TCI Investigating the Past - Chapter 1

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Which of the following is a topic that would be included in the study of ancient history? A. the causes of World War II, B. where early humans lived, C. the first American president, D. where the airplane was invented

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where early humans lived

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People who study ancient history make educated guesses called

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hypotheses

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What important discovery did four teenagers make at Lascaux, France in 1940?

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a cave filled with paintings of animals

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Archaeologists study the past by

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examining objects that people have left behind.

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What is a geographer?

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an expert who studies Earth's natural and human-made features

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Which of the following is an example of an artifact? a mountain, a plant, a rock, a sculpture

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a sculpture

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What type of social scientist would be most interested in an artifact with writing on it?

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historian

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What type of social scientist would be most interested in how prehistoric people used their environment to survive?

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geographer

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Archaeologist is to artifact as historian is to?

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diary.

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A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time

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before history was written.