How do We Study History?

history

• Objects created and used by humans

• The study of the past

• The knowledge, beliefs, customs and values of a group of people

era

• a type of artifact

• a division of time

• a challenging time

archaeology

• The knowledge, beliefs, customs and values of a group of people

• Objects created and used by humans

• The study of objects to learn about past human life

fossil

• The study of the past

• plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time

• The knowledge, beliefs, customs and values of a group of people

artifact

• The knowledge, beliefs, customs and values of a group of people

• The study of the past

• An object made (and used by) people

anthropology

• the study of human culture and how it develops over time

• the study of fossils

• the study of objects

paleontology

• the study of artifacts

• the study of culture

• the study of fossils

species

• a label for an era in time

• a type of artifact

• a class of individuals with similar physical characterisitics

A group of 10 years is called a...

• millennium

• century

• decade

A group of 100 years is called a...

• millennium

• century

• decade