SS Lesson 1 Vocab/Study Guide Flashcards
Archaeologists
An expert who studies the past by examining objects.
Artifact
An object made or used by people in the past.
Environment
All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plant, and climate.
Feature
An important part or characteristic of something
Geographer
An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features
Historian
An expert who studies and records the past
Prehistoric
Before written history
Ritual
Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
Texture
The characteristics of an object’s surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing
Document
A written work that contains important information
Researcher
Someone who searches for information on a particular subject
Social scientists are scholars who study…
Human society
What activity would an archaeologist most likely do
Examine objects and artifacts
People who study the past are most like…
Detectives
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past
Try to understand why events happen the way they did
Name human-made features that a geographer might study
Towns, roads, bridges, and dams
Name artifacts from the past that have been found near artwork displayed in parts of caves (2 answers)
Lamps and tools
Cave paintings show what kinds of…roamed the earth
Animals
Paintings of animals were more…than humans
Realistic
Prehistoric tools were used to make paint by grinding colored minerals into powder and mixing it with animal fat to make many…
Colors
