Studying The Past
The study of objects to learn about past human life
Archaeology
A personal attitude about people or life
Point of View
a large division of time
Era
Objects made by people
Artifact
to present ideas or words of another person as your own
Plagiarize
The study of fossils
Paleontology
an unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events
Bias
a group or set of 10 years
Decade
a plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time
Fossil
a place to get information—like a book, a website, or an article—that you can trust because it tells the true facts
Reliable Source
The study of human culture and how it develops over time
Anthropology
Choosing the most likely explanation for the facts at hand
Inference
a visual way to track the passage of time
Timeline
Something that shows proof that something is true
Evidence
abbreviation for uniform resource locator
URL
Geography
a decision reached after examining evidence
Conclusion
A system for arranging days in order
Calendar
firsthand evidence of an event in history
Primary Source
the ending of a URL for a government website
.gov
The art, science, and technology of making and using maps
Cartography
The explanation of what something means and why it happened, rather than just listing facts
Interpretation
a period of 1,000 years
millennium
A document or written work created after an event
Secondary Source
the ending of a URL for a website for an educational institution
.edu