Prehistory Flashcard

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What is anthropology?

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The study of how human beings behave and interact

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What is an archaeologist?

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A person who studies human life in the past.

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What is prehistory?

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A time before written records

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What are artifacts?

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Anything made or used by humans

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_____ sources are first-hand, or eyewitness, accounts of what happened.

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Primary

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_____ sources might include what an eyewitness wrote in newspaper, diaries, and letters.

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Primary

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Why are dates important?

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Dates help organize time and mark significant events.

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Why do we have different calendars?

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We have different calendars to reflect diverse cultural, astronomical, and historical factors.

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What is secondary sources?

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Secondary sources are works that analyze, interpret, or summarize primary sources.

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History is the record of ______events.

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past