Geography
What is the study of the Earth's physical and cultural features?
Geography
Name two groups of American's who might who might interpret our country's history differently
Native Americans
European Settlers
Asian immigrants
Enslaved Africans
What Era is known for the domestication of plants and animals?
Neolithic Era
ancestors of humans, lived during prehistory
Hominids
What are natural features on the land's surface?
landforms
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
Primary - person took part in the event shared
secondary - person did not take part or witness the event (retelling)
What land feature was used for migration into North America during the Ice Age
land bridge
means wise man
what is homosapien
What term includes all the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area?
environment
What is a part or imprint of something that was once alive?
fossil
What are materials found in the Earth that people need and value?
resources
synonym for creation
development
What are the two branches of geography?
Physical and human
What are objects created by or used by humans?
artifacts
How does Physical geography affect the development of a country?
physical features such as oceans, rivers, lakes, mountains, valleys all impact what a region can do for work and they shape the human experience
What are ideas that people hold dear and try to live by?
values
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Weather is the conditions at a specific time and place; climate is the weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
What is the study of the past based on what people left behind? not "history"
archaeology
How might a long period of severe weather affect the history of a region?
impacts agriculture, impacts animal population, creates or destroys natural landforms
What does the word century mean?
100 years