6th - SS - Core Concepts 1.1 to 1.3 Vocab

Question 0

Line marked off with a series of events and their dates?

Answer 0

Timeline

Question 1

A person who studies the past?

Answer 1

Historian

Question 2

List of events arranged in the order in which they occurred?

Answer 2

Chronology

Question 3

Length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time?

Answer 3

Period

Question 4

Time before humans invented writing?

Answer 4

Prehistory

Question 5

Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event?

Answer 5

Primary Source

Question 6

Object made by a human being?

Answer 6

Artifact

Question 7

Unfair preference for or dislike of?

Answer 7

Bias

Question 8

Information about an event that does not come directly from a person who experienced that event?

Answer 8

Secondary Source

Question 9

Community’s cultural and historical background, passed down in spoken stories and songs?

Answer 9

Oral Tradition

Question 10

Scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence?

Answer 10

Archaeology

Question 11

Study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture?

Answer 11

Anthropology