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Stuff Every Archaeology Scout Should Know: free practice in 30-second cards
Stuff Every Archaeology Scout Should Know
Practice facts for the Archaeology merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.
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80 practice questions so far. Each one is a 3-choice card that takes about 30 seconds, and the course grows as new cards pass our source checks.
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- What is archaeology mainly the study of?
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Human activity through material remains. Archaeology studies people through the things they left behind, not fossils or climate alone.
- How does archaeology differ from paleontology?
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Paleontology studies fossil remains. Paleontology focuses on fossils, while archaeology focuses on human material culture.
- Why is archaeology especially important for prehistoric societies?
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They had no written records. Prehistory has no writing, so material remains are the main evidence.
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- What is archaeology mainly the study of?
- How does archaeology differ from paleontology?
- Why is archaeology especially important for prehistoric societies?
- What does the archaeological record include?
- What does the word archaeology mean in Greek?
- What is one main goal of archaeology?
- What is a site survey?
- What is a regional survey?
- What is a surface survey?
- What can surface survey miss?
- What does lidar use to measure distance?
- What can aerial photographs reveal about buried structures?
- What do magnetometers detect?
- What is electrical resistivity survey used for?
- What is provenance in excavation?
- Why is association recorded during excavation?
- What does stratigraphy show at a site?
- What is a feature's cut?
- What is a feature's fill?
- Why do archaeologists record features with plans and photos?
- What is post-excavation analysis?
- What is experimental archaeology?
- What is ethnoarchaeology?
- What does historical archaeology study?
- Why can written records alone be unreliable?
- What is cultural resources management?
- What does the National Historic Preservation Act require?
- What is looting of archaeological sites?
- Why does looting harm future generations?
- What is pseudoarchaeology?
- What should you do if you think you found an artifact?
- Why is an archaeological site during study dangerous?
- What should you do at a dig site with changing conditions?
- What is remote sensing used for before digging?
- What is a passive remote sensing instrument?
- What is an active remote sensing instrument?
- What is a drone useful for in archaeology?
- What is a shovel test pit used for?
- What does a marine magnetometer help survey?
- Why is excavation called destructive?
- What is the most time-consuming part of an investigation?
- What is repatriation?
- Why do archaeologists work with descendant peoples?
- What is public archaeology meant to do?
- Archaeology is often grouped as a subdiscipline of which field in North America?
- About how long ago do the first stone tools studied by archaeologists date?
- What share of the human past is covered by prehistory?
- Who is known as the first archaeologist for analyzing foundation deposits?
- What older field did archaeology grow out of?
- Which ancient Chinese scholars helped establish epigraphy by studying bronze inscriptions?
- Who is called the father of classical archaeology for recording Greek and Roman antiquities? 🔒
- Which two ancient towns were excavated after being buried by Mount Vesuvius? 🔒
- What did early excavations often overlook before modern techniques? 🔒
- Who is called the father of archaeological excavation for meticulous barrow recordings? 🔒
- Which future U.S. president excavated Native American burial mounds in 1784? 🔒
- What major 19th century achievement helped archaeologists order layers of time? 🔒
- Who is widely regarded as the first scientific archaeologist? 🔒
- What did Pitt Rivers insist on collecting and cataloguing? 🔒
- What did Flinders Petrie develop for dating Egyptian layers? 🔒
- Who developed the grid system of excavation? 🔒
- What does archaeometry apply to archaeological measurement? 🔒
- What does digital archaeology use to study the past? 🔒
- What can computer graphics create for archaeological sites? 🔒
- What does CRM stand for in archaeology? 🔒
- Which organizations deal with protecting cultural heritage, including archaeological sites? 🔒
- Why is public appreciation of archaeology important? 🔒
- What is the Passport in Time program? 🔒
- What is one example of pseudoarchaeology? 🔒
- What is the illicit antiquities trade fueled by? 🔒
- What did the Southwest Museum stop accepting in 1937? 🔒
- What does NAGPRA address? 🔒
- What does African Diaspora Archaeology study? 🔒
- What is one benefit of survey compared with excavation? 🔒
- What can aerial survey detect using shadows at different times of day? 🔒
- What do resistivity devices measure in the soil? 🔒
- What is a midden? 🔒
- What does a site plan help determine? 🔒
- What is a feature in archaeology? 🔒
- What is zooarchaeology used to analyze? 🔒
- What is one goal of cultural resources management? 🔒