SS Lesson One Vocab/Study Guide Flashcards
An expert who studies the past by examining objects
Archaeologists
An object made or used by people in the past
Artifact
All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land , water, animals, plant and climate
Environment
An important part or characteristics of something
Feature
An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural human-made features
Geographer
An expert who studies and records past
Historian
Before written history
Prehistoric
Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
Ritual
The characters is an object’s surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing
Texture
A written work that contains important information
Document
A written work that contains important information
Document
Someone who searches for information on a particular subject
Researcher
Someone who searches for information
Researcher
Social scientists are scholars who study
Human Society
What activity would an archaeologist most likely do
Examine objects and artifacts
People who the past are most like
Detectives
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past
Try to understand why events happen and the way they happened
Name human - 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
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 power and mixing it with animal fat to make many
Colors
