Historians Tools Vocabulary

Question 1

he line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.

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Axis

Question 2

half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, especially one of the halves into which the earth is divided.

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Hemisphere

Question 3

a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates.

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Grid

Question 4

the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth’s surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
a place or region as marked by this distance.

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Latitude

Question 5

Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth’s surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.

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Longitude

Question 6

a planet’s meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.

the earth’s zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England.

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Prim meridian

Question 7

a representation of a country’s territories, boundaries, and capital(s) on paper or other material

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Political map

Question 8

a depiction of the identifiable landmarks on DNA, such as genes, and measured in base pairs

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Physical map

Question 9

A key to tell you how big or small something actually is.

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Scale

Question 10

the action of distorting or the state of being distorted.

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Distortion

Question 11

(often preceding a date) approximately

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Circa

Question 12

a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line.

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Time line

Question 13

Before Christ D.) and before Christ (BC or B.C.) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin, which means in the year of the Lord but is often translated as in the year of our Lord.

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B.C

Question 14

The terms anno Domini [a] (AD or A.D.) and before Christ (BC or B.C.) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin, which means in the year of the Lord but is often translated as in the year of our Lord.

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A.D

Question 15

Before the Common Era
BCE/CE usually refers to the Common Era (the years are the same as AD/BC). That is, BC is usually understood to mean “Before the Common Era” and CE to mean “Common Era,” though it is possible to reinterpret the abbreviations as “Christian Era.”Jul 5, 2011

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B.C.E

Question 16

Common Era or Current Era, abbreviated CE, is a calendar era that is often used as an alternative naming of the Anno Domini era (“in the year of the Lord”), abbreviated AD. The system uses BCE as an abbreviation for “before the Common (or Current) Era” and CE as an abbreviation for “Common Era”.

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C.E

Question 17

In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study.

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Primary source

Question 18

A secondary source is any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed. Aside from a textbook, the most commonly assigned secondary source is a scholarly monograph - a volume on a specific subject in the past, written by an expert.

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Secondary source

Question 19

en place (French pronunciation: ​[mi zɑ̃ ˈplas]) is a French culinary phrase which means “putting in place” or “everything in its place.”

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Mies en place