Social Studies Key Terms

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Social Studies Key Terms

• Chapter 3

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• The remains or imprint of a plant or animal from
  a past Geological age.
• A) fossil
• B) prehistory
• C)excavation

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Fossil
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• A system for determining the age of an artifact
  based on the fact that a carbon content
  diminishes at a regular rate

• A sarcophagus
• B Radiocarbon dating
• C Excavation

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Radiocarbon dating
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Information about events recorded after those
events by people who have studied the primary
sources

• A Primary source
• B Oral tradition
• C Secondary source

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Secondary Source
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The recovery and study of remains of the past

• A kitchen midden
• B Megalith
• C Archaeology

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Archaeology
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Stone Coffin

• A kitchen midden
• B Megalith
• C Sarcophagus

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Sarcophagus
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The rubbish including artifacts and bones left by
people of the past

• A Artifact
• B kitchen midden
• C Fossil

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Kitchen midden
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The process of digging up remains of the past

• A excavation
• B sarcophagus
• C Oral tradition

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Excavation
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An object made by humans that is of
archaeological or historical interest

• A Fossil
• B Artifact
• C sarcophagus

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Artifact
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Information about events recorded at the time of
the event

• A Primary source
• B Prehistory
• C Radiocarbon dating

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Primary Source
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History before the development of writing

• A Secondary Source
• B Kitchen Midden
• C Prehistory

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Prehistory
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The legends, myths and beliefs that a culture
passes from generation to generation by word

• A Artifact
• B Oral tradition
• CArchaeology

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Oral Tradition
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A large stone used in prehistoric buildings

• A sarcophagus
• B Excavation
• C Megalith

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Megalith