7th grade social studies chapter 1 vocab

A large division of time

• era

• archaeology

• artifact

• fossil

The study of objects to learn about past human life

• artifact

• archaeology

• anthropology

• fossil

Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time

• species

• artifact

• fossil

• era

An object made by people

• decade

• species

• bias

• artifact

The study of human culture and how it develops over time

• anthropology

• conclusion

• scholarly

• evidence

A class of individuals with similar physical characteristics

• fossil

• species

• secondary sources

• point of view

The study of fossils

• species

• evidence

• paleontology

• point of view

Something that shows proof that something is true

• point of view

• species

• bias

• evidence

First hand evidence of an event in history

• secondary source

• Primary source

• bias

• evidence

A document or written work created after an event

• bias

• secondary source

• primary source

• species