Archeology Quiz

Question 1

What is the use of scientific methods such as carbon dating to determine the age of an artifact?

Answer 1

___archaeometry___

Question 2

What is the process of using scientific techniques to determine the identity of a deceased individual connected to criminal investigations?

Answer 2

forensic archaeology

Question 3

What is the study of the development of life on earth, including the fossil remains?

Answer 3

___paleontology___

Question 4

What is the study of the development of life on earth, including the fossil remains?

Answer 4

___paleontology___

Question 5

What is the study of the plant remains from former geological periods?

Answer 5

___paleobotany___

Question 6

What is the procedure of placing artifacts from various sites of the same culture in chronological order?

Answer 6

seriation

Question 7

What is the study of the layers of earth that have been deposited over a long period of time?

Answer 7

___stratigraphy___

Question 8

What is the study of how artifacts and organism remains decay over an extended period of time?

Answer 8

___taphonomy___

Question 9

Which of these statements is true?

An archaeologist uses only the social sciences and the humanities in research studies.

An archaeologist uses only the social sciences and natural sciences in research studies.

An archaeologist uses only the natural sciences and the humanities in research studies.

An archaeologist uses the social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities in research studies.

Answer 9

An archaeologist uses the social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities in research studies.

Question 10

Which of these items is used to locate archaeological evidence below ground?

Answer 10

magnetometer

Question 11

Which best describes the term geochronology?

Answer 11

the use of scientific procedures to determine the age of artifacts