1.1 & 1.2 & 1.3 & 1.4 & 1.5 Voc. Flashcards

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Timeline

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Line marked off with a series of events and dates.

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Historian

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People who study events in the past.

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Chronology

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List of events in the order in which they occurred.

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Period

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Length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that occurred during that time.

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Prehistory

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Time before humans invented writing.

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History

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Written history .

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Primary Source

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Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event .

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Artifacts

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Objects made by human beings .

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Secondary Source

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Information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced the event .

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Bias

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Unfair preference for or dislike of something .

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Archaeology

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Scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence .

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Anthropology

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Study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture .

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Fossils

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Bones and other remains that have been persevered in rock .

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Absolute location

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Places exact position on earth in terms of longitude and latitude .

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Relative location

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Location of a place in relation to other places .

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Place

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Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location .

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Region

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Area with at least one unifying physical or human feature .

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Movement

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How people, goods and ideas get from one place to another .

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Human environment interaction

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How people affect their environment and how their environment affects them .

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Key/Legend

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Explains the symbols and shading on a map .

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Locator map

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Shows a larger area than the main map .

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Scale bar

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Shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land .

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Compass rose

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Diagram on a map that shows dircation