Social Studies Key TermsSocial Studies Key Terms
Chapter 3
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The remains or imprint of a plant or animal from a past Geological age.
A) fossilB) prehistoryC)excavation
FossilFossil
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
Radiocarbon datingRadiocarbon dating
Information about events recorded after Information about events recorded after those events by people who have studied those events by people who have studied
the primary sourcesthe primary sources
A: Primary source
B: Oral tradition
C: Secondary source
Secondary SourceSecondary Source
The recovery and study of remains The recovery and study of remains of the pastof the past
A: kitchen midden
B: Megalith
C: Archaeology
ArchaeologyArchaeology
Stone CoffinStone Coffin
A: kitchen midden
B: Megalith
C: Sarcophagus
SarcophagusSarcophagus
The rubbish including artifacts and The rubbish including artifacts and bones left by people of the pastbones left by people of the past
A: Artifact
B: kitchen midden
C: Fossil
Kitchen middenKitchen midden
The process of digging up The process of digging up remains of the pastremains of the past
A: excavation
B: sarcophagus
C: Oral tradition
ExcavationExcavation
An object made by humans An object made by humans that is of archaeological or that is of archaeological or
historical interesthistorical interest
A: Fossil
B: Artifact
C: sarcophagus
ArtifactArtifact
Information about events Information about events recorded at the time of the recorded at the time of the
eventeventA: Primary source
B: Prehistory
C: Radiocarbon dating
Primary SourcePrimary Source
History before the History before the development of writingdevelopment of writing
A: Secondary Source
B: Kitchen Midden
C Prehistory
PrehistoryPrehistory
The legends, myths and beliefs The legends, myths and beliefs that a culture passes from that a culture passes from
generation to generation by wordgeneration to generation by word
A: Artifact
B: Oral tradition
C:Archaeology
Oral TraditionOral Tradition
A large stone used in A large stone used in prehistoric buildingsprehistoric buildings
A: sarcophagus
B: Excavation
C: Megalith
MegalithMegalith