Ancient Civilizations

Archaeologists

• Study human life now to understand the past

• Study human life in the past

• Study human life in the past by examining the things they left behind

• Study human life in the past by examining the things people do

Prehistory

• A time before history

• A time before written records

• A time before people knew history

• A time for people to write

Fossils

• Preserved ancient weapons to understand the past.

• Hardened objects put in museums

• Remains of people, animals, or plants.

• Preserved remains of ancient humans, animals, or plants.

Geologists

• Scientists who study the physical materials of the Earth itself, such as soil and rocks.

• Scientists who study DNA to understand the past.

• Scientists who study books to understand the Earth.

• Scientists who understand the past by looking at the things people left behind.

Artifacts

• Anything made or used by humans

• Anything people make

• Objects people make to make life easier

• Ancient objects that help us understand people

Hunter Gatherer

• People that picked fruits and vegetables

• People that hunted animals

• People that lived by hunting animals and gathering plants.

• People that lived by surviving off of living things.

Culture

• A legacy left for people to understand their past.

• What people believe in to pass down to their children.

• Customs of a particular nation or group of people.

• Beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people.

Evidence

• Something that people use to help investigators solve crimes.

• Something that can be used as proof.

• Something to help people understand life in the past.

• Something to help people put criminals in jail.

Conclude

• To decide something.

• To decide as a result of thinking or reasoning.

• To understand a decision.

• To decide that a decision was correctly made.

What phrase defines the term prehistory?

• Before computers

• Before the year 0

• Before written records

• Before the year 2000.