias

Answer 8

When you favour one side of the story over the other

Question 9

What is propaganda

Answer 9

A way of presenting information to influence people

Question 10

How many year in a century

Answer 10

100

Question 11

How May year sin a millennium

Answer 11

1000

Question 12

What is a census

Answer 12

An official count or survey especially of a population

Question 13

What tools does an archaeologist use to excavate a site

Answer 13

Trowel- used to scrape away earth
Jcb - used to take off the top soil
Brush - used to take dust and dirt of artefacts
Hand pick - used to loosen soil

Question 14

What is an artefact

Answer 14

Objects made by humans

Question 15

What is research archaeology

Answer 15

Sites chosen because it is believed something is there

Question 16

What is rescue archaeology

Answer 16

Check a site before a new building or road is built.

Question 17

What is a survey that an archaeologist would take

Answer 17

A study carried out on a site before excavating

Question 18

What does excavate mean

Answer 18

A term archaeologist use to dig

Question 19

What is carbon dating

Answer 19

A scientific method used to find the age of an object that one was alive

Question 20

What is stratigraphy

Answer 20

Objects dated by how deep the were found in the ground

Question 21

What is dendrochronology

Answer 21

The number of rings in wood tells the age of the wood

Question 22

How are sites choosen

Answer 22

Some sites are chosen because there is a reason something is to be found this is called research archaeology some sites are chosen because a new road or building is going to be built there this is called rescue archaeology. Some sites are chosen by accident.

Question 23

Why are Aries photos taken before an archaeologist can dig

Answer 23

To show the size of the site and show features that may have been missed on ground

Question 24

What is one of the biggest problems an archaeologist must face

Answer 24

To date artefacts that they have found

Question 25

Where are artefact taken after been discovered

Answer 25

A photo is taken and then they are sent to a museum or a university

Question 26

Wha are some examples of primary sources

Answer 26

Interviews 
Letters
Emails
Diaries
Speeches 
Autobiography

Question 27

What are some examples of secondary sources

Answer 27

Biography
Movie
Internet
History books