Scientists & Their Work
This scientist studies the physical materials of Earth
What are geologists?
These people move from place to place with their herds
What are nomads?
This belief holds that all natural things possess a spirit.
What is animism?
This is the time before written records.
What is prehistory?
These scientists examine objects people left behind to learn about human life in the past.
What are archeologists?
This word means to inhabit a place
What does populate mean?
This word means changing plants' growth or animals' behavior in ways useful to humans
What does domesticate mean?
These are hardened remains or imprints of living things from long ago.
What are fossils?
This field studies how human beings behave, act together, and differ from one another
What is anthropology?
This person gets food by hunting.
What is a hunter gatherer?
This is a complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living.
What is a revolution?
This is an object made and used by humans
What is an artifact?
A team studying how an ancient group lived examines tools and other objects left at a site. These scientists are most likely to do this work.
What are archeologists?
A group's traditions, beliefs, and other elements that shape its way of life are part of this.
What is culture?
When people change the growth of plants or the behavior of animals to make them useful, they do this.
What does domesticate mean?
A scientist finds a clay pot made and used by people long ago. This is the term for the object.
What is an artifact?
One researcher studies human behavior and differences among groups; another studies Earth's physical materials. Name the field of the first researcher and the scientists who do the second kind of work.
What is anthropology, and what are geologists?
One group moves from place to place with its herds, while another inhabits a permanent settlement. Identify the first group and the word that describes inhabiting a place
What are nomads, and what does populate mean?
A major shift in how people think, work, or live can be described by this word. It is not simply a small adjustment.
What is a revolution?
A researcher finds hardened imprints of ancient living things, as well as human-made objects, while studying a time before written records. Name the three vocabulary terms for these clues
What are fossils, artifacts, and prehistory?