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Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.
1. Thomas Jefferson was never . . .
a. the third president of the United States
b. an archaeologist
c. an English general
d. the author of the Declaration of Independence
2. What is archaeology?
a. the science of how we learn about the future
b. the science of how we learn about the past by studying artifacts
c. the science of how we learn things from dinosaur fossils
d. the science of how we learn things from animal bones
(**Please note that d. is also partially correct as one aspect of archaeology. However, d. is not the best definition of the archaeology as a whole.)
3. When the ancient Egyptians mummified bodies, they pulled a dead person's brains out through . . .
a. their mouth
b. their head
c. their nose
d. their ears
4. What kind of natural disaster destroyed the city of Pompeii in A.D. 79?
a. an earthquake
b. a tornado
c. a flood
d. a volcano eruption
5. Which of the following is another word for an ancient Egyptian coffin?
a. sarcophagus
b. tomb
c. mausoleum
d. casket
6. Which is
not
a definition for the word
dig
?
a. the excavation of an archaeological site
b. making a critical remark to someone
c. a person's house or apartment
d. a drawing of an archaeological site
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