SS Lesson One Vocab/Study Guide Flashcards

1
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An expert who studies the past by examining objects

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Archaeologists

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2
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An object made or used by people in the past

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Artifact

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3
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All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land , water, animals, plant and climate

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Environment

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4
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An important part or characteristics of something

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Feature

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5
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An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural human-made features

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Geographer

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6
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An expert who studies and records past

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Historian

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7
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Before written history

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Prehistoric

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8
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Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

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Ritual

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9
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The characters is an object’s surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing

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Texture

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10
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A written work that contains important information

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Document

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11
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A written work that contains important information

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Document

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12
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Someone who searches for information on a particular subject

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Researcher

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13
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Someone who searches for information

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Researcher

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14
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Social scientists are scholars who study

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Human Society

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15
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What activity would an archaeologist most likely do

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Examine objects and artifacts

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16
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People who the past are most like

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Detectives

17
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Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past

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Try to understand why events happen and the way they happened

18
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Name human - features that a geographer might study

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Towns, roads, bridges, and dams

19
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Name artifacts from the past that have been found near artwork displayed in parts of caves

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Lamps and tools

20
Q

Cave paintings show what kinds of-roamed the earth

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Animals

21
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Paintings of animals were more—than humans

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Realistic

22
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Prehistoric tools were used to make paint by grinding colored minerals into power and mixing it with animal fat to make many

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Colors