Historian's Toolkit Scavenger Hunt

History and Science

100

___________ is how historians divide history into blocks  

Eras

200

 ____________________ are objects made by people.

Artifacts

300

____________________ is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.

Archaeology

400

______________________ study fossils to learn what the world was like long ago.

Paleotologists 

500

 ______________________ is the study of human culture and how it develops over time.

Anthropology

Using Timelines and Maps

100

A ___________________ ____________________ is a diagram that shows the order of events within a period of time.

time period

200

 ______________________ is the order of dates in which events happened.

Chornology 

300

P______________ maps show land and water features.

Physical

400

P____________ maps show the names and boundaries of countries.

Political maps

500

BONUS QUESTION!!!!!! (500  + an extra 100)

 What are the FOUR cardinal directions.

North, south, east and west

History and Geography

100

What is the first theme of Geography?

L________________________

Location 

200

What is the second theme in geography?

P__________________________

Place

300

What is the forth theme in Geography?

M__________________________

Movement

400

What is the fifth theme in geography

500

What is the third theme in Geography?

H___________/E_____________ I_____________

Human/Environment Interaction

Hemispheres

100

Earth is divided into "half spheres" or h________________________________.

Hemispheres

200

To locate a place on the Earth, geographers use a system of imaginary lines that crisscross the globe.

The E___________________ is one of these lines and it horizontally through the middle like a belt. 

Equator

300

Lines of l_____________ circle the Earth parallel to the equator (east to west).

Latitude

400

Lines of l_________________ circle the Earth from pole to pole. (north to south)

Longitude

500

A map has a symbol called a compass rose that tells you the position of the C____________ D__________.

Cardinal Directions

How to use our text book

100

What is an author?

The person who wrote the book

200

What is the table of contents?

It tells you where everything is in the book

300

What is a glossary?

It provides definitions of words used in the text (its like a dictionary)

400

Where can I find the glossary and the index in our textbook?

In the back pages of the textbook.

500

What is an index?

An alphabetical list of names, places and things from the text and the pages they can be found.