How Much Basic Archeology Do You Know?

Archeology is the study of human history and prehistory by excavating ancient sites and analyzing the remains they find. Through archeology we learned almost all we know about the very ancient world and especially about prehistory. Are you ready to check your own knowledge of these important discoveries? Then it's time to take our quiz!
 
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The Rosetta Stone is important because...
It was the first time the world discovered Egyptian hieroglyphs
It helped experts decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs
It describes the daily life of the citizens of Pompeii
It is the oldest known written record
 
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The Terracotta Army is...
The legendary Egyptian army Pharaohs were supposed to be able to call upon in the afterlife
A mythical Persian army we only know about through statues
A huge army of soldier statues hidden in a cave in China
A huge mosaic found in one of the ancient pyramids in Peru
 
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Where were the remains of the ancient city of Pompeii found?
Near Baghdad, in Iraq
Near Jerusalem, in Israel
Near Naples, in Italy
Near Athens, in Greece
 
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The Dead Sea Scrolls have provided insight to the following period of time:
The time about 700 years before Christ
The time around 2000 years before the birth of Christ
The time about 300 years after Christ
The time around the life of Jesus Christ
 
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Easter Island, Chile, is home to 887 massive statues. What are they called?
Earthbounds
Rapa Nui
Moai
Glacials
 
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Perhaps the most famous discovery of all time was the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh....
Ramses II
Tutankhamun
Khufu
Amenhotep
 
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Machu Picchu is an incredible settlement left by the...
Incan Empire
Andes
Mayan Empire
Andean
 
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In 1974, paleoanthropologists in Ethiopia unearthed a hominid female skeleton 3.2 million years old. What has this famous skeleton come to be called?
Dolly
Lucy
Lilith
Eve
 
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Using historical records, experts were able to find the grave of king Richard III. When was this?
1988
2012
1922
2003
 
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Sue, the biggest T. Rex dinosaur set of bones ever found, is on display at...
The Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
The Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington D.C.
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
The American Museum of Natural History, New York
 
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How old are the oldest remains of the modern (Homo Sapiens) human?
2 million years ago in Africa
100,000 years ago in Asia
500,000 years ago in the Middle East
200,000 years ago in Africa
 
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Which of these is NOT an ancient pyramid found in Mexico?
Temple of Kukulcan (Chichen Itza)
Pyramid of the Sun (Teotihuacan)
The Great Pyramid (Calakmul)
Pyramid of the Eagles (Ste Huracan)
 
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