Why Study History Vocabulary

An_________ is an object that was created or shaped by a human being

A historian is a person that

• learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind

• studies ancient plants or plant fossils

• an expert who studies and records the past

• farms

The levant is

• a person that is extremely high functioning in a very specific area, but extremely low in other areas

• the eastern Mediterranean region from western Turkey to western Egypt.

• a group of linked ideas intended to explain something.

• the period of the stone age associated with the ancient agricultural revolution.

What is the definition of a theory?

• A group of linked ideas intended to explain something.

• A random set of questions.

• a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

• a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

Paleobotanist

• a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• The branch of study that deals with plant fossils and ancient vegetation

• The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.

• The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.

A Fossil is a

• A type of bone found in certain air breathing creatures.

• a piece of processed rock that has been turned into an ore.

• An object made or shaped by a human being

• A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.

Archaeology

• The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery.

• The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.

• The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.

• an expert who studies and records the past

Natufian

• The first Europeans

• the period of the stone age associated with the ancient agricultural revolution. It follows the paleolithic period.

• The type of artifacts associated with the Indus river valley

• A type of plant used by ancient man to cure headaches

Which term correctly identifies the era known as the old stone age

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

• Jurassic

• Cambrian

Which term is synonymous with farming?

• Manufacturing

• Retail

• Wholesale

• Agriculture