What is Social Studies? Unit 1

A large division of time.

• fossil

• species

• era

• artifact

The study of the past by looking at what people left behind.

• paleontology

• anthropology

• fossils

• archaeology

An object made by people.

• artifacts

• era

• fossil

• species

The study of the past using fossils.

• archaeology

• palentology

• fossils

• anthropology

Plants or animals that have been preserved from an earlier time.

• era

• fossil

• artifact

• species

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

• paleontology

• anthropology

• archaeology

• fossil

A class of individuals with similar physical characteristics.

• era

• artifact

• species

• fossil