What am I

What am I?

job characteristics of
- archaeologists - scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains
- anthropologists - scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans
  What is the difference between an archaeologist and an anthropologist?
  An anthropologist studies all aspects of humanity - physical (or biological), cultural, and archaeological. The archaeologist has a narrower field, and studies the past by recovering and analyzing artifacts and evidence of material culture. There is a great deal of overlap between the two.
- geologists - scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth
- historians - a writer, student, or scholar of history

Write archaeologists, anthropologists, geologists, or historians to describe the job characteristic.

1. ______________________	I often work at a dig site of an ancient city to gather data, and then I spend time in a lab analyzing this data.
2. ______________________	I study the physical structure and processes of the Earth.
3. ______________________	I study the way people lived based on the things they left behind such as artifacts, inscriptions or monuments.
4. ______________________	I am an authority on history.
5. ______________________	I study culture, language, economic and political organization, law and conflict resolution, patterns of exchange, kinship and family structure, gender relations, childrearing and socialization, religion, mythology, symbolism, etc. of man.
6. ______________________	I study the past. I gather evidence and use that evidence to make their best guesses about what really happened in the past.
7. ______________________	I study humankind, from its beginnings millions of years ago to the present day.
8. ______________________	I look for answers to the following types of questions: Did the earliest humans have light or dark skins? When did people first begin speaking a language? How related are humans, monkeys and chimpanzee?
9. ______________________	I study how earthquakes, volcanoes, and soil erosion affect all of us.
10. ______________________	I study events in time to learn about ancient times.
11. ______________________	I learn about Earth by recognizing different types of rock.
12. ______________________	I study people to learn how past humans lived.
13. ______________________	I can tell you the story of the Earth.
14. ______________________	I study past cultures by examining artifacts, objects made, used, or changed by humans.
15. ______________________	I study of the physical and social characteristics of humans.
16. ______________________	I study the solid Earth, its rocks and minerals.
17. ______________________	I have advanced knowledge of who we are, how we came to be that way--and where we may go in the future.
18. ______________________	I study human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture and artifacts.
19. ______________________	I try to understand the physical human being through the study of genetics, inherited traits and evolution, etc.
20. ______________________	I study of human behavior.

Answer Key

1. archaeologists

2. historians

3. archaeologists

4. historians

5. anthropologists

6. historians

7. anthropologists

8. anthropologists

9. geologists

10. historians

11. geologists

12. anthropologists

13. geologists

14. archaeologists

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16. geologists

17. anthropologists

18. archaeologists

19. anthropologists

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