Across
- 6. a person who studies and writes about history using primary and secondary sources
- 7. A __________ is used to show events in order.
- 9. In studying history ________ thinking is very important.
- 13. the study and accounts of the past
- 15. A period of ten years
- 16. A source of info about the past written or made by someone after the event/time period
- 17. A source of info about the past written, used, or made by someone who was at the event/lived in the time period
- 18. The calendar widely used today is called the ___________ calendar and was developed by a Pope.
- 19. the study of human history using artifacts found at excavation [dig] sites
Down
- 1. the period of time before written records
- 2. Historians ask many __________ when studying the past.
- 3. The first types of calendars were lunar - based on the ______
- 4. the study of humans and their culture
- 5. The ________ calendar was based on the son and developed by Roman leader Julius Caesar.
- 8. A period of time in history; i.e. the Renaissance era
- 10. early inventions like the ______ led to carts and chariots and now in modern times, cars.
- 11. bonus questions: what is the oldest type of writing, found on clay tablets in Mesopotamia (from our artifact analysis lesson)
- 12. the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- 14. things made by humans and used by archaeologists and historians to recreate a picture of the past
- 16. one of the basic units of biological classification; a group of animals, plants, etc that are similar and can reproduce