Archeology from Space (Listening)

Questions

1) What is the lecture mainly about?

A) Techniques for finding marine life.
B) Using technology to improve an established field.
C) Children's ingenuity leading to later career choices.
D) Discovering new ancient sites in Egypt.


2) At 0:50 in the lecture, the speaker says: "I realized that seeing with my naked eyes alone wasn't enough. Because all of the sudden in Egypt my beach had grown from a tiny beach in Maine to one eight hundred miles long next to the Nile, and my sand dollars had grown to the size of cities."

Why does she say: "I realized that seeing with my naked eyes alone wasn't enough"?

A) It was more difficult to see beneath the sand in Egypt than in Maine.
B) She needed to see an optometrist because her eyes weren't functioning correctly.
C) Searching with basic tools was impractical due to the scale of the operation.
D) It was impossible to search Egyptian beaches without satellites.


3) How do satellites help researchers find ancient Egyptian cities?

A) They can observe the pink chemicals used in ancient Egyptian construction.
B) They can highlight chemical differences between the man-made structures and the surrounding landscape.
C) They can see color differences between the archaeological sites and the natural environment.
D) They provide a large map of the area making it easier to predict where sites can be excavated.


4) From the lecture, what can be inferred about the Nile River?

A) It destroyed the city that the researchers were looking for.
B) It used to flow near the city of Itjtawy before it dried up.
C) It is much wider than other rivers in the world.
D) Its course is not fixed and varies over the centuries.


5) Which of the following was evidence that the site discovered was the correct location? (choose 2 options)

A) A dense layer of pottery.
B) Handcrafted stone.
C) A piece of jewellery.
D) A layer of thick mud.


(Answers will be posted tomorrow.)