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What is the study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics?   Archaeology  
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What are objects, such as tools, weapons, and containers made by people?   Artifacts  
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What is the study of earth's history as revealed int he rocks that make up the earth?   Geology  
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What is the study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms?   Paleontology  
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What does "geo" mean?   earth  
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What does "ology" mean?   the study of  
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What term asks the question "does it contradict itself?"   Internal consistency  
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What is the term meaning "the benefit of doubt is to be given to the document itself, not assigned by the critic to himself"?   Aristotle's dictum  
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What test asks the question "does the document contradict other known historical facts"?   External test  
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What test compares the documents to other known archaeological facts?   External test  
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The older the document, the more important WHAT facts become?   Archaeological  
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Who was the non-Christian Jew of Biblical times whose writings support the Bible?   Flavius Josephus  
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Which test measures the time span between the original document and a copy?   Bibliographic Test  
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In a bibliographic test, does a shorter time span mean it is more reliable or less reliable?   more reliable  
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What test measures the number of copies made by different people?   Bibliographic test  
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In a bibliographic test, do more copies mean it is more reliable or less reliable?   more reliable  
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Term meaning the age of an artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history   known age  
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Term meaning the process of counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree   dendrochronology  
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term meaning the use of a radioactive process to determine the age of an item (carbon 14 dating)   radiometric dating  
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Term meaning the calculated age of an artifact from a specific dating method that is used to determine when the artifact was made.   absolute age  
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