Archaeology Year 7 Stephanus Potgieter

Question 1

A _______________________ looks after collections of artefacts in a museum.

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curator

Question 2

Spelling: An organised colektion of written records is called an archives

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collection

Question 3

What is Aristotle’s opinion of the Spartans? support your answer.

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a poor opinion: Brutalise, abnormal exertion,wrong way

Question 4

An example of a primary source is …

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pottery

Question 5

Which words shows that Aristotle thinks negative about the Spartans?

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all three

Question 6

We use which calender?

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Christian

Question 7

An example of a secondary source is …

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book

Question 8

10 years =

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decade

Question 9

What evidence in level 5 that people were more advanced than the people of level 6?

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both 1 and 2

Question 10

What do these two terms mean? Circa BCE

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Around, before common era

Question 11

Give evidence why it was an agricultural society. F, G, H, I

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horses, sheep, Cattle, Labouring and carrying produce on their backs

Question 12

Identify B

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Other noblemen are drawn sitting down and being waited on.

Question 13

If a girl was born in 810 BC and died in 796 BCE, how old was she, when she died?

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14

Question 14

Identify C

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Musician playing for nobles

Question 15

What is opinion?

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lovely land

Question 16

Which is the longest historical period in the history of the world?

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Prehistory

Question 17

The reason why archaeologists have to dig for lost artefacts is because . . .

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Artefacts over time become buried due to earthquake and, Artefacts over time become buried due to wind ,, Artefacts over time become buried due to volcanic ash., Artefacts over time become buried due to flood,

Question 18

The area in which Archaeologists work is called:

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a dig

Question 19

Explain that Sumerian society was divided into classes with at least three (3) examples.

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level 3: King, nobles servants. sitting and standing

Question 20

What were A,B,C and D called?

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Social classes

Question 21

What is Archaeology?

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.c. how we learn about the past by studying artefacts.

Question 22

Correct spelling? A patheologist is a forensic scientist who can determine what people ate

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pathologist

Question 23

Given the evidence, what might have happened to the people of level 2?

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War and defeat – given “unburied” bodies and weapons found

Question 24

Spelling: the method used to date “living things” is by mesuring its C14

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measuring

Question 25

Why is evidence of writing important to historians?

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all three

Question 26

Who was the most famous and richest king that ever lived?

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King Stephanus

Question 27

Most ancient pottery found by Archaeologists is made of:

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clay and straw

Question 28

1000 years =

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millennium

Question 29

_____________________ studies the fossil remains of animals and people.

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palaeontologist

Question 30

Spelling? Piltdown man was discovied to be a fraud by using Florine dating

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discovered

Question 31

Which scenes provide evidence that Sumerian society was divided into classes?

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Level 3

Question 32

Why is lovely land an opinion?

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Not all people may think the same about this.

Question 33

What are two (2) qualities of the Spartan that are represented by this statue?

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All three

Question 34

In what year was Christ born?

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O

Question 35

are code breakers – they decipher ancient languages.

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Cryptographers

Question 36

100 years =

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century

Question 37

Spelling: An anthropologist is a scientist who studies human behavour.

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behaviour

Question 38

We study history because . . .

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all three

Question 39

What evidence of an important new development appears for the first time at level 3?

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Writing

Question 40

Prehistory only ended in Australia because when British arrived

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200 years ago, nobody could read and write.

Question 41

Broken pieces of pottery are still useful – they are called:

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sherds

Question 42

Instead of A.D., many Historians now refer to these historical periods as:

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CE

Question 43

How did the skill of writing arrived in Australia?

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Due to white settling

Question 44

A civilisation is a society that:

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has towns and government and religion.

Question 45

different layers revealed when they slice down in to the earth:

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stratigraphy

Question 46

Which layer is the oldest and why?

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Level 7 , bottom of the dig

Question 47

Identify A in the 3rd level.

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A King or Lord is drawn larger, sitting down

Question 48

A secondary source is …

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a source (usually written) that come well after the event.

Question 49

Choose artefacts in level 6 and explain what each one might tell us .

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Wooden bowl , no metals, Very basic primitive way of living, religious figures, religious, – animal remains , probable hunters and gathers

Question 50

An ancient coin would never be stamped 110 BCE. Why not?

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They did not know Christ would be born in 110 years time.

Question 51

Identify D

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Domestic staff serving nobles and king

Question 52

In which centuries do the following years fall? 426 B.C. 1848 AD

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5th and 19th

Question 53

What type of society was this? (E)

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E = Agricultural

Question 54

The change that allows a civilisation to move out of Prehistory is …

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Their ability to read and to wright.

Question 55

What is a fact in this source?

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1 and 2

Question 56

Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE. How long ago was this?

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2340

Question 57

Most Historians believe that the human occupation (Aboriginal) of Australia began at least:

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40,000 years ago

Question 58

List the types of work being done, as shown in the ‘standard’

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Domestic staff serving Kings and nobles, Musician playing for nobles, Labouring carrying produce on their backs, Looking after sheep, cattle and horses

Question 59

What is an artefact?

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All of the above.

Question 60

Sources of evidence for ancient Aboriginal societies would not include which of the following:

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their written records

Question 61

What was King Stephanus' wife's name?

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Queen Theresse Campbell

Question 62

A primary source is …

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and artefact created in the time of investigation.

Question 63

uses the tree-rings in timber to help date artefacts.

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Dendrochronology

Question 64

What should historians be aware of when studying written sources?

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bias and perspective

Archaeology Year 7 Stephanus Potgieter

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Archaeology Year 7 Stephanus Potgieter

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