Study of the Past
What is history?
The study of the past.
How does understanding history help us?
It helps us understand the world today.
What does region mean?
An area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas.
What does climate mean?
Give 3 examples of landforms
Mountains, valleys and plains.
What is an important job related to history?
Archaeologist or historian
What does primary source mean?
An account of an event created by someone who was at the event.
Give two examples of regions?
Farm region, valley region, mountain, coastal
What does weather mean?
The conditions of a specific place at a specific time.
What does geography mean?
The study of the earth's physical and cultural features.
What is archaeology?
The study of the past based on what people left behind.
What does secondary source mean?
What is location?
The exact description of where something is.
What does environment mean?
All the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.
Give and example of a primary and secondary source.
Primary: treaties, letters, diaries, court documents, biographies, etc.
Secondary: History textbooks, journal articles, and encyclopedias.
How are historians and archaeologists similar?
They both study items from the past to gain information about the past.
What is a fossil?
What does the word features mean?
Characteristics.
The natural features of a land's surface.
What is human geography?
The study of people and the places where they live.
What does culture mean?
The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.
What is an artifact?
Objects created and used by humans.
What are resources?
Materials found in the earth that people need and value.
What are the two main branches of geography?
Physical and Human
What is physical geography?
The study of the earth's physical and cultural features.