Prehistory Vocabulary Challenge

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

A conclusion made by combining observations and background knowledge:

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

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

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.

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

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.