Historical Thinking
What is context?
Details surrounding an event (who what when why where how)
What is archaeology mainly concerned with?
Learning about people of the past through objects they left behind
What is the difference between a human feature and a physical feature?
Physical= made by nature (A mountain range formed by plate movement)
Human= Made by humans (A canal dug to connect waterways)
How do glaciers shape the land?
By carving valleys, carrying rocks, and leaving behind deposits
What does historical context help historians do?
Understand how larger events and circumstances shaped the source
What is an Artifact
Any object made by humans of the past
What do Latitude and Longitude measure?
Latitude= distance North and South of the equator
Longitude= Distance East or West of the prime meridian
Moraine hills are formed by:
Melting glaciers that deposit soil and rock
What is the difference between a Primary and Secondary Source?
Primary= an eyewitness account of an event (diary written by a soldier during the American Revolution)
Secondary= Summary of an event written by someone who was not present (report analyzing speeches from the 1700s)
In archaeology, what is excavation?
Carefully digging to uncover objects buried in layers of soil
What is the difference between the equator and the prime meridian?
The prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude marking the centermost point between east and west on the planet
What is an example of a glacial erratic?
A massive boulder dropped far from its source by moving ice
What is the concept of Point of View in history?
How the author’s beliefs or background influenced their account
The principle of superposition tells archaeologists what?
Artifacts found deeper are usually older than those above
Name and explain the 5 themes of geography
Movement= he shifting of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another.
Region= Areas that share common, unifying characteristics.
Place= The specific physical and human features that make a location unique.
Location= The exact or coordinates where something is found on Earth.
Human Environment Interaction= The ways people depend on, adapt to, and modify their natural surroundings.
One effect of the Ice Age on North America was:
The Great Lakes were carved out and fertile soil spread
Explain how a historian could use both a primary source and a secondary source to understand a historical event
(double Jeopardy) Give an example
Cross referencing historical accounts (primary source) with analysis and summary of events written by historians (secondary) from modern times
Ground-penetrating radar helps archaeologists by:
Detecting objects buried underground without excavation
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The Ice Age shaped North America with glaciers, moraine hills, and glacial erratics. Explain how one of these features still affects people today. (give examples of features made by glaciers)
Niagara Falls: Glaciers carved the land around Niagara Falls, leaving steep cliffs that water flows over to create the falls we see today.
The Great Lakes: Glaciers moved across the land and carved deep basins, which filled with melted ice and became the Great Lakes.
Florida: During the Ice Age, so much water was frozen in glaciers that sea levels dropped, exposing more of Florida’s land above the ocean.
The Mississippi River: Glaciers changed the land and blocked or redirected parts of the river, helping move the Mississippi River into the path it follows today.