Investigating the Past Vocabulary Quiz

an expert who studies the past

by examining objects

(a)  

an object made or used by

people in the past

(a)  

all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land,

water, animals, plants, and climate

(a)  

an important part or characteristic of something

(a)  

an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s

natural and human-made features

(a)  

an expert who studies and records the past

(a)  

before written history

(a)  

relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

(a)  

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

(a)  

having a form composed of one or a number of simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, or circles

(a)