Investigating the Past U1L1

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