Vocabulary Pt 1
An object made by people
artifact
A class of individuals with similar physical characteristics.
What is a species?
A book about World War II published in 2008.
What is a secondary source?
The University of Central Florida's Web site
What is .edu?
If some years were left out on a timeline this is shown by a...
What is a jagged line?
A large division of time.
What is an era?
To present someone's work as your own without giving that person credit.
What is to plagiarize?
A tool made during the civil war.
What is a primary source?
The Web site of the Red Cross.
What is .org?
What are the two oldest historical eras in chronological order?
What are Prehistory and Ancient History?
The address of an online resource.
A final decision reached by reasoning.
What is a conclusion?
Studying dinosaur bones.
What is paleontology?
The Web site of the Office of the President.
What is .gov?
What is Modern History?
Qualifications or something that gives confidence.
What are credentials?
Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time.
What is a fossil?
Studying the pottery shards from St. Augustine.
BONUS Wikipedia as a resource is:
Dog Water/not a good resource
The third historical era
What is the Middle Ages?
Something that shows proof or an indication that something is true.
An unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events.
What is bias?
Studying the culture of the Maya.
What is Anthropology?
BONUS What would a historian start with?
What is a primary source?
BONUS The order that a timeline is in.
What is Chronological Order?