SS Lesson 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Archaeologists

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An expert who studies the past by examining objects.

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Artifact

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An object made or used by people in the past.

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3
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Environment

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All of the physical surroundings in a place

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4
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Feature

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An important part or characteristic of something

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5
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Geographer

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An expert who studies and creates maps of Earths natural and human made features.

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6
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Historian

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An expert who studies and records the past

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7
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Prehistoric

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Before written history

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8
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Ritual

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Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

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9
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Texture

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The characteristics of an objects surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing

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10
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Document

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A written work that contains important information

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11
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Researcher

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Someone who searches for information on a particular subject

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12
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Social Scientists are scholars who study

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Human Society

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13
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What activity would and archaeologist most likely do?

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Examine objects of artifacts

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14
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People who study the past are most like

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Detectives

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15
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Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?

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To find out what happened and why

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16
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Name human-made features that a geographer might study?

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Towns, roads, bridges and dams.

17
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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

18
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Cave paintings show what kinds of ——— roamed the earth.

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Animals

19
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Paintings of animals were more ——— than humans.

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More realistic

20
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Prehistoric tools were used to make paint by grinding colored minerals into powder and mixing it with animal fat to make many….

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Colors