Archaeology

Question 1

4 tools that archaeologists use-

Answer 1

Spoons, pencils, pens, shovel, bucket

Question 2

2 examples of an archeological site in Ireland

Answer 2

Newgrange (Stone Age times tomb Co. Meath) and Glendalough (An ancient monument in Co. Wicklow)

Question 3

How are archaeological sites found

Answer 3

Through Geophysical surveying

Question 4

Name 2 skills and methods used in archeology

Answer 4

excavating and radio Carbon dating

Question 5

What is pre history

Answer 5

Prehistory is before history was written down

Question 6

What does BCE stand

Answer 6

Before Christian era

Question 7

What does C.E stand for

Answer 7

Christian era

Question 8

What does BC stand for

Answer 8

Before Christ

Question 9

What does AD stand for

Answer 9

After death

Question 10

What contains carbon 14

Answer 10

Humans, animals and plants

Question 11

What is a historian?

Answer 11

someone who studies and writes about the past

Question 12

Why do we study history

Answer 12

to learn about our past and what it used to look like. E.g WW1,WW2

Question 13

What is an archaeologist

Answer 13

a person who studies history and pre-history through excavation and the analysis of artefacts and older physical remains

Question 14

What is an archive?

Answer 14

a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution or group of people

Question 15

What is the museum?

Answer 15

A place where things from the pastor held

Question 16

Name two sources used by historians

Answer 16

Primary and secondary source

Question 17

Give four examples of primary sources

Answer 17

Artefacts, manuscripts, photographs and diaries

Question 18

Define bias

Answer 18

For or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair

Question 19

Define accuracy

Answer 19

The quality or state of being correct, precise

Question 20

Define propaganda

Answer 20

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature used to promote a political causes or a point of view

Question 21

What is a tactile source?

Answer 21

Tactile source is data related to the sense of touch. E.g A hand

Question 22

What is an artefact?

Answer 22

An object made by a living thing usually a cultural or historical interest

Question 23

What is excavation?

Answer 23

The process of digging, especially when something specific is being removed from the grind, especially used by archaeologists