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Lesson One - Investigating the Past
Lesson One - Investigating the Past
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6th Grade TCI Based Assessment
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Which question about the past does cave art most help to answer?
What language did people speak?
What did the people look like?
What animals lived in the area?
What did geometric shapes mean?
2
Social scientists are scholars who study
animal behavior
human soceity
astronomy
dinosaur skeletons
3
A geographer is a scholar who
studies the Earth's surface and makes maps.
studies elements and makes compounds.
studies the atmosphere and makes rockets.
studies machines and makes automobiles.
4
People who study the past are most like
teachers.
builders.
detectives.
artists.
5
How did prehistoric artists deal with the uneven surfaces of the caves?
They included uneven surfaces as part of their composition.
They were forced to paint around cracks in the cave.
They did not paint in caves with uneven surfaces.
They only painted animals on uneven surfaces.
6
Which of these is
NOT
an artifact?
A maple tree.
Ann Frank's diary.
A wedding dress.
An ancient Bible.
7
Which of these is a human-made feature that a geographer might study?
a volcano
a raod
a cave
a spear
8
What does an spear thrower, with detailed carving, indicate about the person who used it?
This person was very strong.
This person prayed to animals.
This person was a skilled painter.
This person was a hunter.
9
Which of these would an archaeologist do?
study Earth's features
examine objects
make maps
read old newspapers
10
What does prehistoric mean?
Before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Before the fall of Rome.
Before written history.
Before computers.
11
An object made or used by people in the past is called
a ritual.
a theory.
a document.
an artifact.
12
Which clue to the past has been found near artwork displayed in parts of caves?
maps of land near by
prayer books for ceremonies
masks in the shape of birds
lamps for burning animal fat
13
What is a ritual?
Something relating to science.
Something relating to art.
Something relating to a ceremony.
Something relating to sports.
14
A historian is a scholar who
studies and records the Stock Market.
studies and records weather conditions.
studies and records sports scores.
studies and records the past.
15
Why are ancient hand prints found on cave walls very small?
The prints were made by children.
The cave ceilings were very low.
People long ago were not as big as people today.
The smallest members of group stayed home to paint.
16
What was the reason ancient artists ground up different minerals and mixed them with oil?
to make different colors of paint for their art
to use the paint in ceremonies for hunting
to make the paint dry in different lengths of time
to find out which paint would last longest
17
If ancient paintings were found in a cave, which question would be hardest to answer?
What did people use for paintbrushes?
What type of paint did people use?
What did people paint pictures of?
Why did people paint in caves?
18
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?
to find out what happened and why
to compare their ideas of history
to learn to speak an ancient language
to agree on plans for the future
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What unique challenge does the study of prehistoric history present?
written records cannot be read
lack of evidence from the period
conflicting views in ancient diaries
huge amounts of artifacts to analyze
20
What is the evidence that prehistoric cave artists built scaffolding to stand on?
Some paintings are too high to reach from the floor.
The ancient planks are still there.
Pictures of the scaffolding have been found.
Many trees grew in the area.
