Studying World History Vocabulary

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

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Artifact

What is the study of fossils?

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Artifact

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

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Artifact

What is an object made by people?

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Artifact

What is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Era

• Fossil

Match the terms to the definition.

• Classification of similar living things.

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• Having a view that favors one side.

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• Someone qualified for a certain task.

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A ​ (a)   was created after a historical event has already happened. A document created by someone who was ​ (b)   to experience it.

• secondary source
• NOT there
• primary source
• THERE

Place these dates in the correct order.

• 5 B.C.

• 5 A.D.

• 10 A.D.

• 10 B.C.

• 1 B.C.

An _________ is a large chunk of time. An example would be the Middle Ages.

• Fossil

• Era

• Timeline

• Bias

Match each word to the correct number of years.

• 10 years

• Century

• 100 years

• Decade

• 1,000 years

• Millennium