World History Chapter 1 Vocab

History

• The study of past events
• The study of future events
• The study of present events
• The study of imaginary events

Culture

• A type of food
• A type of clothing
• A type of music
• The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of a group

Historian

• A person who studies and writes about the past
• A person who studies and writes about the future
• A person who studies and writes about the present
• A person who studies and writes about the unknown

Primary Source

• A first-hand account of a historical event

• A second-hand account of a historical event

• A third-hand account of a historical event

• A fourth-hand account of a historical event

Secondary Source

• A first-hand account of a historical event

• A second-hand account of a historical event

• A third-hand account of a historical event

• A fourth-hand account of a historical event

Archaeologist

• A scientist who studies the way humans think

• A person who studies the stars and the universe
• A scientist who finds and studies the things people left behind

• A person who studies the mind and behavior

artifact

• A type of food
• A type of animal
• A type of plant
• An object made by a person for a practical purpose

Anthropologist

• A person who studies the beginnings and the behavior of people

• A person who studies plants
• A person who studies animals
• A person who studies celestial bodies

Radiocarbon dating

• Method to determine the size of fossils

• Method to determine the weight of fossils
• Method to determine the color of fossils
• Method to determine the age of fossils

prehistory

• A period in human history before the invention of writing
• The history of the dinosaurs
• The history of the universe before the Big Bang
• The history of the Earth before life appeared