What Does a Historian Do?

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the study of objects to learn about past human life

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archaeology

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a decision reached after examination of evidence

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conclusion

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an object made by people

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artifact

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concerned with academic learning or research

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scholarly

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the study of human culture and how it develops over time

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anthropology

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Ten decades is call a

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Century

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Which of the following is considered a primary resource? Diary, Encyclopedia, Junior Scholastic magazine, History textbook

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Diary

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Historians studying the same topic will always come to the same conclusion.

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False

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Why didn't this cave painting include a written description of what was happening?

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It was drawn before people learned to write.

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What can you infer from the cave painting?

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Hunting was important to the people.