Chapter 1 vocabulary

primary source

• a first-hand account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

• an object created and used by humans

• a community of people who share a common culture

• a way a society is organized

history

• the study of the past

• a first-hand account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

• the information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

• an object created and used by humans

secondary source

• the information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

• an object created and used by humans

• to make something happen

• a community of people who share a common culture

archaeology

• the study of the past based on materials people have left behind

• the result of an action or decision

• use or function

• to make something happen

artifacts

• an object created and used by humans

• a part or imprint of something that was once alive

• the information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

• the study of the past

society

• a community of people who share a common culture

• the study of the past

• an object created and used by humans

• the information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

fossil

• a part or imprint of something that was once alive

• to make something happen

• a community of people who share a common culture

• the study of the past

effect

• the result of an action or decision

• an object created and used by humans

• to make something happen

• a community of people who share a common culture

social structure

• a way a society is organized

• the study of the past based on materials people have left behind

• the result of an action or decision

• an object created and used by humans

purpose

• use or function

• an object created and used by humans

• the study of the past

• the study of the past based on materials people have left behind