Uncovering The Past Quiz Review for Friday

_______ is the study of places and people.

• HIstory
• Enviornment
• Geography
• Geology

Environment is all the living and _______________ things that affect life in an area

• Beautiful
• Ancient
• Nonliving
• Historical

__________________ are materials found in the earth that people need and value

• Regions
• Landforms
• Geographers
• Resources

Lines of ________________ run north to south and measure location from the prime meridian (Think Vertical / columns)

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Equator
• Maps

Lines of ______________ run east to west and measure the distance from the equator ( think horizonal / rows)

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Prime Meridian
• Maps

Why are historians interested in studying the past?

• to find better ways to control the climate
• to improve the ability to travel to outer space
• to increase crop production in order to feed more people
• to understand how people solved problems that they faced

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

• Diary
• Textbook
• Magazines
• All of the above

Historians use many kinds of ____________ to understand how people lived in the past

• Letters
• Cities
• Clues and artifacts
• Plants

Fossils and artifacts give information about early ______________

• Animals
• Villages
• Nations
• Humans

BONUS:
Who is the iceman?

• Lucy

• Oxy

• Otzi

• Icee