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Historical Skills #1
Unit 1 2022-2023
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |