MAPS
WHY HISTORY MATTERS
COMPARING SOURCES
WHY GEOGRAPHY MATTERS
EARLY PEOPLE
100

tells the subject of a map

map title

100

the order in which events take place in history

chronology

100

a record made by people who saw or who took part in the event

primary source

100

A place that tells where it is in relation to other places

relative location

100

a small group of people made up of related families

band

200
the pattern of squares on a map

grid system

200
proof

evidence

200

not a direct link to an event

secondary source

200

exact location

absolute location

200

animals that have died out are now

extinct

300

this type of map shows cities, states and countries

political map

300

A story told aloud by a person who did not write down what happened or who did not have written language

oral history

300

journals, poems, speeches and original photographs are known as 

primary sources

300

landforms, bodies of water, climate, plants and animals are what type of feature

physical feature

300

another name for Old Stone Age

Paleolithic

400

this type of map shows land and bodies of water

physical map

400

points of view

perspective

400

magazine articles, newspaper articles and encyclopedias are known as 

secondary sources

400

buildings, roads and people are what kind of feature

human feature

400

spear thrower

atalatl

500

a smaller map within a larger map

inset map

500

the ability to understand people of the past in terms of the time in which they lived

historical empathy

500

way of life

culture

500

it means to change

modify

500

people arrived in southwest Africa and Asia by way of a 

land bridge

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