Chapter 1 Vocab Review

What is the study of objects to learn about past human life called?

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Biology

Which term describes a large division of time?

• Decade

• Century

• Era

• Millennium

What is an object made by people called?

• Fossil

• Artifact

• Species

• Primary source

What is the study of fossils known as?

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Paleontology

• Geology

What are plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time called?

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Species

• Secondary sources

What is the study of human culture and how it develops over time?

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Paleontology

• Sociology

What is a group of 10 years called?

• Century

• Era

• Decade

• Millennium

What is firsthand evidence of an event in history called?

• Secondary source

• Artifact

• Primary source

• Fossil

What is a document or written work created after an event called?

• Primary source

• Secondary source

• Artifact

• Fossil