Vocabulary
a document or other record of past events created by someone who was not present during the events or the time period in which they occurred
What is a Secondary Source?
People often look at themselves through the customs and traditions that they practice. Language and religious beliefs can also be ways that people express their...
What is Identities?
History comes from the Greek word meaning...
What is Investigation?
Patterns of population, uses and abuses of power, and haves and have-nots along with some others are an example of...
What is Key Themes in History?
the order in which events occur, or the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur
What is Chronology?
information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion
What is Evidence?
During the Gilded Age businessmen like Andrew Carnegie became incredibly rich. However, during this time large numbers of people were desperately poor. This is an example of....
What is Have and Have-Nots?
many problems in the early days of archaeology, occurred due to...
What is Unclear Professional Standards?
By examining characteristics such as gender, age, ethnicity, or race, historians study
What is Population?
What was one of the languages that were scripted into the Rosetta Stone..
What is Ancient Egyptian, Greek, or Demotic script?
the study of how populations change over time
What is Demography?
Experts studied the movement of millions of African Americans from the South into the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970. This was known as “The Great Migration.” This is an example of..
What is Patterns of Population?
Laws and regulations that determine how problems can be solved in response to social issues are called
What is Public Policy?
The women’s rights movement of the 19th and 20th centuries was an example of
What is Expressing Identity?
What decade did the Civil rights movement take place in the 20th century..
What is the 60s or 1960s?
the process of finding the meaning or significance of historical events
What is Historical Interpretation?
John Winthrop and the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the New World because they felt they were being persecuted in England for their religious beliefs. The Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s were an example of which theme..
What is Spiritual Life and Moral Codes?
An Artifact is an example of ____________ from a specific time period
What is Evidence?
________ is the human sense that ideas and actions are good or bad.
What is Morality?
Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration profit, leisure, freedom, or education
What is Profit?
in history, the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place
What is Inquiry?
Things like railroads and oil pipelines connect parts of the United States. But they have also changed the landscape of our nation. They have changed the habitats of animals that once roamed freely. This is an example of...
What are the two main kinds of evidence historians use
What is Primary and Secondary Sources?
From some of the earliest times in human history, people have exchanged their goods and services. Some of the earliest exchanges were built on the idea of barter or trade. Over time, the concept of currency and money developed, which led to the creation of great trading empires and cities. This is an example of what historical theme..
What is Worlds of Exchange?
The first successful English Colony was Jamestown, established in May 14, 1607 near the Chesapeake Bay in which state
What is Virginia?