What is History? - Vocabulary

This term refers to the study of fossils to learn what the world was like long ago.

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Biology

The study of the people and events of the past.

• Era

• History

• Fossil

• Artifact

Objects made by people that help archaeologists learn what life was like in the past.

• Fossils

• Artifacts

• Bones

• Leaves

A reason that something happened.

• Excuse

• Effect

• Cause

• Trait

A large division of time.

• History

• Error

• Event

• Era

This term refers to studying the past by looking at what people left behind.

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Biology

The remains of plant or animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time.

• Species

• Document

• Artifact

• Fossil

This term refers to the study of human culture and how it develops over time.

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Biology

What happens after an event.

• Effect

• Trait

• Cause

• Excuse

A class of individuals with similar physical characteristics.

• Species

• Fossil

• Artifact

• Era