| A | B |
| History | Study of the written past. |
| Anthropology | Study of living cultures. |
| Archeology | Study of artifacts and fossils. |
| Psychology | Study of the human mind. |
| Sociology | Study of interactions between groups of people. |
| Political Science | Study of the government, power and how it operates. |
| Economics | Study of the production and consumption of goods. |
| Primary source | First hand account of a particular time in history. Journals/diaries |
| Secondary source | A document discussing a time in history that was not created while it was going on. Textbooks. |