Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. anthropology the study of the human race 2. method time prior to the use of written records 3. prehistory the procedure of developing a chronology of arranging remains at a site that produces a consistent pattern 4. scientific method the procedures and processes by which we acquire information 5. seriation an orderly process or procedure 6. stratigraphy the branch of geology that studies the various layers of rock and soil

anthropologythe study of the human race

artifactsobjects made by humans that are unearthed by archaeologists

chronological orderan arrangement of events in the order in which the events took place

contemporaryconcerning the present time

geologythe study of the earth, especially its rock forms

methodan orderly procedure or process; the regular manner of doing anything

prehistorytime prior to the use of written records

scientific methodthe processes and procedures by which we acquire information

seriationthe procedure of developing a chronology of arranging remains at a site that produces a consistent pattern of development

stratigraphythe branch of geology that studies the various layers of rock and soil

the influence of daoism, buddhism, and legalism on chinese culture. unlike confucianism, daoism looked to nature rather than human beings as the source of morality. according to laozi, human society has to conform to the dao (the way), or the essential unifying element of all that is. some interpret dao as nature.

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.