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What is the study of History about?
What is the study of History about?
The study of past events
Which of the Social Studies would be interested in the
following picture?
Which of the Social Studies would be interested in the following
picture?
Geography
This specialist would be able to tell us how rocks were formed.
This specialist would be able to tell us how rocks were formed.
Geologist
What years do we believe the Paleolithic Age began and
ended?
What years do we believe the Paleolithic Age began and
ended?
2 million B.C.E. – 8000 B.C.E.
How did the use of fire improve life (2 ways)?
How did the use of fire improve life (2 ways)?
Heat for cold weather
Cooking food to prevent diseases
True or False.
An Archeologist studies ancient human culture/society.
True or False
An Archeologist studies ancient human culture/society.
True
This specialist uses acid to analyze pollen.
This specialist uses acid to analyze pollen.
Botanist
What is the study of human interaction known as?
What is the study of human interaction known as?
Sociology
This specialist can learn about different creatures by studying
fossilized imprints.
This specialist can learn about different creatures by studying
fossilized imprints.
Paleoanthropologist
Name 1 of the types of dating Chemists use to see how old
objects are.
Name 1 of the types of dating Chemists use to see how old
objects are.
Radiocarbon Dating
Potassium-Argon Dating
Define the term Economics.
Define the term Economics.
The knowledge about the exchange of goods
Name 2 advantages of being a biped.
Name 2 advantages of being a biped.
Being able to carry things
Reach trees more easily
Taller for detecting predators
What does “Homo habilis” mean?
What does “Homo habilis” mean?
Handy Man
List 2 examples of Political Science.
List 2 examples of Political Science.
Teachers/Students
President
Governments
Etc.
Of all of the hominids studied in class,
which creature had the best sense of community?
Of all of the hominids studied in class,
which creature had the best sense of community?
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis or
Neanderthals
True or False.
The strongest tools during the Paleolithic Age was made of
bone.
True or False.
The strongest tools during the Paleolithic Age was made of
bone.
False
What type of statement is based on evidence but cannot be
fully proven?
What type of statement is based on evidence but cannot be
fully proven?
Reasoned Judgment
This term is used to describe people with no permanent home.
They move from place to place following food.
This term is used to describe people with no permanent
home. They move from place to place following food.
Nomads
Define the term Agriculture.
Define the term Agriculture.
Farming and the domestication of animals
When did the Neolithic Age Begin and End?
When did the Neolithic Age Begin and End?
8000 B.C.E. - 3000 B.C.E.
How many years are between the following?
400 B.C.E. – 350 C.E.
How many years are between the following?
400 B.C.E. – 350 C.E.
750 years
What does the term B.C.E. stand for?
What does the term B.C.E. stand for?
Before the Common Era
What terms were used to measure years before the terms
B.C.E. and C.E.?
What terms were used to measure years before the terms
B.C.E. and C.E.?
B.C. and A.D.
Pre-History is…
Pre-History is…
The time before writing.
Name the century during which the following date occurs?
31 B.C.E.
Name the century during which the following date occurs?
31 B.C.E. (1st century B.C.E.)