Learning about the Past

What is the study of objects remaining from the past called?

How do archeologists usually find out the age of a human skeleton?

Fossils are the remains or imprints of what?

What is the process of digging up the remains of the past called?

What can we learn from artifacts?

Pieces of pottery would be bad for what kind of dating?

Trying to discover artifacts from ancient cultures is a goal of what?

Trying to find ancient garbage is a goal of what?

There was probably no warning in Pompeii that the volcano was going to erupt.

The ash and soil that covered Pompeii for centuries preserved its artifacts.

I think volcanoes are scary.

Learning about life in the past was a goal of what?

Excavations at Pompeii began in the late 16th century and continue still to this day.

What would NOT be a primary source?

What is dendrochronology?

What is not a reason that historians evaluate sources?

The development of similar ideas in different cultures is known as what?

I like the beautiful sculptures, paintings, and architecture in Pompeii

What could an archeologist use to study prehistory?

Hunting for valuable treasures to get rich is a goal of what?

Trying to find objects for private collections and museums is a goal of what?

Learning about the lives of rich and poor people in the past is a goal of what?

Sharing legends, myths, and beliefs through story telling and word of mouth is called what?

In AD 79, the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The paintings, sculptures, and architecture found in ruins suggest that Pompeii valued art.

Relative dating can tell us the exactly how old and object is.

Cultural diffusion is the exchange of what between cultures?

Prehistory is history that took place before the development of what?