Archaeologists
Geographers
Historians
Ritual/Prehistoric
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What do archaeologists study to learn about the past?
Artifacts
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What do geographers study to learn about the past?
Physical features and human-made features
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What do historians study to learn about the past?
Written documents, such as diaries or letters
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What is a ritual?
A ceremony, often relating to a religious ceremony
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What is it called when you bowl 3 strikes in a row?

A Turkey

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What type of questions do archaeologists ask?

What was this artifact used for? When did people live here/make this artifact made from? What material is this artifact made from?

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What type of questions do geographers ask?

Where did they live? How did they use their environment to survive? How did they change the environment?

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What type of questions do historians ask?

What happened in the past? Who/Why was this recorded on written documents? Why did certain things happen?

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When is prehistoric time?
The time before written history
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How do social scientists act like detectives?

Social scientists look for clues, complete investigations and make hypotheses

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Archaeologists study artifacts. What is an artifact?
An Artifact is an object made or used by people of the past.
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What are human-made features that geographers study?
Roads, bridges, towns, and dams
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What else do historians do other than study history?
Historians also record history
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Why is it hard to learn about prehistoric times?
There were no written documents left behind describing what happened.
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Who has won more tennis championships, Venus Williams or Serena Williams?

Serena Williams

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What type of information can archaeologists learn about prehistoric people from their cave paintings?

What type of animals did they hunt. How small the people were. What type of rituals did people perform. What were some of their beliefs.

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What type of physical features do geographers study?
landforms, rivers, oceans
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How are historians similar to geographers and archaeologists?
All three of them study history or interpret the past.
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What may be found in a cave painting of a hunting ritual?

People hunting or circling animals

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Approximately how many years ago did people first arrive in what is now known as the USA? (Within 2000 years counts)

12,000 years ago

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