Measuring Time
Historical Sources
Archeology
Geography
Maps
100

A line marked off with a series of events and dates.

Timeline

100

Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event

Primary Source

100

It is the scientific study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture. 

Anthropology

100

It describes a place's exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude. 

Absolute Location

100
It explains the symbols and shading on the map

Key

200

A list of events in the order in which they occured

Chronology

200

It is an object made by a human being, such as a tool or a weapon. 

Artifact

200

It is the scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence. 

Archaeology

200

The location of a place relative to another place

Relative Location

200

It is a diagram of a compass showing direction. 

Compass Rose

300

It is a length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time. 

Period

300

It is information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced that event. 

Secondary Source

300

It is a community's cultural and historical background, passed down in spoken stories and songs. 

Oral Tradition

300

Refers to the mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location. 

Place

300

It shows a larger area than the main map. 

Locator map

400

It is the time before humans invented writing

Prehistory   

400

It is an unfair preference for or dislike of something. 

Bias

400

An area with at least one unifying physical or human feature such as climate, landforms, population, or history. 

Region

400

It shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land. 

Scale Bar

500

People who study events in the past

Historians
500

Explores how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another. 

Movement

500

It is a special-purpose map that provides information about a place at a certain time in history. 

Historical Map