2. Social Studies Key Terms Chapter 3

3. ???? The remains or imprint of a plant or animal from a past Geological age. A) fossil B) prehistory C)excavation

4. Fossil

5. 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

6. Radiocarbon dating

7. Information about events recorded after those events by people who have studied the primary sources A: Primary source B: Oral tradition C: Secondary source

8. Secondary Source

9. The recovery and study of remains of the past A: kitchen midden B: Megalith C: Archaeology

10. Archaeology

11. Stone Coffin A: kitchen midden B: Megalith C: Sarcophagus

12. Sarcophagus

13. The rubbish including artifacts and bones left by people of the past A: Artifact B: kitchen midden C: Fossil

14. Kitchen midden

15. The process of digging up remains of the past A: excavation B: sarcophagus C: Oral tradition

16. Excavation

17. An object made by humans that is of archaeological or historical interest A: Fossil B: Artifact C: sarcophagus

18. Artifact

19. Information about events recorded at the time of the event A: Primary source B: Prehistory C: Radiocarbon dating

20. Primary Source

21. History before the development of writing A: Secondary Source B: Kitchen Midden C Prehistory

22. Prehistory

23. The legends, myths and beliefs that a culture passes from generation to generation by word A: Artifact B: Oral tradition C:Archaeology

24. Oral Tradition

25. A large stone used in prehistoric buildings A: sarcophagus B: Excavation C: Megalith

26. Megalith