Chapter 1: Investigating the Past Vocabulary Terms

A person who looks for bones, tools, and artifacts from people who lived long ago to find out how people lived then is a(n)....

• geologist

• archaeologist

• historian

• explorer

an expert who studies and records the past is a(n)...

• historian

• geographer

• archaeologist

• geologist

an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features

• archaeologist

• historian

• geographer

• zoologist

An object made by human beings; often refers to a tool or object from an earlier time period:

• symbol

• artifact

• geographer

• ritual

a ceremonial act; a customary procedure

• ritual

• artifact

• historian

• map

the time or period before recorded or written history

• before covid

• artifact

• CC

• prehistoric