Studying History Key Terms
"Before Common Era" or "Before Christ"
BCE or BC
Information from people who witnessed an event
Primary Source
A scientist who studies physical evidence from past humans
Archaeologist
All living and nonliving things that affect life in an area
environment
Map Key
A tool used to track events by date.
Timeline
A live speech is an example of this type of source
Primary
This scientist studies rocks and minerals
Geologist
The study of how people and the environment affect each other
Human Geography
Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast directions on a compass are called this
Intermediate directions
Events in the order they happened. (Starting with the earliest.)
Chronological
A biography is an example of this type of source
Secondary
A social scientist who studies human cultures, behaviors, and societies
Anthropologist
Name three natural features, or traits, of the Oregon Coastal Region
(Answers vary)
The direction one would travel to get from North America to Australia
Southeast (OR Southwest)
A belief about a person, subject, event, etc
bias
True or False: Some sources could be both primary and secondary
True
Name one thing Geologists aim to understand
How landforms were formed, risks, natural disasters, earth's evolution
Development of cultures and the growth of civilizations is guided by this
Resources or Natural Resources
The equator runs through these 3 continents
South America, Africa, Asia
This often leads to bias beliefs
point of view
An example of a source that could be both primary and secondary is...
A newspaper article
Name one way an Anthropologist would study humans
interacting with people, interviews, surveys
Early societies start along rivers for this reason
trade, communication, movement, building cities, armies, wealth
A societies ______ is developed by where they live, and what resources are available to them.
Culture