Sources of Historical Information

Question 1

How do historians use technology to study early humans? Choose three answers.They use the results of DNA analysis to identify early humans’ diseases.They use the results of radiocarbon dating to understand how long ago early humans died.They read books and summarize what other historians have reported about early humans.They revise ideas about early humans when scientific instruments provide new information.They describe the images of early cave paintings and the symbols early humans used.

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They use the results of DNA analysis to identify early humans’ diseases.; They use the results of radiocarbon dating to understand how long ago early humans died.; They revise ideas about early humans when scientific instruments provide new information.

Question 2

Select the phrase that best completes each statement.

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Historians want to describe the health of ancient Egyptian people. One source could be .: data about human remains; Before studying new artifacts, a historian wants to know about items that others have found in Egyptian tombs. The historian could .: read scholarly books on tomb contents; A historian wants to learn what ancient Egyptians thought about the afterlife. The historian could .: study tomb paintings of people’s activities

Question 3

consult DNA evidence on mummies ✔ read scholarly books on tomb contentsstudy maps of tomb sites

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✔ read scholarly books on tomb contents

Question 4

✔ study tomb paintings of people’s activitiesexamine measurements of temperature rangesstudy pottery used for trade

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✔ study tomb paintings of people’s activities

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