SS Unit 1 Vocabulary

A period of 10 years

• decade

• century

• era

• millenium

A period of 100 years

• era

• decade

• century

• mellenium

A long period of time sharing a particular characteristic

• decade

• era

• century

• millenium

A scientist who studies remains that humans have left behind

• geologist

• archaeologist

• minerologist

• computer

an object made or used by humans

• artifact

• fossil

• mess

• decade

Don Johansen found a ___________ in Africa that belonged to an early species that walked upright.

• fossil

• artifact

• hat

• weapon

Early humans were called ______________ .

• fossils

• artifacts

• hunter-gatherers

• decades

A primary source about a historical event comes from someone who was

• actually at the event

• watching a movie

• writing a school essay

• researching in a library

An article online from a museum website that discusses Greek pottery would be

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Which of the following is a secondary source?

• A diary entry written by a WW1 soldier

• A photo of a Civil War soldier

• A magazine article about Ancient China

• A handwritten letter from a Greek ruler to one of his children