Vocabulary
Archaeology
Timeline
Early Man
Vocabulary 2
100
find things from all over and bring them together
What is gather
100
How we learn about the past.
What is archaeology?
100
CE stands for
What is Common Era
100
They lived in homes that could be easily moved
What is hunter/gatherers
100
a person who studies the past by looking at what people left behind
What is archaeologist
200
remove earth carefully and systematically to find hidden items
What is excavation
200
What is archaeology?
What is how we learn about the past
200
BCE stands for
What is Before Common Era
200
they lived in permanent homes
What is farmers
200
having to do with the home, animals kept at home
What is domestic
300
a person who kills animals for food
What is a hunter
300
How do we learn about the past?
What is archaeology
300
These dates go before the 0 on the timeline (to the left)
What is BCE (Before Common Era)
300
the kept animals
What is farmers
300
dishes made out of hardened clay
What is pottery
400
safe to eat
What is edible
400
Archaeology
What is how we learn about the past
400
These dates go after the 0 on the timeline (to the right)
What is CE (Common Era)
400
They lived in small groups
What are hunter/gatherers
400
the time before recorded (written) history
What is prehistory
500
something that is meant to last forever, not moving or changing
What is permanent
500
How we learn about the past
What is archaeology
500
Write this date with numbers: eighteen seventy-two
What is 1872
500
They lived in large groups
What are farmers
500
an object made by a human being
What is an artifact
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