Social Studies 1 - Investigating the Past Vocabulary

An expert who studies the past by examining objects is called an...

• astronomer

• archaeologist

• geologist

• historian

An artifact is...

• a written work that contains important information

• an object made or used by people today

• an important characteristic of something

• an object made or used by people in the past

All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate ...

• is the environment

• is a geographer

• are features

• is texture

An important part or characteristic of something is called...

• a feature

• an environment

• a ritual

• a document

A geographer is...

• an expert who studies and records the past

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

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

A historian is...

• an expert who studies and records the past

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

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

The time before written history is called ______________ times.

• prehistoric

• historic

• post-historic

• artifact

A __________________________ relates to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony.

• document

• feature

• historian

• ritual

Texture is...

• a written work that contains important information

• relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

• the characteristics of an object’s surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing it

• Earth’s natural and human-made features

A document is a _______________________ that contains important information.

• musical work

• written work

• homework

• teamwork