TCI 7 - 1 social scientists interpret the past vocabulary

an expert who studies the past by examining objects

• geometric

• public policy

• archaeologists

• historian

relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony

• document

• archaeologists

• prehistoric

• ritual

a document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred

• texture

• archaeologists

• environment

• primary source

the laws and regulations that determine how problems can be solved in response to social issues

• geographer

• approximately

• public policy

• ritual

a personal leaning or a preference for a particular outlook

• artifact

• ritual

• bias

• public policy

an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

• compelling question

• geographer

• archaeologists

• artifact

a document or other record of past events created by someone who was not present during the events or the time period in which they occurred

• supporting question

• argument

• primary source

• secondary source

an expert who studies and records the past

• approximately

• evidence

• historian

• geometric

the position that researchers take about a particular topic, based on the evidence that they have gathered

• ritual

• artifact

• argument

• secondary source

in history, the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place

• compelling question

• evidence

• inquiry

• geographer