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Archaeologists
Geographers
Historians
Ritual/Prehistoric
Misc.
100
What do archaeologists study to learn about the past?
Artifacts
100
What do geographers study to learn about the past?
Physical features and human-made features
100
What do historians study to learn about the past?
Written documents, such as diaries or letters
100
What is a ritual?
A ceremony, often relating to a religious ceremony
100
Who are the three types of social scientists?
Archaeologists, historians and geographers
200
What type of questions do archaeologists ask?
Who lived in this place? When did they live here? What were they like?
200
What type of questions do geographers ask?
Where did they live? How did they use their environment to survive?
200
What type of questions do historians ask?
What happened in the past? Why did it happen?
200
When is prehistoric time?
The time before written history
200
How do social scientists act like detectives?
Social scientists look for clues, complete investigations and make hypotheses
300
What type of information can archaeologists learn about prehistoric people from their cave paintings?
What type of animals did they hunt. How small the people were. What type of rituals did people perform.
300
What are human-made features that geographers study?
Roads, bridges, towns, and dams
300
What else do historians do other than study history?
Historians also record history
300
What may be found in a cave painting of a hunting ritual?
People hunting or circling animals
300
What are two examples of artifacts found in caves?
oil lamps, jewelry, rope, clothing
400
Archaeologists study artifacts. What is an artifact?
An Artifact is an object made or used by people of the past.
400
What type of physical features do geographers study?
landforms, rivers, oceans
400
How are historians similar to geographers and archaeologists?
All three of them study history or interpret the past.
400
Why is it hard to learn about prehistoric times?
There were no written documents left behind describing what happened.
400
What was discovered in Lascaux, France in 1940?
Cave paintings