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Chapter 6 Section 1 Worksheet

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Question 1
1.

Pudd'nhead Wilson is a lawyer created by ________________ in the novel of the same name, published in November 1894.

Question 2
2.

The author from above published under a penn name, what was his real name?

Question 3
3.

In the his book fingerprints were used to dramatically solve a case in which ________________ were falsely accused of murder.

Question 4
4.

Archaeologists discovered fingerprints pressed into clay tablet contracts dating back to 1792-1750 B.C. in ____________________.

Question 5
5.

Oldest known documents showing fingerprints dates from the ______________.

Question 6
6.

In 1823, Jan Evangelist Purkyn described nine distinct fingerprint patterns, including:

Question 7
7.

The picture above is an image of _______________________________.

Question 8
8.

_______________________ was the first person to document incoming prisoners with a photograph, the forerunner of the modern mug shot.

Question 9
9.

The picture above is an example of a _______________.

Question 10
10.

In 1879, Alphonse Bertillon, an assistant clerk in the records office at
the Police Station in Paris, created a way to identify criminals. The system,
sometimes called ________________, was first used in 1883 to identify a repeating
offender.

Question 11
11.

He was the first person to document incoming prisoners with a photograph, the forerunner of the modern mug shot.

Question 12
12.

This book was the first one which used fingerprints as a major breakthrough to dramatically solve a case.

Question 13
13.

He (and colleagues) created a system that divided fingerprint records into groups.

Question 14
14.

He devised his own fingerprint classification system and invented a better way of collecting the impressions.

Question 15
15.

Fingerprints can be taken from _____________ by chemically treating the fingertips to help them puff out.