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

Archaeometry

Forensic archaeology

Seriation

Stratigraphy

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

Dendrochronology

Archaeometry

Paleontology

Paleobotany

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

Paleobotany

Seriation

Paleontology

Typology

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

Typology

Paleobotany

Seriation

Forensic archaeology

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

Stratigraphy

Seriation

Dendrochronology

Forensic archaeology

What is the classification of artifacts according to their characteristics?

Typology

Forensic archaeology

Archaeometry

Paleontology

Which of these statements is true?

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

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.

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

Magnetometer

Archaeometry

potsherds

geochronology

Which best describes the term geochronology?

The study of the layers of earth that have been deposited over a long period of time

The relative dating of artifacts

The use of scientific procedures to determine the age of artifacts

A device that locates information that is located underground

Where is the Effigy Mounds National Monument located?

Mississippi

Iowa

Tennessee

Which of these statements are true?

The Effigy Mounds were built in the shape of animals and birds.

The Effigy Mounds were built in the shape of constellations in the sky.

The Effigy Mounds have conical, linear, or compound shapes.

Why were the Effigy Mounds likely built?

For economic purposes

For political purposes

For religious purposes

When were most of the Effigy Mounds built?

After the European contact period

Before the European contact period

During the European contact period

What is an effigy?

A representation of a dead ancestor

A representation of a dead creature

A representation of a living creature

Which of these statements is true about Indian burial mounds?

They were built at various times throughout the Americas.

They were only built before Indian contact in the Mississippi River Valley.

They were only built in the region around the Effigy mounds.

What type of site are the Shiloh Mounds located at?

A town site

A burial site

The site of a temple

How long ago were the Shiloh Indian mounds occupied?

800 years ago

500 years ago

2,500 years ago

What term do archaeologists use to refer to the society centered at Shiloh?

Chiefdom

Tribal council

Warrior society

Which of these statements is true?

Many of the archaeological sites in the National Park Service have shown some deterioration since the 1970s.

Many of the archaeological sites in the National Park Service are being restored because of adequate funding.

Many of the archaeological sites in the National Park Service are deteriorating at an alarming rate.

Which of these is not a part of the "Vanishing Treasures" program?

Closing down deteriorating archaeological sites in the National Park System

Documenting the rate of deterioration and repairing structures in imminent danger

Training a new generation of craftsmen before the older one have retired

What does the archaeological evidence in the Curecanti National Park reveal?

a prehistoric written language in the region

Prehistoric people living in the region were hunters and gathers

Prehistoric people living in the region built large cities

Which of these is the best definition of archaeology?

The study of the soil to determine the history of a region

The study of the animals that roamed the earth in prehistoric times

The study of the remains of the cultures and societies of a people

In which century did the historic period at the Big Bend National Park begin?

1500s

1600s

1400s

Where were the first Europeans to explore the Big Bend National Park area from?

England

Spain

France

What term is defined as a scientist who searches for dinosaurs?

Paleobotanist

Geologist

Paleontologist

Which of these was not one of the large dinosaurs that once roamed the region of the Dinosaur National Monument?

Ornitholestes

Diplodocus

Apatosaurus

Which of these was known as the plated lizard and weighed from 2 to 5 tons?

Allosaurus

Stegosaurus

Archaeopteryx

Which of these dinosaurs was 30 to 35 feet long, walked on 2 legs, and weighed more than 1 ton?

Diplodocus

Stegosaurus

Allosaurus

What is the natural process whereby layers of mud and sand wore away and exposed the dinosaur bones at the Dinosaur National Monument?

Fossilization

Erosion

Mineralization

What is an important difference between lizards and dinosaurs?

the position of the legs on their bodies

The position of their eyes

The position of their hearts

Approximately, when did the earliest dinosaurs appear?

200 million years ago

500 million years ago

25,000 years ago

How do paleontologists name and classify dinosaurs?

By the location where they were found

By their size

By the shape of their hip bones, teeth, feet, and other body parts

What is characteristic of Saurischians?

Bird-like hips

Lizard-like hips

Four-legged, plate-backed

What is characteristic of Ornithischians?

Two legs and sharp claws

Lizard-like hips

Bird-like hips

The earliest dinosaurs surviving the changing conditions of the climate on earth is an example of which of these?

Erosion

Fossilization

Adaptation

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