Core Concepts Parts 1-4 Review

What is archaeology?

• the study of cultures

• history before writing was invented

• something created by humans

What is prehistory?

• the study of cultures

• history before writing was invented

• something created by humans

What is an artifact?

• the study of cultures

• history before writing was invented

• something made by humans

What is culture?

• a set of beliefs, traditions, behaviors,

  and a way of life of a group of people

• beliefs, customs, traditions

• a group of people who believe in the same things

  and how to live

• all of these

Using the “Voyages of Christopher Columbus timeline,

what year was Columbus born?

• 1451

• 1470

• 1500

• 1525

Using the “Voyages of Christopher Columbus timeline,

what year did Columbus discover the New World?

• 1451

• 1500

• 1492

• 1525

A magazine article about 9-11

on its 10-year anniversary is a

_____ source?

• primary

• secondary

The online textbook we use in this

class is a _____ source?

• primary

• secondary

A diary kept by a soldier during

the Civil War is a ______ source?

• primary

• secondary

Who makes up an extended family?

more than one answer

• parents and children

• friends and neighbors

• aunts and uncles

• cousins and grandparents