Estudios Sociales Vocabulario

Who is an anthropologist?

• A person who studies the origin, history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• A person that studies the origin, history, structure, and composition of the Earth.

• A person who studies living things.

• A person who designs buildings and supervises their construction.

What is an artifact?

• A toy.

• A natural resource.

• An organism.

• An object made by a human being.

What is a hunter-gatherer?

• A person who collect different things.

• A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing and harvesting wild food.

• A person who farms.

• A member of the community who helps other.

What is prehistory?

• Actual time and events.

• The time when written records were kept.

• The time before written records were kept.

• The time you were born.

What is a fossil?

• Decomposed organism.

• The remains of ancient cities.

• The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in a rock.

• The remains of organisms after a storm, fire or anatural disaster

What is culture?

• The customs, traditions, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people or social group.

• The inability to adapt to your surroundings.

• To be impolite and rude.

• A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.

What is a geologist?

• A person who studies the origin, history, structure, and composition of the Earth.

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

• A person who studies living organisms.

• A person who designs buildings and supervises constructions.

What is history?

• Actual time.

• Present events.

• Past events.

• Prehistoric events.

What is evidence?

• Knowledge on which to base my believes, information that suggest the truth of a matter.

• A guess of what can be possible.

• My opinion of a topic.

• Prior knowledge.

What is a conclusion?

• A personal belief or judgement that is not founded on proof or certainty.

• An event known to have happened or something known to have existed.

• Judgement on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions.

• Decide by reasoning; make up my mind to decide one way or another.