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Common Social Studies Terms_Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Artifact

c)

Primary Source

d)

Analyze

2.

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.

a)

Historian

b)

Archaeologist

c)

Primary Source

d)

Secondary Source

3.

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

a)

Historian

b)

Archaeologist

c)

Secondary Source

d)

Artifact

4.

An expert who studies and records the past by analyzing primary sources

a)

Historian

b)

Primary Source

c)

Archaeologist

d)

Document

5.

An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind

a)

Document

b)

Historian

c)

Paleontologist

d)

Archaeologist

6.

To look at something, like a primary source, and carefully pay attention to all parts of the artifact or document, to gain an understanding

a)

Perspective

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Primary Source

d)

Analyze

7.

A point of view from which historical events, documents, artifacts and other things are viewed, both from the past and present

a)

Analyze

b)

Perspective

c)

Secondary Source

d)

Primary Source

8.

Judging of other cultures , both past and present, based on one's own standards and customs of own culture.

a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Perspective

c)

Artifact

d)

Primary Source

9.

The study of the past, specifically relating to human activity and events

a)

History

b)

Geography

c)

Artifact

d)

Analyze

10.

The study of the earth's physical and cultural features

a)

History

b)

Archaeologist

c)

Geography

d)

Perspective

11.

a system of political and social representation and control

a)

History

b)

Culture

c)

Government

d)

Perspective

12.

The beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people that are passed from one generation to another

a)

Geography

b)

Culture

c)

Primary Source

d)

Perspective