Chapter 1/Lesson 1 Vocabulary

The main job of a historian is to

• clean a museum

• talk to tourists

• examine the causes of the past

• write in a daily journal

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
• To find cool stuff underground
• To study the relationship between geography and fossils 

A spear-throwing device created by the Meso

• Nomadic
• Atlatl
• Mounds
• Artifacts

Nomadic means to

• Sleep in tents
• Move around frequently
• Stay in one place

What is an artifact

• something a paleontologist finds 
• Any object made by  humans left behind
  
• The remains of an animal or plant that died and  left a bone or imprint long ago.
• a book

  describes a society that traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers.

• culture
• kiva
• reason
• matrilineal

Petroglyphs are a form of _________ art.

• painted 
• sculpture 
• rock
• schlock

The time before history was recorded is _______________________________.

• Prehistoric

• Hominids

• Ancestors