Unit 1

Question 1

history

Answer 1

A written record of what happened in the past.

Question 2

prehistory

Answer 2

Before the time of writing and letters.

Question 3

oral tradition

Answer 3

Beliefs, myths and legends that cultures pass down from generation to generation by spoken language.

Question 4

historian

Answer 4

An expert who studies and writes down history.

Question 5

archaeologist

Answer 5

someone who studies objects that people leave behind in the past

Question 6

geographer

Answer 6

someone who studies and makes maps

Question 7

primary source

Answer 7

information about people or events from the time the events took place.

Question 8

secondary source

Answer 8

information information about people or events after the events took place or the people lived

Question 9

excavation

Answer 9

digging in a area of ground to find remains form the past.

Question 10

artifact

Answer 10

an object made or used by people in the past

Question 11

fossil

Answer 11

remand or imprint or plant or animal from the past

Question 12

anthropologist

Answer 12

a scientist who studies human development

Question 13

hominin

Answer 13

an early human

Question 14

migrate

Answer 14

move from one place to another

Question 15

ritual

Answer 15

relating to a ceremony