1.1 & 1.2 & 1.3 & 1.4 & 1.5 Voc. Flashcards
Timeline
Line marked off with a series of events and dates.
Historian
People who study events in the past.
Chronology
List of events in the order in which they occurred.
Period
Length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that occurred during that time.
Prehistory
Time before humans invented writing.
History
Written history .
Primary Source
Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event .
Artifacts
Objects made by human beings .
Secondary Source
Information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced the event .
Bias
Unfair preference for or dislike of something .
Archaeology
Scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence .
Anthropology
Study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture .
Fossils
Bones and other remains that have been persevered in rock .
Absolute location
Places exact position on earth in terms of longitude and latitude .
Relative location
Location of a place in relation to other places .
Place
Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location .
Region
Area with at least one unifying physical or human feature .
Movement
How people, goods and ideas get from one place to another .
Human environment interaction
How people affect their environment and how their environment affects them .
Key/Legend
Explains the symbols and shading on a map .
Locator map
Shows a larger area than the main map .
Scale bar
Shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land .
Compass rose
Diagram on a map that shows dircation
