Intro to World History Vocabulary

Define History

• History is the study of the people and events of the past.

• History is the study of schools.

• History in the study of nothing.

• History is how you will get into college.

Explain the job of a historian.

• The people that studies the remains left behind by humans.

• The people that studies dinosaurs.

• The people that studies culture.

• The people that studies history & write about it. (Writes Textbooks)

Explain the job of an archaeologist.

• The people that studies the remains left behind by humans.

• The people that studies dinosaurs.

• The people that studies culture.

• The people that studies history & write about it. (Writes Textbooks)

Define Artifacts.

• an object made/used by a human being in the past.

• The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

Define fossils.

• an object made/used by a human being in the past.

• The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

Artifact or fossil?

• artifact

• fossil

Artifact or fossil?

• artifact

• fossil

Artifact or fossil?

• artifact

• fossil

Artifact or fossil?

• artifact

• fossil

How are artifacts used to help historians learn about the past?

• Artifacts help historians learn what objects people used.

• Artifacts help historians learn about animals from the past.