Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the words in this passage.
Anthropologists__________ are studying many ancient cultures, such as the Maya and the Etruscans. New advances in technology may facilitate________ their studies by making it easier to learn what ancient people ate, wore, and even how they died. Some scientists hope that ancient stories may actually be confirmable_________ , such as the island discovered that may have been the basis for Atlantis. Other scientists hope that the knowledge they learn will be conducive_________ to humanity's making better choices in the future.
1. people who study ancient people
2. make easier
3. able to be proven
4. helping make possible