TCI Lesson 1- Investigating the Past

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Which of the following is a topic that would be included in the study of ancient history?
- the causes of World War II
- where early humans lived
- the first American president
- where the airplane was invented

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where early humans lived

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What is a geographer?

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an expert who studies Earth's natural and human-made features

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People who study ancient history make educated guesses called

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hypotheses

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Archaeologists study the past by

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examining objects that people have left behind

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Which of the following is an example of an artifact? a mountain, a plant, a rock, a sculpture

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a sculpture

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What type of social scientist would be most interested in an artifact with writing on it?

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historian

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What type of social scientist would be most interested in how prehistoric people used their environment to survive?

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geographer

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Archaeologist is to artifact as historian is to

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diary

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A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time

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before history was written

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Cave paintings have been found

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all over the world