TCI Investigating the past Through Inquiry Vocab

What is a supporting question?

• 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

• a question that does not have a simple or direct answer and requires some thought and investigation to answer

• a written work that contains important information

• a question that has a concrete answer based on factual information that can be researched and proven

What is a geographer?

• an expert who studies Earth's natural and human-made features

• a person who creates artifacts for other scientists to study

• a person who builds human-made features such as roads

• an expert who studies and records the past

Archaeologist is to artifact as historian is to

• Detective

• Diary

• Landform

• Labratory

What is an argument?

• information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• a written work that contains important information

• a personal leaning or a preference for a particular outlook

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

What is a compelling question?

• 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

• a question that does not have a simple or direct answer and requires some thought and investigation to answer

• a written work that contains important information

• a question that has a concrete answer based on factual information that can be researched and proven

What is a secondary source?

• 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

• the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place

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

• 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

What does inquiry mean?

• a question that does not have a simple or direct answer and requires some thought and investigation to answer

• the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place

• information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• 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

What is an artifact?

• the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place

• information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• an object made or used by people in the past

• a written work that contains important information

People who study ancient history make educated guesses called

• interpretations

• solutions

• investigations

• hypotheses

A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time

• before history was written

• after people lived in caves.

• before humans hunted animals.

• after electricity was discovered.