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global 9 review
part1
Term | Definition | ||
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social scientist | the people who study the world in which humans live are known as social scientists and it is what they study. | primary source | at firsthand record of a historical event created by an eyewitness who actually experienced the event (diaries, photography, artifacts autobiography) |
historians | study the written records of past events. | secondary source | a secondhand record of historical event created by a person who did not actually actually experience the event (textbooks, encyclopedias, biographies) |
geographers | study the Earths surface and its impact on humans. Geographers often examine topography. | neolithic age | new stone age |
topography | (physical land features) | humans first discovered how to perform agriculture (farm) and domesticate (raise) animals for food and drinks | key developments |
climate | (weather) | ||
human migrations | (movement), and the way in which humans adapt to (learn to live in) different environments. | ||
political maps | shows countries, their borders, and their capital cities | ||
physical maps | show topography (land features such as mountains, rivers, deserts, lakes ect.). | ||
economists | study how societies use available resources. | ||
anthropologists | study past and present human cultures. | ||
archaeologists | a type of anthropologist. they examine the culture of the past human societies through analysis of physical remains (artifacts.) |