Thinking Like A Historian Review

What is the study of objects and artifacts to learn about people in the past called?

• Anthropology

• Fossil

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

What is an object made by people called?

• Artifact

• Paleontology

• Archaeology

• Species

What is the study of fossils and remains of plants and animals called?

• Archaeology

• Artifact

• Paleontology

• Species

What is the study of human beings and their culture, and how it develops over time called?

• Anthropology

• Paleontology

• Artifact

• Archaeology

What are animal or plant remains that were preserved in the earth called?

• Fossil

• Artifact

• Paleontology

• Archaeology

What is the classification of living things with similar characteristics called?

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Species

• Fossil

What is firsthand evidence of an event throughout history called?

• Credentials

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Bias

What is a document that was created after a historical event has already happened called?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Credentials

• Bias

What is having a view that favors one side called?

• Credentials

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Bias

What is it called when someone has experience and it makes them qualified for a certain task?

• Primary Source

• Bias

• Credentials

• Secondary Source