Chap. 1 Less 1 Vocab
Chap. 1 Less 2 Vocab
Chap. 2 Less 1 Vocab
Concept Questions
Mystery
100
a large division of time.
What is an era?
100
a source created by the person who actually lived the event.
What is a primary source?
100
imaginary horizontal lines on a globe.
What are lines of latitude?
100
The Essential Element of Geography that takes into account how natural disasters impact the surface of the earth.
What is physical systems?
100
used to describe the years after the birth of Christ.
What is A.D?
200
What is the period called before people began writing?
What is prehistory?
200
a source created after the event by someone who did not live the event.
What is a secondary source?
200
map that shows political boundaries
What is a political map?
200
locations based upon latitude, longitude, or an address
What is absolute location?
200
the calendar that is still in use today.
What is Gregorian?
300
used to describe the years before the birth of Christ
What is B.C.?
300
considering where, when, and why a source was created.
What is determining reliability?
300
signs and pictures used on a map
What is symbols?
300
explains how places share common characteristics when they are part of the same ____.
What is region?
300
Primary sources are much more reliable than secondary sources?
What is false?
400
remains of plants and animals that have been preserved.
What is a fossil?
400
unreasoned emotional judgments.
What is bias?
400
imaginary vertical lines on a globe.
What are lines of longitude?
400
Why do scholars review historical documents and writings?
To ensure that they are checked for author bias and opinions that are not fact.
400
How can the study of history help us in the future?
We can avoid making similar mistakes in the future and think of ways to improve what we currently do.
500
objects made by people.
What is an artifact?
500
Historians should use a combination of both primary and secondary sources to study historical events.
What is true?
500
half of the earth
What is a hemisphere?
500
a map that shows a specific source of information.
What is a special purpose map?
500
an attempt to reflect earth's curved surface on a flat surface.
What is a map projection?
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