Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Important Things
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Miscellaneous
100
This term refers to the study of Earth and its people.
What is geography?
100
These are imaginary lines that measure distances east and west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
100
Evidence of early people can be found in these.
What are fossils?
100
These sources are written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event firsthand.
What are primary sources?
100
This type of map shows the landforms and bodies of water found in a particular area.
What is a physical map?
200
The Earth is divided into seven large land masses which are referred to as this.
What are continents?
200
These are imaginary lines that measure distance north and south of the equator.
What is latitude?
200
This term refers to beings and other creatures that walk on two feet.
What are hominids?
200
This was a primary source from ancient Egypt and was the key to unlocking the code of hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
This modern invention helps mapmakers create more accurate maps.
What are satellites?
300
This is another word a naturally formed feature on Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
300
Each half of the earth is divided into this.
What is a hemisphere?
300
The Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Ages are all a part of this larger time period.
What is the Stone Age?
300
How have groups or societies interacted, and what have been the results? is an example of this.
What is a historical question?
300
This term refers to the art of studying and creating maps.
What is cartography?
400
This term refers to the weather conditions in a place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
400
These types of maps show the features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, etc.
What are political maps?
400
These type of sources include books, paintings, and media reports.
What are secondary sources?
400
This was the name of the hominid discovered by Professor Donald Johanson.
What is Lucy?
400
This refers to the imaginary line that runs around the earth and divides is into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
500
This is another word for plant life.
What is vegetation?
500
This type of map includes certain information about a place or region, such as the climates of Brazil.
What is a thematic map?
500
This is made up of all the unwritten verbal accounts of events and was passed down from generation to generation.
What is oral history?
500
This term refers to human-made objects that help archaeologists answer questions.
What are artifacts?
500
This feature on a map shows directions: north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose?
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