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SocialStudiesUnit1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| History | A written record of what happened in the past. |
| Prehistory | Time before written history |
| Oral Tradition | Legends, myths, and beliefs that a culture passes from generation to generation by word of mouth. |
| Historian | An expert who studies and records the past. |
| Archaeologist | An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind. |
| Geographer | An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features. |
| Primary Source | Information about people or events from the time the people lived or the events took place. |
| Secondary Source | Information about people or events recorded long after the people lived or the events took place. |
| Excavation | Digging in an area of ground to uncover remains from the past. |
| Artifact | An object made or used by people in the past. |
| Fossil | Remains or imprint of a plant or animal from a past age. |
| Anthropologist | A scientist who studies human development. |
| Hominin | An early ancestor of humans. |
| Migrate | To move from one geographic place to another. |
| Ritual | Relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony. |