Module 1 - Uncovering the Past

People who interpret the past based on what objects people have left behind are called ______________.

• writers

• historians

• geologists

• archaeologists

People who study how people lived their daily lives, often through oral or written stories are called ____________.

• historians

• writers

• archaeologists

• geologists

The study of the past.

• History

• Culture

• Archaeology

• Fossil

The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

• History

• Culture

• Archaeology

• Fossil

The study of the past based on what people left behind.

• History

• Culture

• Archaeology

• Fossil

A part or imprint of something that was once alive (like bones or footprints).

• History

• Culture

• Archaeology

• Fossil

Objects created by and used by humans.

• Artifacts

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• History

An account of an event created by someone who witnessed the actual event.

• Artifacts

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• History

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in an event.

• Artifacts

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• History

The type of evidence that an archaeologist would find most useful is a(n)

• artifact

• primary source

• secondary source

• landform