Primary and Secondary Sources
What is a primary source?
A primary source is something created at a specific time in history by someone who was there at the time the event happened.
Which Geography theme answers the question, What is it like there? This theme describes the physical and cultural characteristics of a place.
The theme is PLACE (physical and cultural characteristics of a place)
What is the study of the past?
History
What are physical features (characteristics) of a place?
landforms such as mountains, rivers, lakes, valleys, coast
What is a flat drawing of a place?
map
What is a secondary source?
A secondary source is something created after the event happened that tells about the event. It was created by someone who was not there at that time in history.
Which theme answers the question, "Where is it?" We can use a map to help us find _____________.
Location
The people who control what happens in a country are called?
The Government
Culture is a way of life for a group of people. What are some examples of cultural characteristics?
Religion, Food, language, dance, art, etc.
What is round and about the same shape as the Earth?
A Globe
What is an example of a primary source?
artifacts, newspapers articles, interviews, photographs, paintings, diaries
Which theme explains how people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another?
Movement
The way money, goods, and services are made and used are?
Economics
Name that Theme. If you travel from the United States to Canada this is ___________________.
Movement
What does a physical map show?
It shows what the land is like in a place. It shows mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts.
What is an example of a secondary source?
textbooks, biographies, books, websites
Which theme of geography explains how humans use and change the environment? Some examples are people using the land to farm, build and drill.
Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
The study of countries, culture, landforms, and weather.
Geography
Name that theme. People throw trash on the ground and the trash goes into the ocean.
Human-environment interaction
What does a political map show?
Political map shows countries, states, capital cities, and borders.
How do we learn about what happened in the past?
We can use primary and secondary sources to learn about the past.
Which theme explains how areas share at least one thing that is the same?
Region
What are goods?
What are some examples?
Things people make or grow to sell.
ex: Clothes, Toys, food, etc.
Name that theme. People cut down trees to build roads and highways.
What are two things timelines show?
Events and time (hours, days, months, years)