GeoTerms

Question 1

Evidence

Answer 1

Information that can be used to Prove a statement or support a conclusion.

Question 2

Primary Source

Answer 2

A document or other record of the past events created by someone who is present during events or in the time period in which they occurred.

Question 3

Secondary Source

Answer 3

A document or other record of the past events, created by someone who wasn’t in past events or the time period in which they occur.

Question 4

POV

Answer 4

A persons way of thinking, or approaching a subject as shaped by their character, experience, culture, and history.

Question 5

Bias

Answer 5

A personal learning, or preference for a particular outlook.

Question 6

Chronology

Answer 6

The order in which events occur.

Question 7

Historical Interpretation

Answer 7

The process of finding the meaning, or significance of historical events.

Question 8

Periodization

Answer 8

The division of history into periods of time.

Question 9

Spatial Farms

Answer 9

Different geographic perspectives that historians apply to world events.

Question 10

Universal Standards

Answer 10

Ideas or values, such as human rights, said to apply all people.

Question 11

Culture

Answer 11

The shared beliefs, practices, and traditions of a group.

Question 12

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 12

The spread of cultural traits from 1 society or place to another.

Question 13

Gender Roles

Answer 13

Customs relating to the position of men and women in society.

Question 14

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 14

A human who subsits by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants.

Question 15

Domestication

Answer 15

A biological process in which the physical characteristics of wild plants and animals change as a result of human integration.

Question 16

Sedentary

Answer 16

Settled ; no migratory.

Question 17

Pastoral Nomad

Answer 17

A member of a group whose Economy revolves around its heard of domestic animals with which the group periodically moves to find a new land.

Question 18

Empire

Answer 18

A large political unit in which a number of different lands or peoples are governed by a single ruler.

Question 19

City-State

Answer 19

A political unit consisting of an independent city in the land surrounding it.

Question 20

Hierarchy

Answer 20

A ranking of groups of people, according to their important, status, or power.

Question 21

Civilization

Answer 21

A highly organized and complex society.

Question 22

Direct Democracy

Answer 22

Bro, by the people carried out through Direct participation in government.

Question 23

Republic

Answer 23

A system of government, in which the people rule through representative, who govern according to law.