Special Area - WSC 2026 - Part 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
1. Excavation The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
2. Remote Sensing The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or
other long-distance methods.
3. Zooarchaeology Study of animal remains of archaeological sites.
4. Archaeobotany The study of plant remains from archaeological sites.
5. Carbon Dating A scientific method used to determine the age of an artifact.
6. Dendrochronolo- The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree.
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7. Pseudoarchaeolo- The use of selective archaeological evidence to put forward nonscientific, fictional
gy accounts of the past.
8. Rosetta Stone A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian
that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.
9. Dead Sea Scrolls Writings by Jews who lived about 2,000 years ago.
10. Borobudur The largest Buddhist monument ever built, a ten-level monument, probably built
in the ninth century C.E. by the Sailendras rulers.
11. Terracotta Army Soldiers and horses of the first Chinese emperor.
12. Lucy Several hundred pieces of fossilized bone.
13. Sue FMNH PR 2081, a T-Rex specimen.
14. Machu Picchu Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural
genius of the Inca.
15. Petra A historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan.
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and CORRECT Answers
1. Excavation The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
2. Remote Sensing The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or
other long-distance methods.
3. Zooarchaeology Study of animal remains of archaeological sites.
4. Archaeobotany The study of plant remains from archaeological sites.
5. Carbon Dating A scientific method used to determine the age of an artifact.
6. Dendrochronolo- The process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree.
gy
7. Pseudoarchaeolo- The use of selective archaeological evidence to put forward nonscientific, fictional
gy accounts of the past.
8. Rosetta Stone A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian
that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.
9. Dead Sea Scrolls Writings by Jews who lived about 2,000 years ago.
10. Borobudur The largest Buddhist monument ever built, a ten-level monument, probably built
in the ninth century C.E. by the Sailendras rulers.
11. Terracotta Army Soldiers and horses of the first Chinese emperor.
12. Lucy Several hundred pieces of fossilized bone.
13. Sue FMNH PR 2081, a T-Rex specimen.
14. Machu Picchu Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural
genius of the Inca.
15. Petra A historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan.
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