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Vocabulary
100

Which of the following is an example of a play on words?

  1. A Grave Mystery                

  2. Finding the Fort 

  3. Under the Soil

  4. Who Were You?

A Grave Mystery

100

 Chapter One begins with the discovery of _________.

  1. Bones

  2. Artifacts

  3. James Fort

  4. pottery

Bones

100

 What was unusual about the skeleton found in the grave?

  1. The arms were bent chaotically.

  2. One leg was missing.

  3. The skull was crushed.

  4. The ribs were discolored.

The arms were bent chaotically.

100

 What do we know about the bones that were found?

  1. The bones are from a fifteen-year-old male.

  2. The bones are from an elderly female.

  3. The person died of natural causes.

  4. The person was short in height.

The bones are from a fifteen-year-old male.

100

Excavate means __________.

  1. To dig

  2. To bury

  3. To cover

  4. To hide

To dig.

200

The Chesapeake Bay area includes all of the following except ____________.

  1. New York

  2. Virginia

  3. Maryland 

  4. Delaware


  1. New York

200

Colonists died from all of the following causes except __________________.

  1. Disease

  2. Car accidents

  3. Starvation

  4. Conflicts with Native Americans.

Car accidents

200

What helps archeologists see where something may be buried?

  1. Soil stains

  2. Grass clumps

  3. Piles of rocks

  4. Small hills

Soil stains


200

What text feature tells what a section is about?

  1. Caption

  2. Picture

  3. Heading

  4. Diagram

Heading

200

Scrutinize means ______________.

  1. To look at closely.

  2. To hide away.

  3. To gather together.

  4. To hold.

To look at closely.

300

What helps a reader understand by showing what something looks like?

  1. Map

  2. Captions

  3. Heading 

  4. Photographs

Photographs

300

What helps the reader by explaining what is seen in the photograph?

  1. Diagram

  2. Caption

  3. Heading

  4. Map

Caption

300

Which of the following is not an author’s craft move?

  1. Dialogue

  2. Rhetorical question

  3. Facts 

  4. Anecdote 

Facts

300

Why did colonists bury two or three of their dead in the same grave?

  1. Many people died in a short period of time.

  2. The colonists were too lazy to dig more graves.

  3. There wasn’t room to bury them alone.

  4. The colonists did not want the dead to be lonely.

Many people died in a short period of time.

300

Forensic anthropology means _____________.

  1. Scientific study of human remains.

  2. Scientific study of diseases.

  3. Scientific study of animals.

  4. Scientific study of plants.

Scientific study of human remains.

400

 The suffix logy means _____________.

  1. The study of something

  2. A written history

  3. A person who performs an action

  4. Passing a law

The study of something

400

Chapter One ends with all of these except ____________________.

  1. The discovery of bones.

  2. The discovery of James Fort.

  3. The discovery of colonial artifacts.

  4. The discovery of a ship.

The discovery of a ship.

400

Who wrote Written in Bone?

  1. William Kelso

  2. Doug Owsley

  3. Sally M. Walker

  4. Carter C. Hudgins

Sally M. Walker

400

What is the settlement in which most of the excavation took place?

  1. Baltimore, Maryland

  2. New Castle, Delaware

  3. Jamestown, Virginia

  4. Providence, Rhode Island

Jamestown, Virginia

400

The root forensis means ___________.

  1. Public

  2. Human

  3. Man

  4. Bones 

Public

500

What did researchers learn from Pedro de Zuniga’s map?

  1. Why it was called Jamestown

  2. How many people lived in Jamestown

  3. The size of James Fort

  4. Clues about the shape of James Fort

Clues about the shape of James Fort

500

What was the purpose of Jamestown Rediscovery Project?

  1. To reclaim the land for England

  2. To pay the Native Americans for taking their land

  3. To find the location of James Fort

  4. To see if there were any remains of any descendants from King James I 

To find the location of James Fort

500

24. How were the circular soil stains helpful to the scientists?

  1. The stains showed the location of the vertical logs of the fort walls

  2. The stains revealed pottery bowls the colonists used for eating

  3. The stains were baskets used for harvesting crops

  4. The stains showed the shapes of their dwellings/houses

The stains showed the location of the vertical logs of the fort walls

500

What was The Starving Time?

  1. When the colonists voluntarily fasted for a day because of food shortages

  2. The winter of 1609-1610 when more than 150 people in Jamestown died

  3. When the livestock didn’t have enough to eat and died from starvation

  4. The voyage from England to America in 1650 where more than 175 people died before they reached America 

The winter of 1609-1610 when more than 150 people in Jamestown died

500

The root anthrop means ____________.

  1. Human

  2. Animal 

  3. Public

  4. plant

Human

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