Chapter 1: Studying the Past

Historian's Job

100

History is the 

study of the past.

200

Historians are experts that study the past based on 

a. primary sources

b. secondary sources

c. both types of sources

c. both types of sources (both primary and secondary )

300

A primary source is an account of an event by an ____________ that is usually recorded or written down. 

a. eyewitness

b. researcher

a. eyewitness

400

A secondary source is _____________________.

a. information written down or recorded by an eyewitness.

b. information gathered by someone who did not witness an event.

b. information gathered by someone who did not witness an event.

500

Historians use credible sources which means they are trustworthy. They gather primary sources and information to create ______________ sources.

secondary

600

Historians organize time by creating ______________ that put events in chronological order.

timelines

Geographer's Job

100

Geography is the study of the earth's ______________ and ______________ features

a. physical and cultural/human

b. physical and historical

c. physical and credible

a. physical and cultural/human

200

Landform is _______________________________. 

 the natural features of the lands surface.

300

Identify one of the landforms in these pictures.

mountains

valleys

waterfall

beach/coast

glacier

butte

desert

jungle

400

Environment is all the __________ and _________ that make up an area.

Climate is the patterns of __________ in a certain area over a long period of time.

living and nonliving

weather

500

What does this image show?

a. living things in an environment

b. nonliving things in an environment.

nonliving

600

What does this image show?

a. living things in an environment

b. nonliving things in an evironment

living

Archaeologist Job

100

Archaeology is the study of the past based on objects left behind such as __________, ___________ and ruins

fossils and artifacts

200

Archaeologist dig up the past. What word means dig?

a. extract

b. excavate

c. extinct 

b. excavate

300

Sometimes, Archaeologist dig up ancient trash heaps called __________________.

a. kitchen middens or "middens"

b. ruins

a. kitchen middens or "middens"

400

Artifacts are objects or items created and used by humans. What is a fossil?

fossils are __________________________.

bones, parts or imprints of once living things.

500

Archaeologist carefully record the artifacts and store them where?

museum

600

Archaeologist dig up dinosaur bones and are interested in our earth from the creation to the point of when humans existed.

a. false

b. true

a false

Periods of Time and Timelines

100

What does BC mean?

Before Christ

200

What does AD mean?

Anno Domini "in the year of the lord"

300

Who does BC and AD dates connect to?

Jesus Christ

400

What labels replace BC and AD?

BCE

CE

500

Fill in the labels

Green - 200 BC

Blue - 100 BCE

Pink- 100 CE

Orange- AD 300

600

What does circa mean?

not sure of a date or about the time period

Mix and Match

100

What is a ruin?

a.a destroyed civilization or building

b. physical, moral, economic, or social collapse 

c.the action of destroying, laying waste, or wrecking 

 a.a destroyed civilization or building

200

What does this image show?

ruins

300

Is this an example of a fossil or artifact?

fossil

400

What word means knowledge, belief (religion), customs and values of a group of people?

a. resources

b. culture

c. fossils

d. society

b. culture

500

List at least 3 tools used by archaeologist?

shovel

sifter

buckets

trowel

paint brush

camera

600

What is a way that scientist date an object that was once alive? 

a radiocarbon dating

Name that source

100

What would a letter be? 

a primary or secondary

a. primary

200

Our textbook for social studies

a. primary

b. secondary

b. secondary

300

Video and photographs from World War II

a. primary

b. Secondary

a. primary

400

Artifacts found that date back to 8,000 BC.

a. primary      or     b. secondary

a. primary

500

encyclopedias with world history

a. primary

b. secondary

b. secondary

600

a replica/poster of the constitution that I bought at a gift shop

a. primary      b secondary

b secondary because it is  a replica and not made at the time of the event.

physical geographer vs. cultural geographer

100

A map is a ___________ of an area

drawing

200

Human geographers are interest in studying of humans and their cultures.

true or false

true

300

Physical geographers are interested in earth's features such as ___________, ____________ and ________.

Name the 3 vocabulary words.

landforms

environment

climate

400

region is an area with one or more features that make it different from __________ areas.

a. surrounding

b. the same

c. created

a surrounding

500

resources are materials found on earth that people need and value. Name 3 resources people need even today.

water

fertile soil

metals

fresh air (no pollution)

back in the day stones/rocks to make tools

access to wood or materials to make homes/shelters

600

Physical Geographers are interested in climate, landforms and environment that the earth has naturally.

List all the parts that Cultural/human geographers are interested in learning about humans.

religion

culture

customs

language

where they live, diet, work, daily life, diseases they suffer, war, politics, inventions.

lifespan/life expectancy