Type of Historians
Artifacts, Fossils, Culture
100
Studies the past by looking at what humans have left behind.
What is an Archaeologist?
100
The remains of plant and animal life preserved from an earlier time.
What is a fossil?
200
Studies prehistoric times.
What is a Paleontologist?
200
Objects made by people used to learn about the past.
What are artifacts?
300
Studies human culture.
What is an Anthropologist?
300
True or False: Fossils and artifacts can be studied by more than one type of historian.
What is TRUE?
400
You visit a restaurant for breakfast and notice someone at the next table putting sour cream on their waffles. You ask why they do that and respond by saying that their family has always done that.
Which type of historian would be interested in that behavior?
What is an Anthropologist?
400
Which of the following images is includes something cultural?
What is BOTH! (Trick Question because all style is cultural)
500
A man is in the desert when he finds a large box with crosses drawn all over it. Inside is a plant from the age of dinosaurs he knows doesn't exist anymore.
Which type of historian does he call?
What is a Paleontologist, Archaeologist, and Anthropologist?
500
If an early human picked up the jawbone of an animal and used it as a cutting tool but did not change it in any way, would it be classified as an artifact or a fossil?
What is an Artifact. (Paleontologists might be interested in it as well, but humans have repurposed the fossil to use it as a tool)