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Dig It!
Ancient Past
Miscellaneous
100
To reveal or unearth by digging.
What is excavate?
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
what is BCE or BC

What is before common era or before christ?

100

"as seen in Source_"

What is how to start a source analysis response?

200
a place where artifacts and ancient cities are found.
What is an archaeological site?
200
A scientist who studies ancient symbols and language.
Who is a linguist?
200

an artefact or site’s age is compared to other artefacts / sites

What is to relative dating?

200

Every kind of evidence that human beings leave behind

What is a source?

200

To not repeat our past

What is the reason we learn about history?

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

The head of TGS's History department

Mr. Hollis

300

arrangement of events/dates in the order of their occurrence

What is a chronology?

300

the material best preserved for ancient artifacts 

What is pottery?

400
This is the study of layers in an archaeological site or dig.
What is stratigraphy?
400

a person who studies Classics (ancient Greek and Latin).

What is a classicist?

400

using scientific method to find a precise, or an ‘absolute’, age for an object

What is to absolute dating?

400

two descriptions necessary to analyze a source

What is content and origin?

400

the idea that humans originated in Africa and then migrated out of the continent

What is the out of Africa Theory?

500
to make a conclusion or educated guess using facts and actual evidence.
What is an inference?
500

a person who specializes in the study of history

What is a Historian?

500
the layers of earth which can be disrupted by natural disasters or by humans.
What is a strata OR stratum?
500

First hand evidence created at the time of the event or by someone who experienced it directly

What is a primary source?

500

A preserved man found in Australia in a dried up lake from about 50000 years ago

What is the Mungo Man?