State Capitals
States
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
100
Boise
Idaho
100
State named after a President.
Washington
100
A tool historians use to mark a series of events and dates.
timelines
100
A _______________ has information about an event that does NOT come from a person who experienced that event.
secondary source
100
Prehistory is the time before
People left written records/writing was invented
200
Lincoln
Nebraska
200
The smallest state in the U.S.
Rhode Island
200
Historians use them to put events in a ___________, a list of events in order in which they occurred.
chronology
200
The study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture.
anthropology
200
An object made by a human being, such as a tool or weapon.
artifact
300
Columbus
Ohio
300
A state that has part of the Rocky Mountains.
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah
300
The time before humans invented writing and could begin to record events.
prehistory
300
The scientific study of past cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence.
archaeology
300
Scientists that search for remains to uncover buried artifacts.
Archaeologists
400
Agusta
Maine
400
The state rock below belongs to which state?
(Rose Rock)
Oklahoma
400
A _________ can be defined by a set of developments that happened during that time.
period
400
Archaeologists mainly learn about the lives of people in the past by studying what?
Artifacts they made and used.
400
How do timelines order or show historical events and time periods?
They show in a chronological order (chronology - the order in which it occurred).
500
St. Paul
Minnesota
500
The 49th and 50th state of the U.S.
Alaska and Hawaii
500
A photograph is an example of what kind of source for historians?
primary source
500
Helps historians identify & evaluate patterns of change.
timelines
500
This is an arrowhead found in Oklahoma. What is another name of this man made tool that has been found that dates back years and years.
artifact/Native American artifact