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Vocabulary
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Observation, Inference, or Both?
Miscellaneous
100

The legends, beliefs and traditions passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation

What is oral tradition?

100
A science who studies artifacts from the past to learn about the people and their way of life
What is an archaeologist?
100
taking a broken-down object and making it look new again
What is to restore OR restoration?
100

It is cloudy today

What is an observation?

100
a place where many scientists work
What is a laboratory?
200
a place where artifacts and ancient cities are found.
What is an archaeological site?
200

A scientist who studies the natural features of the Earth.

Who is a geographer?

200

to find an artifact that has a high monetary value

What is classic archaeology?

200

Mr. Synnott lives in another town, so he must have drove to school today.

What is an inference?

200

History before the development of writing

What is prehistory?

300
objects made or altered by humans including tools, weapons and works of art or pottery.
What are artifacts?
300
a person who studies the earth like rocks, ice, or liquid
Who is a geologist?
300

To reveal or unearth by digging.

what is excavation?
300

There is a bird on the windowsill. There must be a nest near by

What is both?

300

In the beginning of the 1900s a new archaeology changed its focus to learning and understanding the lives of all people. 

What is modern archaeology?

400

Knowledge, beliefs, and values of a group of people is

What is culture?

400

a person who studies and records the past.

What is a historian?

400

Ancient people's rubbish that is studied by archaeologists. Helps archaeologists learn about ancient people's diet, daily activity, and contact with other cultures.

What is kitchen midden?

400
The Eiffel Tower is very tall and is made out of steel.

What is an observation?

400
A Chemist may determine the age of an object up to 50,000 years old using this method.
What is radiocarbon OR carbon-14 dating?
500
to make a conclusion or educated guess using facts and actual evidence.
What is an inference?
500
a scientist who studies bones, skeletons and mummies to discover the culture from which they came.
What is a paleo-anthropologist?
500

The remains of once living plants or animals

What is fossil?

500

I saw some leaves changing colors, so they are going to fall off the tree soon.

What is both?

500

The recovery and study of very old artifacts such as buildings, pottery and tools

What is archaeology??