| A | B |
| evaluate | to examine the artifacts and information for its function. |
| discover | to find or search for clues, artifacts, events, people, places and time periods. |
| past | not in the present or happening long ago. |
| primary source | evidence which comes directly from a person who participated in an event or was an eye-witness |
| oral tradition | storytelling by word of mouth |
| inaccurate | not correct and not true |
| events | a situation, happening and ocurrence |
| secondary source | evidence which is second-hand, word-of-mouth |
| history | study of people, places, events and time periods |
| authenticate | to find out whether the artifacts and information is real, not fake or a forgery |
| artifacts | objects made by people |
| organize(chronological) | to place artifacts, information, evidence in their proper place or category |
| historian | person who studies how people lived in the past |
| written system | a method of using symbols to record thoughts, ideas and emotions |
| procedure/method | a specific plan of research on events, people, places, time periods |
| perspective | a point-of-view, an opinion, bias or prejudice |
| exaggerate | blow out of proportion |
| Radio Active Carbon 14 Dating | a method used to find the age of an artifact |
| prehistoric time | before written systems were used to record important events |
| historic time | when written systems were in use to record important events |