Prehistory Vocabulary Challenge

An object made and used by humans (in the past) that can be studied in the present.

• Fossil
• Artifact
• Inference
• Material

A person who studies the past based on what people left behind.

• Archaeologist
• Anthropologist
• Geologist
• Cartographer

A conclusion made by combining observations and background knowledge:

• Observation
• Guess
• Inference
• Hominid

Priya is researching her family tree and comes across a relative who lived long ago. What would this relative be referred to as?

• sibling

• ancestor

• hominid

• anthopologist

During a hike, Zoe and Hannah found what looked like a stone with an imprint of something that was once alive. What did they find?

• a fossil

• a geode

• litter

• a secondary source

Humans sometimes _________far distances over a long period of time to find new areas to live.

• ran

• migrated

• survived

• breathed

Charlotte found a handwritten letter from her great-grandmother from 1918. This is an example of a(n) _________ source because it is from the time period she's studying in her history class.

• reliable

• secondary

• primary

• obdervational

Textbooks and encyclopedias help us learn about the past, and because they are not from the original time period they are considered ____________ sources.

• secondary
• primary
• useless
• unoriginal

Before humans invented agriculture, most people were ____________________ and had to survive by following herds of animals in warm climate zones.

• carnivores
• merchants
• farmers
• hunter-gatherers

Theo, a budding historian, discovers a new artifact. The first thing he must do is to make _______________ about what he found, similar to a detective looking for clues.

• guesses

• inferences

• observations

• claims