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What is History
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archaeology | The study of artifacts to tell about human culture. |
| Anthropology | The study of human culture and how it changes over time. |
| Artifact | An object made by humans that tells about their culture. |
| Bias | Showing favoritism to one thing, person, or group compared to another thing, person, or group. |
| Century | A time period of 100 years. |
| Conclusion | Judgement or decision reached by reasoning. |
| Culture | The ideas, beliefs, and customs of a group of peole. |
| Decade | A time period of 10 years. |
| Economics | The production, consumption, and transfer of wealth. (Money of a society) |
| Epoch | A large division of time; EX: decade, century, millennium |
| Era | A large division of time. |
| Evidence | Proof that something is true or that something has happened. |
| Finite | Having a limit or an end. |
| Fossil | Dead human, plant, or animal remains. |
| Found | When something is discovered by chance. |
| Heritage | Something handed down from the past- EX: honor, pride, courage |
| Histiography | The study of historical writing. |
| Integral | Very important |
| Interpretation | An explanation of a historical work. EX: primary or secondary source |
| Millennium | A time period of 1,000 years. |
| Paleontology | The study of fossils. |
| Point of View | Opinions, attitudes, feelings, or beliefs about something. |
| Political Science | The study of systems of government, politics, and behavior. |
| Precise | Exact |
| Primary Source | First hand evidence that an event has occurred; eye-witness account account of an event. |
| Scholarly | Relating to an educational study |
| Secondary Source | Second hand evidence of an event occurring in history. |
| Species | A group of individuals that share certain traits and can produce offspring. |