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Read the passage.Researchers in Sweden decided to conduct testing on an individual buried in a famous Viking grave. The grave is known as Bj 581. This grave contains a single human, two horses, and weapons. Scientists reexamined the body in 1970. They studied the shape of the hips. The shape seemed to be female. This claim stirred up a controversy. Could Viking warriors be women? In 2017, scientist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson analyzed ancient DNA from Bj 581. The results were conclusive. The Viking in the grave was female.

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Viking warriors could be women.
B
Grave Bj 581 is a famous Viking grave.
C
A human and two horses were buried together.
D
Scientists conducted tests on the body in grave Bj 581.
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What can historians learn about the ancient Romans from the maps that the Romans made?

A
what they valued most about their homeland
B
why they founded their civilization where they did
C
how they changed the physical environment they lived in
D
how they viewed themselves and the world around them
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How can the discovery of new artifacts change interpretations of history over time?

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It can cause researchers to change how they study ancient civilizations.
B
It can give new information about how people lived and what they valued.
C
It can confirm information that researchers previously had about past societies.
D
It can provide an opportunity to learn why modern societies developed in a certain way.
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How do photographs help historians learn about the past?

A
They reveal the causes of events.
B
They show what happened during events.
C
They identify all the people involved in events.
D
They provide all the details about the location of events.
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How does human error or oversight change the way humans complete research and other activities?

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It leads to events like droughts and famine in different regions of the world.
B
It leads to beneficial discoveries such as penicillin, which has saved the lives of many people.
C
It leads to scientists repeating mistakes in their experiments to make sure that they were wrong.
D
It leads to accidents like the Challenger explosion, which changed the way space shuttles are built.
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Read the passage.In this year came dreadful forewarnings over the land of Northumbria, terrifying the people most woefully: these were immense sheets of lightning and whirlwinds, and fiery dragons were seen flying through the sky. . . . And not long after . . . the harrowing inroads of heathen men destroyed the church of God in Lindisfarne.–The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 800 CE

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Dragons attacked Northumbria.
B
Northumbria was attacked by wind.
C
Sheets of lightning terrified the Northumbrian people.
D
The people of Northumbria were terrified by the heathen men who are invading.
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Read the passage.In Naqada I graves, the deceased were buried with statuettes to keep them company in the afterlife. These were the forerunners of ushabti figures found in Egyptian tombs. Along with these figures, the dead person was buried with food, weapons, amulets, ornaments and decorated vases and palettes.–"Naqadan Culture,” Jenny Hill

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Naqadan culture valued the dead.
B
Naqadan culture feared the dead.
C
Naqadan culture rejected the dead.
D
Naqadan culture worshipped the dead.
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Which situation is an example of human error?

A
the discovery of penicillin
B
the disappearance of the Aral Sea
C
an eyewitness account of the Challenger explosion
D
a first report on the DNA analysis of King Tutankhamen’s bones
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Read the passage.Scientists long believed that the discovery of a mummy in the Alps, known as Ötzi the Iceman, provided information on how humans lived 5,300 years ago. More recently, scientists used DNA analysis to discover that Ötzi and modern-day humans have DNA markers in common.How did the study of Ötzi’s DNA change the way scientists viewed the development of modern humans?

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They learned that Ötzi the Iceman was a close relative of today’s humans.
B
They learned that early humans developed differently and died off from the cold.
C
They learned that the DNA found in early humans can be found in today’s humans.
D
They learned that the DNA of early humans was much older than they originally believed.
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Which object is an example of an artifact?

A
a natural diamond
B
a plant fossil
C
a skeleton
D
a pair of earrings
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Read the passage.The Northmen came to Paris with 700 sailing ships. This is not counting those of smaller size which are commonly called barques. At one stretch the Seine was lined with the vessels for more than two leagues. You could ask in astonishment in what cavern the river had been swallowed up. There were so many boats the river could not to be seen. –Adapted from "Wars of Count Odo with the Northmen” by Abbo

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Parisians were caught asking what cavern had swallowed up the river.
B
Smaller boats sailing on the Seine were commonly called barques.
C
The Northmen filled the Seine with so many boats that the river could not be seen.
D
The Northmen’s sailing vessels lined up along the Seine for more than two leagues.
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Read the passage.In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the city of Pompeii in mud and ash. After investigating, historians found that the volcano was part of a series of events that people had ignored. In 62 CE, Pompeii experienced a large earthquake. After this earthquake, many smaller earthquakes occurred. Based on this, the people of Pompeii should have known that another serious natural event was likely to happen. Even as the volcano started to erupt, people stayed to clean up the falling ash. The eruption completely destroyed the city and killed many people.

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Sources from that period explain that residents fell ill and died from the volcanic mud.
B
Newly discovered accounts explained that most residents died instantly from fires after the eruption.
C
Sources from that period show that residents did not take the threat of eruption seriously and stayed in the city.
D
Recent scientific advances proved that polluted water from the volcano most likely killed any residents who drank it.
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The image shows Hadrian’s Wall.

Question illustration
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the amount of time they spent building the wall
B
the division of labor within their society
C
the kinds of tools and technology they used
D
the types of roads constructed within their society
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Why are eyewitness accounts important to historical research?

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because human error can make historical research unreliable
B
because events are often the result of chance, oversight, or error
C
because researchers can reject other factors that affected history
D
because events are carefully planned and need careful observation

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