Studying the Distant Past

a long period of time with a very specific characteristic

• era
• decade
• century
• millenium

a group of ten years

• century

• millennium

• decade

• era

a period of 100 years

• era

• millennium

• decade

• century

a period of 1000 years

• era

• millennium

• decade

• century

An object that is made or changed by a human, and is of historical interest

• artifact
• fossil
• document

The remains, or an impression, of a living organism from the past

• fossil
• artifact
• document

Written information about and from a specific time in history

• document
• artifact
• fossil

Studies humans and how they behave

• anthropologist
• archaeologist
• historian
• paleontologist
• geographer

Studies the past using artifacts

• anthropologist
• archaeologist
• historian
• paleontologist
• geographer

Studies the past through documents and evidence collected by social scientists

• anthropologist
• archaeologist
• historian
• paleontologist
• geographer