Unit One Lesson 1 and 2 Vocabulary

Archaeologist

• an object made or used by people in the past

• geographer

  an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• an expert who studies and records the past

• before written history

artifact

• an object made or used by people in the past

• an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• an expert who studies and records the past

• before written history

prehistoric

• an object made or used by people in the past

• an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• an expert who studies and records the past

• before written history

ritual

• an object made or used by people in the past

• relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• an expert who studies and records the past

• before written history

geographer

• an object made or used by people in the past

• an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• an expert who studies and records the past

• before written history

historian

• an object made or used by people in the past

• an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• an expert who studies and records the past

• before written history

anthropologist

• an early ancestor of humans

• ability or skill

• to move from one geographic region to another

• a scientist who studies human development

capability

• an early ancestor of humans

• ability or skill

• to move from one geographic region to another

• a scientist who studies human development

hominin

• an early ancestor of humans

• ability or skill

• to move from one geographic region to another

• a scientist who studies human development

capability

• an early ancestor of humans

• ability or skill

• to move from one geographic region to another

• a scientist who studies human development