Time and Place
What is the time period before recorded history?
Prehistory
What is the term for the process of taming animals for human use?
domestication
If you are in Orlando and you want to go to Miami what direction would you go to get there?
South
What is the term for a person who studies the past through the examination of artifacts?
Archeologist
What is a period of 10 years called?
decade
What are people who move from place to place in search of food called?
Hunter Gathers
What is the term for the practice of farming?
Agriculture
What is the term for a map that shows the mountainous features of a region?
Physical map
What is the term for a bias that favors a particular viewpoint?
An argument
What is a period of 100 years called?
Century
What is the name of the time period when humans began to domesticate plants and animals?
The Neolithic
What is the term for a person who works for a wage?
A laborer
What is the term for a map that shows political boundaries and cities?
Political map
What is the term for evidence that comes from a firsthand source?
Primary source
What is a period of 1,000 years called?
Millennium
What is the name of the imaginary that splits the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?
The Equator
What is the term for an excess of food or goods over the demand?
Surplus
What is the term for a map that shows a specific theme or topic?
Special purpose map
What is the term for evidence that comes from a secondhand source?
Secondary source
What does the abbreviation "BC" stand for?
Before Christ
What is the name of the imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England, dividing the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian
What is the term for a group of people with a shared culture, language, and territory?
A nation
What is a tool that a geographer may use to find cardinal directions while out in the field?
A compass
What is the term for a human ancestor?
Hominin
What does the abbreviation "AD" stand for?
Anno Domini