Social Studies Key TermsSocial Studies Key Terms

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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