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Historical Skills #1
Unit 1 2022-2023
Question | Answer |
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What are the five themes of geography? | Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human Environment-Interaction |
perspective | point of view or a particular attitude about something. |
artifacts | Things that people made and left behind. |
civilization | A society with social and political organization. |
primary source | an orginal source |
secondary sources | works that summarize the primary sources |
supply | the amount of something |
scarcity | not enough of a resource |
resources | something that can be used to fulfill a need |
archeology | physical evidence of past human societies |
fossils | remains of humans, plants, and animals |
physical features | The shapes that land and water make on the surface of the earth. |
What are the four parts of a map? | key, compass, scale, and title |
How many continents are there? | 7 |
How many oceans are there? | 5 |
What are the five oceans? | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean. Indian Ocean. Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean |
What are the seven continents? | Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Europe, Antartica |
Which part of the map tells you what the map is about? | title |
Which part of a map tells you what the symbols mean? | key |
Which part of a map tells you the directions? | compass |
Which part of a map tells you the distance? | scale |
What are the cardinal directions? | North, South, East, West |
What are the intermediate directions? | Northwest. Northeast, Southwest, Southeast |
What are examples of primary sources? | letter, speech, diary, autobiography, photo, video |
What are examples of secondary sources? | summary, textbook. dictionary, magazine article, essay |
What is a phyiscal map? | Map that shows physical features using brown, green, and blue colors. |
What is a poltical map? | Map that shows human features using bright colors. |
What are examples of physical features? | mountains, desert, river, rainforest |