Social Studies Review

What is the study of objects to learn about past human life?

• artifacts

• archaeology

• paleontology

• anthropology

Which of these is an artifact?

• stick

• fossil

• stone tool

• rock

What is the study of fossils to learn what life was like long ago?

• paleontology

• archaeology

• anthropology

• biology

What do we call a class of individuals with similar physical characteristics?

• fossils

• artifacts

• species

• none of these

What are first hand pieces of evidence called?

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• evidence

• conclusions

Which of the following would NOT be an example of a primary source?

• encyclopedia

• diary entry

• soldier's uniform

• pottery

What are textbooks and encyclopedias examples of?

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• both primary and secondary sources

• neither primary or secondary sources

It is important for a historian to:

• identify a source's point of view

• look for bias in a source

• determine if a source is trustworthy

• all of these

What is a group of 100 years called?

• decade

• century

• millenium

• none of these

What are the initials that mean "in the year of the Lord"?

• B.C.

• B.C.E.

• A.D.

• C.E.