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KS History Key Terms
Chapter 1, Lessons 1 - 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an object made by people or used in the past | artifact |
| a one-sided point of view | bias |
| the research or investigation of past events | historical inquiry |
| the study of the ways in which history is written and the changes of interpretation of events over time or through point of view | historiography |
| spoken history that one person tells to another | oral history |
| an understanding of events and people based on the accepted ideas and values of the time period being studied | perspective |
| a firsthand, or eyewitness, account or original object or document from the past | primary source |
| an account or summary of an event based on the study of one or more primary sources; a secondhand account of an event | secondary source |
| an underground pool of water | aquifer |
| very dry | arid |
| a community of interacting living things and their environment | ecosystems |
| a process for supplying water to crops by redirecting it from another location | irrigation |
| a scientist who studies the fossils of plants and animals | paleontologist |
| a natural characteristic of the land such as climate, landforms, soils, plants, and animals | physical features |
| a flat, treeless landscape that receives low levels of rainfall | plain |
| the moisture that reaches the ground each year from rain, snow, sleet, hail, and mist | precipitation |
| a natural or man-made pond or lake used for the storage and control of water | reservoir |
| to raise or grow plants | cultivate |
| the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. | erosion |
| a slow-moving mass of ice | glacier |
| something made by people | human features |
| resources that exist in a limited supply or take millions of years to replace | nonrenewable resources |
| resources the are unlimited or can be easily replenished | renewable resources |
| material such as stones and sand deposited by water, wind, or glaciers | sediment |
| a barrier of trees and shrubs that protects against the wind and reduces erosion | shelterbelt |
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