Module 5 cards

The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics.

Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers,etc.

It is a term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisns

The study of earth's history as revealed in the rocks that make up the earth.

Paleontology is the study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms.

It is the benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, not assigned by the critic to himself.

• They are the Internal test, the External test, and the bibliographic test.

In the internal test the scientists are trying to see if the document contradicts itself.  In the external test, they are trying to see if it contradicts any other historical facts that have past all three tests already.  In the bibliographic test the document is considered reliable if it contains direct eyewitness or second-hand report that is based on eyewitness accounts.