Vocabulary from Unit 1 Lessons 1-2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| history | the study of people and events of the past
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| historian | a person who studies the past
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| primary source | firsthand information about an event, a place, or a time period
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| secondary source | records of an event written by someone who was not there at the time
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| chronological order | puting events in the sequence in which they occurred
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| timeline | a diagram that shows the order in which events happened
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| land bridge | dry land that appeared between Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age
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| immigrant | a person who moves to one country from another
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| colony | a group of people who settle in a distant land, but are ruled by their homeland
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| Constitution | the document that is the basis for the United States government
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| plantation | a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm
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| geography | the study of people, places, and the environment
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| environment | the land, water, climate, plants, and animals of an area; surroundings
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| spatial | where a place is located and its physical relationship to other places, people and environments
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| absolute location | an exact or specific description of where a place is located, often expressed usint latitude and longitude
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| relative location | a general description of where a place lies, often expressed relative to another place
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| place | the human and phusical features of a specific location that make it unique
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| region | areas that share common physical or human characteristics
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| latitude | the distance north or south of the equator
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| longitude | the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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