Lesson 1: Geography and Investigating the Past

A person who studies history by digging up sites and analyzing artifacts and fossils.

• historian

• ritual

• archaeologist

• geographer

An expert who studies the physical features of the earth and its people.

• geographer

• culture

• archaeologist

• environment

An expert who studies and records the past.

• geographer

• ritual

• historian

• prehistoric

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

• artifact

• archaeologist

• prehistoric

• ritual

Before written history.

• prehistoric

• artifact

• archaeologist

• ritual

A ceremony, usually religious, performed in a certain order.

• prehistoric

• ritual

• artifact

• geographer

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

• artifact

• archaeologist

• culture

• historian

Where has cave art been found?

• Only in Europe.

• All over the world.

• In areas it rains a lot.

• Mostly underwater.

What continent is this?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

What continent is this?

• North America

• Asia

• Antartica

• South America