Geography
In a minute, you will see a picture of a map. Which continent is the farthest south on the globe?
What is Antarctica?
This round model of the Earth is more accurate than a map, but sometimes harder to use.
What is a globe?
A newspaper article written about the facts of the 2020 election would be this type of source. Hint: The author was not actually at the event.
What is a secondary source?
An archaeologist studies items such as artifacts from the past. An anthropologist uses these artifacts to study ________.
What are People and their Cultures?
In a minute, you will see a map. The equator passes through these 3 continents.
What are South America, Africa, and Asia?
Map projections may show distortion in the shapes and sizes of continents. Hint: Is this True or False?
What is "True"?
New evidence such as newly discovered primary sources can cause a historian to change her theory of a past event. Hint: Is it True or False?
What is True?
Although she was not there, your grandmother tells you a story about how she remembers the day President John F. Kennedy was shot. This would be a _____ source.
What is a Secondary Source
In a minute, you will see a map. Ninety degrees East passes through these 2 continents.
What are Asia and Antarctica?
This type of map projection shows how the oceans are divided. Hint: Your choices are Mercator, Robinson, or Homolosine.
What is a Homolosine Projection map?
An interview from a firefighter who was at the scene when the twin towers fell on 9/11 would be considered this type of source.
The oldest map today is about _____ years old.
What is 4,000 years?
In a minute, you will see a map. The Tropic of Capricorn passes through this continent. Hint: Your choices are North America, Africa, and Antarctica.
What is Africa?
This type of map shows Greenland and Antarctica as much bigger than they actually are. It is named after its maker from the 1400's. Hint: Your choices are Mercator, Robinson, and Homosoline.
What is a Mercator Projection Map?
This type of source might not be as reliable because over time, details might change.
What is an Oral History?
The United States lies in these two hemispheres. Hint pick two of the following: Northern, Southern, Eastern, or Western.
What are the Northern and Western Hemispheres?
This is the study of Earth's features and how they have changed over time.
What is Geography?
This type of map is most often found in textbooks. The continents are more true-to-size, but the top and bottom of Earth are flat. Hint: Your choices are Mercator, Homolosine, or Robinson.
What is a Robinson Projection Map?
This type of source includes interviews with daring climbers about their favorite explorers.
What are Secondary Sources?
This person might ask: Where was the gold in this mask found? Hint: Your choices are archaeologist or anthropologist.
What is an archaeologist?