Core Concepts 1

people who study the past

• writer
• scientist
• historian
• mechanic

line marked off with a series of events and dates

• chronology
• number line
• timeline
• period

list of events in the order in which they occurred

• timeline
• chronology
• period
• length

length of time singled out because of a specific event or development

• chronology
• timeline
• historian
• period

time before humans invented writing

• history
• prehistory

B.C.E.

• before common era
• before christ
• before cows eat
• before common episode

study of stuff people leave behind

• anthropology
• archaeology

study of people, especially culture

• anthropology
• archaeology

information that comes directly from someone who experienced an event

• primary source
• secondary source

unfair preference or dislike of something

• opinion
• judgement
• bias
• lack of vision