Ch.1 review p.2

The artifacts and other discoveries unearthed by scientists become ____________.

Historians use certain sources as evidence to help make _______________ about how people lived in the past.

The artifacts and other discoveries unearthed by scientists become ____________.

One example of a scientist that unearths history is __________.

Archaeologists study...

• the past by looking at the artifacts people left behind.

• the fossils of plants and animal life.

• how human culture has changed over time.

• how different cultures clashed and compromised.

Paleontologists study...

• the past by looking at the artifacts people left behind.

• the fossils of plants and animal life.

• how human culture has changed over time.

• how different cultures clashed and compromised.

Anthropologists study...

• the past by looking at the artifacts people left behind.

• the fossils of plants and animal life.

• how human culture has changed over time.

• how different cultures clashed and compromised.

What are some examples of primary sources?

• letters

• biographies

• physical objects created during that time in the past

• textbooks

What are some examples of secondary sources?

• articles written recently about events in the past

• autobiographies

• encyclopedias

• diaries from the past

Primary sources are...

• first-hand pieces of evidence

• created after the event...by people who were not part of the historical event