What is History? Unit Quiz

Someone who studies human society. They study humans, their cultures, and how they interact with each other.

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Timeline

Any objects made by a human (tools, furniture, pottery, clothing). These tools help us

               understand people from the past.

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Timeline

Someone who studies monuments and artifacts to understand the past.

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

Someone who studies the past (history). Usually focus on primary sources to write books (secondary sources).

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Timeline

Remains or impressions of plants or animals. These are once living things found in rock 

               or sediment.

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Timeline

The tool used to depict time. They display events listed in chronological order.

• Artifacts

• Fossils

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Timeline

History is the study of the past - how events, people, and culture have shaped our world.

• True

• False

B.C. on a timeline means after the birth of Christ.

• True

• False

Clay pots, graves, old buildings, fabric, and wood tools are all examples of artifacts that archaeologists use to study cultures.

• True

• False

Primary sources are original sources that come from the time period being studied while secondary sources are created after the event by someone who did not experience it.

• True

• False