Geography Unit
What is a huge body of salt water
ocean
fossils
evidence from the distant past
What information can artifacts and fossils provide
how early humans might have lived
Does the Equator run north to south or east to west
east to west
theories
accepted explanation
Two ways sites of artifacts and fossils found
by research and by chance
what is the largest continent by size and by population
Asia
Prehistory
the period of time before people began to write
What is radiocarbon dating used to do
tell us how old a fossil is
What is a large solid area of land that covers earths surface
Continent
archeology
study of things left behind
Who found the remains of life long ago in 1959 East Africa
Mary Leakey
What are the five themes of geography?
Location, Place, Human environment interaction, movement, regions
artifacts
objects made by people (art, pottery, tools, weapons)