Vocabulary
Patterns of weather in an area over a long period of time
What is climate?
An example of a primary source
What is diary, photograph, speech, audio recording, video recording, artifacts (any of these are acceptable and there could be more!)
The name of the imaginary line that separates the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
a symbol used on maps to show cardinal and ordinal (intermediate) directions
What is a compass rose?
the study of the past
What is history?
Objects used by humans in the past
What are artifacts?
An example of a secondary source
What is a textbook, biography, article, book (any are acceptable and there could be more!)
The name of the imaginary line that separates the earth into the western and eastern hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian?
What is northeast?
the way of life of a group of people
What is culture?
What is a fossil?
A source created by someone who witnessed or lived during the time of an event
What is a primary source?
Natural features of the earth's surface (mountains, hills, plateaus, etc.)
What are landforms?
map that shows natural features of the earth (mountains, rivers…)
What is a physical map?
the study of the earth's physical features
What is geography?
The direct exchange of goods and services (I give you my cow if you give me 10 chickens :D)
What is trade?
A source created by someone who did not take part in or witness the event (created after the time period)
What is a secondary source?
If you find your absolute (exact) location on earth, you are said to have found "this"
What is your latitude and longitude / coordinate?
The continent that has a portion of land in each of the four hemispheres
What is Africa?
A system put in place that determines how decisions are made
What is government?
The study of the past based on what people LEFT BEHIND
What is archaeology?
To show when an event took place in history
What is the purpose of a timeline?
Early people settled in locations that had many of these (Examples: water, wood, animals, etc.)
Resources
map that shows human made features such as borders, names of cities, names of countries
What is a political map?
a system of distributing resources (how resources are created, bought, and sold)
What is economics?