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Name Date Period Chapter 1 Workbook Do You Remember? 1 Directions: Write the answers to these questions using complete sentences. 1) How have we learned about what happened to people in the past? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2) What is the difference between a primary and a secondary source? Give an example of each. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 3) What are the five questions historians ask that begin with W? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why might one person’s account of an event be different from someone else’s? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 5) A group’s culture is made up of many things. What are some of them? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ©AGS® American Guidance Service, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use only. World History Name Date Period Chapter 1 Activity Studying History 1 Directions: Write the correct word from the Word Bank to complete each sentence. Word Bank culture historian interpret combined history primary diary humanity secondary eyewitness 1) ________________________ is the record of past events. 2) A daily written record of what happens to a person is called a ________________________. 3) A first-hand, or ________________________, account of an event is a primary source. 4) A group’s ________________________ includes its attitudes, values, customs, and language. 5) Someone who studies history is called a ________________________. 6) ________________________ is another word for the human race. 7) When we ________________________ something, we try to explain how it happened. 8) The American Declaration of Independence is a ________________________ source. 9) What a historian wrote about the signing of the American Declaration of Independence is a ________________________ source. 10) The history of humanity is the ________________________ history of all peoples. ©AGS® American Guidance Service, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use only. World History Name Date Period Chapter 1 Workbook The Importance of History 2 Directions: Complete the paragraphs below. Choose the correct term or phrase from the Word Bank. Word Bank cause history question connects humanity roots the future past global the present History is important because it can help us remember our 1) _______________. When we study history we understand how we got to 2) _______________. What we learn can help us decide what to do in 3) _______________. To understand a problem someone had in the past, we try to find out the 4)_______________ of the problem. Then, we 5) _______________ each person involved. After we do this, we learn why the problem happened. The same is true with 6) _______________. History 7) _______________ us to all people and gives us 8) _______________. By studying history we feel connected with the 9) _______________ community of the past. This community stretches back through time to the beginning of 10) _______________. ©AGS® American Guidance Service, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use only. World History Name Date Chapter 1 Period Activity Prehistory Puzzle 2 A. Directions: Write the correct word from the Word Bank to complete each sentence. 1) A scientist who finds and studies things people left behind is called an _______________. 2) Tools, weapons, pottery, jewelry, and other things people have left behind are called _______________. 3) For historians, the past is like a _______________ puzzle. 4) Archaeologists figure out, or _______________, how ancient people lived. 5) A scientist who might study the garbage that you throw out each day is an _______________. 6) A small number of _______________ atoms in living things are radioactive. anthropologist 7) The letters A.D. stand for the _______________words anno Domini. archaeologist 8) Radiocarbon _______________ is a way of measuring the radioactivity of artifacts to figure out how old they are. Word Bank artifacts bones calculate 9) Based on historic events, _______________ help us keep track of time. 10) Teeth and _______________ can give clues about a person’s diet. B. Directions: Use the words from the sentences to fill in the words in this puzzle. The letters in the box reading down name a group of people who write about history. 1) ___ 2) ___ 3) ___ 4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 5) ___ ___ ___ 6) 7) ___ 8) 9) ___ ___ 10) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ calendars carbon dating jigsaw Latin ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ©AGS® American Guidance Service, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use only. World History Name Date Period Chapter 1 Workbook Exploring the Past True or False 3 Directions: Read each sentence. Write T if the statement is true or F if it is false. ______ 1) Prehistoric humans wrote books to keep a record of what happened in their everyday lives. ______ 2) Archaeologists study the beginnings and the behavior of people. ______ 3) Dates are an important part of learning about history. ______ 4) Artifacts are things that earlier people made and left behind. ______ 5) Anthropologists study artifacts to learn how people lived. ______ 6) Calendars are based on historic events. ______ 7) Everyone in the world uses the same calendar to keep track of time. ______ 8) Scientists use radiocarbon dating to determine how old an artifact is. ______ 9) If archaeologists find an artifact near ancient bones, they would consider the artifact to be around the same age as the bones. ______ 10) For some periods of history, historians have few artifacts. ______ 11) Artifacts include tools, weapons, pottery, and jewelry. ______ 12) Anthropologists learn about people’s diets by studying the garbage they throw away. ______ 13) Dates help us measure time and tell us when things happened. ______ 14) Archaeologists can always determine the exact age of an artifact. ______ 15) For historians, the past is like a jigsaw puzzle. ©AGS® American Guidance Service, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use only. World History Name Date Chapter 1 Period Workbook Prehistory Match-Up 4 Directions: Match each item in Column A with a detail in Column B. Write the letter of each correct answer on the line. Column A Column B ______ 1) decay a) helped early humans to store their food for later use ______ 2) embers b) a person who moves from place to place ______ 3) farming c) to rot away or spoil ______ 4) prehistory d) a famous prehistoric monument made up of huge stones ______ 5) obsidian ______ 6) nomad ______ 7) pottery ______ 8) bison ______ 9) Stonehenge ______10) boar ______11) scholar ______12) monument ______13) eclipse ______14) bronze ______15) civilization e) a wild pig-like animal f) a group of people with cities and government g) the hiding of the sun by the moon h) a hard metal made of a blend of copper and tin i) another name for buffalo j) the glowing remains of a fire k) volcanic glass the Stone-Age people used to make weapons l) made it possible for humans to control their food supply m) a building or object that stands in place and is often made of stone n) the time before humans left written records o) a well-educated person who has a great deal of knowledge about something ©AGS® American Guidance Service, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use only. World History