Maps
This part of a map uses symbols to tell you information
Key
The time before humans invented writing
Prehistory
People who study past events
Historians
Building a bridge and a hurricane are both examples of this theme
Human-environment interaction
Tells you something that happened at a certain time on the timeline.
Example: Signing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Event
Shows directions on a map
Compass rose
A tool, an autobiography or a speech are all examples of this
Primary Source
Saying Pepsi is better than coke
bias
Emails, social media, taxi, subway, trucks, trains, letters, and/or newspapers
Movement
Tells you what you information you will be looking at
Title
Shows a larger area than the main map, or a zoomed in version
locator map
Something made by humans, like a tool or weapon, or even a cell phone
artifact
A line marked off with a series of events and dates
Time line
Describes the mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location; a specific _____
Place
A piece of time singled out because of an event
Period
Shows distance on a map
scale bar
A podcast describing events that happened in 1776
Secondary source
3 things you can use to tell time
Calendar, clock, Timeline
45 degrees N and 121 degrees W
School is near the highway and down the street from McDonalds
Location
BC/ AD or B.C.E./C.E
Example: North America, 1783
Historical Map
A list of events in the order of which they happened
Chronology
The intermediate directions on a compass
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
The Norwest
Latin America
New England
NYC 5 boroughs
The Middle East
Region
Tells you the total number of years of a timeline. To find it, look at where the time line starts and where it ends
Time span