Map Masters
A map showing mountains, rivers, deserts, and other natural features is this type of map.
What is a physical map?
A diary written by a soldier during the Civil War is this type of source.
What is a primary source?
Putting events in the order that they happened is called ________.
What is chronological order?
The way a society decides what to produce, sell, and buy is called its ________.
What is an economic system?
Looking at what was happening during the time and place of a historical event is called ________.
What is contextualization?
You see a ⭐ on a map but don't know what it represents. What part of the map should you check?
What is the key/legend?
A history textbook written in 2025 explaining the Civil War is this type of source.
What is a secondary source?
Put these in chronological order:
Wake up → Go to school → Eat lunch → Go to sleep
People and businesses make most decisions about what to produce and sell.
What is a market economy?
“Heavy taxes made colonists angry with Britain.” Heavy taxes are the ________
What is the cause?
Which map feature helps you determine north, south, east, and west?
What is a compass rose?
A photograph taken during an event is usually what type of source?
What is a primary source?
What tool visually shows events arranged according to when they happened?
What is a timeline?
A community has made pottery the same way for generations because that is what their ancestors did.
What is a traditional economy?
“Heavy rain caused the river to flood.” The flooding is the ________.
What is the effect?
A map says 1 inch = 50 miles. What map feature is being used?
What is the scale?
A historian writes a book about Martin Luther King Jr. decades after his death. Primary or secondary?
What is a secondary source?
Which happened first: 300 BCE or 100 BCE?
300 BCE
The government decides how much food factories will produce and how much the food will cost.
What is a command economy?
Voting, protesting peacefully, contacting representatives, and attending community meetings are all examples of ________.
What is civic participation?
You need to determine the actual distance between New York City and Boston. Which map feature would be MOST useful?
What is the scale?
A student finds a newspaper printed on the day the Titanic sank. Explain why historians could consider it a primary source.
It was created during the time period/event being studied.
Put these dates from earliest to latest:
200 CE, 500 BCE, 50 BCE, 100 CE
500 BCE → 50 BCE → 100 CE → 200 CE
Maria opens a sneaker store. She chooses which sneakers to sell and sets prices based on what customers are willing to pay.
What is a market economy?
A historian asks:
“What was happening in American society when this document was written that could explain the author's perspective?”
Which historical thinking skill is the historian using?
What is contextualization?