Deck 4: Archaeology, Numismatics, and Historical Method

Question 1

…………….is the archaeological study of living people.

A)ethnoarchaeology
B)anthropology
C)indology
D)sinology

Answer 1

ethnoarchaeology

Question 2

………..is a field of study that aims to systematize archaeological measurement.

A)archaeometry
B)geography
C)geology
D)experimental archaeology

Answer 2

archaeometry

Question 3

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) was passed in …………

A)1966
B)1866
C)1934
D)1946

Answer 3

1966

Question 4

Who was called 'father of archaeology'?

A)lewis henry morgan
B)heinrich schliemann
C)edward tylor
D)ciriaco de' pizzicolli

Question 5

Theory of evolution was developed by …………

A)charles darwin
B)heinrich schliemann
C)john lloyd stephens
D)samuel haven

Question 6

In 1859, …………..'s On the Origin of Species was published.

A)charles darwin
B)heinrich schliemann
C)arthur evans
D)john lloyd stephens

Question 7

……………….is the study of human culture in historic as well as prehistoric times, by examining the material remains of early human settlements.

A)epigraphy
B)archaeology
C)economics
D)museology

Question 8

………….is the study of inscriptions.

A)epigraphy
B)archaeology
C)museology
D)numismatics

Question 9

……………… is the study or collection of coins.

A)numismatics
B)epigraphy
C)archaeology
D)museology

Question 10

The first book on coins was 'De Asse et Partibus' (1514) by ………

A)guillaume budé
B)keith jenkins
C)edward tylor
D)lewis henry morgan

Question 11

The Royal Numismatic Society was founded in ……………

A)1836
B)1846
C)1861
D)1863

Question 12

The American Numismatic Society was founded in ……………

A)1858
B)1862
C)1875
D)1885

Question 13

In 1931 the ………… Academy launched the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum publishing collections of Ancient Greek coinage.

A)american
B)french
C)german
D)british

Question 14

A person who works in archives is called an ………………

A)archivist
B)archaeologist
C)historian
D)epigraphists

Question 15

………….are the bedrock of historical knowledge, infact the basic raw materials for the reconstruction of history.

A)the primary sources
B)secondary sources
C)tertiary evidences
D)reasoning

Question 16

The first hand accounts of experimentation and investigation, original works, reports etc. could be treated as ……………….

A)tertiary evidences
B)primary sources
C)oral history
D)secondary sources

Question 17

……………are neither the sources of information transmitted by one who was neither a participant nor an eyewitness of the original event.

A)oral history
B)secondary sources
C)argument
D)index

Question 18

………………is the broad conclusion of a work which will naturally indicate the essence of the study.

A)tertiary evidences
B)generalization
C)oral history
D)plagiarism

Question 19

……….is also known as 'framing a formula' or deducing a general law.

A)generalization
B)oral history
C)secondary sources
D)argument

Question 20

…........is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community.

A)local history
B)tertiary evidences
C)oral history
D)secondary sources

Question 21

….........is an element of historical method, attempted to fill the gaps which a historian finds in his collected materials for the reconstruction of history.

A)oral history
B)reasoning
C)argument
D)appendices

Question 22

…........is a process through which a historian tries to know what is not known to him, on the basis of available materials.

A)appendices
B)constructive reasoning
C)glossary
D)index

Question 23

The historian has to take up …………….to know the unknown with the help of the information already received from the available records.

A)oral history
B)deductive method
C)plagiarism
D)secondary sources

Question 24

….........., if used quite logically and unbiased, could be helpful to illuminate the dark aspects of historical reconstruction.

A)deductive method
B)appendices
C)index
D)foot notes

Question 25

The historian is expected to use ……………..only when he has no other reliable sources available.

A)argument
B)oral history
C)plagiarism
D)deductive method