Topic 1 Study Guide

What is PREHISTORY?

• has NO WRITTEN RECORD of what happened

• The period of time after the invention of the wheel
• The period of time after the discovery of fire
• The period of time after the invention of the computer

What is HISTORY?

• study of math

• A scientific study of nature
• has a WRITTEN RECORD of what happened

• A study of languages

Who studys the past by looking at artifacts?

• Geologist
• Astronomer
• Biologist
• Archaeologist

The study of ancient people and the world that they lived in is ________________.

• Geology
• Biology
• Archaeology
• Astronomy

Paleontology is the study of _________.

• Plants
• Rocks
• Ancient Animals

• Stars

A prehistoric site where artifacts were found that taught us how early people thought

• space

• A famous painting
• Blombos Cave

• Rosetta

Objects made and used by people and include thinhs like tools, weapons, baskets, pots, clothing, furniture, housing and even land.

• Artifacts
• Fossils
• Minerals
• Elements

The measuring of time.

• Calendar
• Compass
• Thermometer
• Chronology

A period in history when people began to measure time.

• Paleontology

• Chronometric Revolution

• Archeology

• Artifacts

Information was written down and a chronology of the past history could be made.

• The invention of writing
• First Chronometric Revolution

• The discovery of fire
• The invention of the printing press