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Vocabulary
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The study of the past
What is history
100
These two groups work together
What is historians and archaeologists
100
True or False: The archaeologists always find artifacts whose purpose is clear.
What is False
100
After much study the idea that Maya society changes from a peaceful society to a ______________.
What is warring society
100
Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.
What is secondary source
200
A part or imprint of something that was once alive
What is fossil
200
This current historical search is based mostly on legends
What is Genghis Khan's tomb
200
"________, _________, and other experts ask questions about the past"
What is archaeologists, historians
200
True of False: Bronze containers from the Shang dynasty prove that the ancient Chinese had very primitive metalworking skills.
What is False
200
An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.
What is primary source
300
People who study history
What is historians
300
"_______ and _______ can point scholars toward discoveries."
What is stories, legends
300
Name three items found in an Egyptian tomb.
What is crafted furniture, jewelry, toys, and everyday items
300
True of False: New historical evidence can change our understanding of when events happened.
What is True
300
A community of people who share a common culture.
What is a society
400
The study of the past based on materials that people have left behind.
What is archaeology
400
Name three legends you have heard during your life time
What is Examples: Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, King Arthur, Pacos Bill, John Henry, ect.
400
An important part of a cultures social structure is what group of people
What is families
400
These changes in American society have affected interpretations of history. Name two
What is growth of democracy, civil rights movement, and women's movement
400
An object created and used by humans.
What is artifact
500
A written record from a society is important because...
What is it can give information about how the people of the time period and area lived day to day lives
500
In this year, archaeologists uncovered thousands of clay soldiers built to protect the tomb of a Chinese emperor.
What is 1970s
500
This text tells us that Indian society is strictly divided into classes
What is the Rig Veda
500
This archaeologist helped prove that Troy was a real city and not just a legend
Who is Heinrich Schllemann
500
The way a society is organized.
What is social structure