Tracing our Ancestors
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. halfway
A. The time that has elapsed
2. victorians
B. The event of being born
3. cemetery
C. Writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
4. rubbing
D. Equally distant from the extremes
5. crayon
E. The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
6. census
F. A man-made object taken as a whole (plural)
7. past
G. A tract of land used for burials
8. history
H. Something that happens at a given place and time (plural)
9. ancestors
I. A periodic count of the population
10. birth
J. A slight indication (plural)
11. death
K. Someone from whom you are descended (plural)
12. burial
L. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
13. occupation
M. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
14. events
N. The end of life
15. artifacts
O. Study of what happened in the past
16. clues
P. A person who lived during the reign of ___ (plural)
17. maps
Q. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (plural)