What is History
What is a primary source?
Firsthand account from the past
What is geography?
study of the earth's land, water, people, plants, and animals
What are regions?
places that share a common feature
What does prehistoric mean?
without written records
What is the capitol of NM?
Santa Fe
What does Bias mean?
a one sided point of view
What is relative location?
description of where a place is in relation to another
What are the four provinces?
Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, Basin and Range
What is Archaeology?
NM is the ___________state in the U.S.
47th
What is an artifact?
objects made by people in the past
What is absolute location?
exact position of a place
What is a province?
an area of land with unique physical features and plants
What does indigenous mean?
native
What is our state plant?
Yucca
What is oral history?
spoken history
What is hemisphere?
half of the Earth
What are at least 3 tools geographers use?
maps, globes,photographs,satellite images,data and graphs, models
What are two groups of prehistoric people called?
Paleo and Archaic people
Land of Enchantment
What are the five W's and H in historical research?
Who? What? When? Where? Why How?
What is the difference between Latitude and Longitude?
Latitude measurement of distances north and south of the equator
Longitude measurement east and west of the prime meridian
What states make up our SouthWest Region?
Arizona, NM, Oklahoma, and Texas
Who were the first to keep records of indigenous people?
European Explorers
What day and date did New Mexico Become a state?
January 6, 1912