Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.
1. During the 1991 Gulf War, Coalition forces dropped bombs on which of the following Ancient sites:
a. the City of Ur
b. the Great Pyramids
c. Ctesiphon
d. Babylon
2. During the US-led invasion of Iraq in the Spring of 2003, professional and amateur looters stole objects from which of the following places:
a. the Mosul Museum in Northern Iraq
b. the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad
c. various archaeological sites around the countryside
d. all of the above
3. While initial estimates of the looting at the Iraqi Museum suggested that as many as 170,000 objects could be missing, later investigations suggested that the number, while it includes some of the most significant archaeological objects in the world, is much lower -- most likely around:
a. 100,000
b. 50,000
c. 13,000
d. 30
4. Which of the following objects was/were from the Iraqi Museum:
a. the Warka Vase
b. a priceless collection of cylinder seals, numbering about 5,000
c. the gold inlay from the Ur Lyre
d. all of the above
