WorksheetsInvestigating the Past U1L1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
an expert who studies the past by examining objects
archaeologist
historian
geographer
anthropologist
an object made or used by people in the past
climate
geometric
archaeologist
artifact
all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate
movement
environment
region
location
an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features
archaeologist
geographer
historian
mathamitician
an expert who studies and records the past
surgeon
historian
geographer
archaeologist
before written history
preview
prehistoric
preliminary
pretense
relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
practice
play
ritual
belief
a written work that contains important information
document
artifact
texture
ritual
someone who searches for information on a particular subject
looker
researcher
finder
seeker
Social scientists are scholars who study
astronomy
dinosaur skeletons
animal behavior
human society
People who study the past are most like
artists
builders
dectectives
teachers
Why do historians read old documents and papers from the past?
to agree on plans for the guture
to compare their ideas of history
to learn to speak a different language
to find out what happened and why
What challenge does the study of prehistoric history present to us?
written records that can't be read
huge amounts of artifacts to look at
lack of evidence from the period of time
conflicting views in ancient diaries
Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?
make maps
examine objects
read old newspapers
study the Earth's features
An object made or used by people in the past is called
an artifact
a document
a ritual
a theory
Which of the following is a human-made feature that a geography would study?
a cave
a road
a spear
volcano
How do we know that cave artists used scaffolding to stand on?
many trees grew in the area
The ancient wood is still there
Pictures of the scaffolding are still there
Some paintings are too high to reach from the floor
