Thinking Like a Historian Vocabulary

An artifact or piece of writing that was created by someone who witnessed or lived through an event.

• anthropologist

• primary source

• secondary source

• artifact

An artifact or writing created after an event by someone who did not experience the event.

• secondary source

• primary source

• event

• artifact

A scientist who studies the cultural development of humans.

• archaeologist

• anthropologist

• geologist

• zoologist

A scientist who studies past human life by analyzing fossils and artifacts.

• herpetologist

• archaeologist

• paleontologist

• anthropologist

To be in favor of or against something. How you feel about an event.

• bias

• barter

• fossil

• culture

The application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet people's needs.

• pantheon

• artifact

• technology

• tools

An object made by humans from a past culture.

• artifact

• fossil

• tool

• technology

A group's way of life, including types of food, shelter, clothing, language, religion, behavior, and ideas.

• primary source

• secondary source

• fossil

• culture

This is an example of a ___

• artifact

• tool

• fossil

This is an example of a _______

• catacomb

• tool

• culture

• fossil