Human made object
Artifact
Preserved remain of early life
fossil
Account written by a witness to the event
Primary Source
Account written by someone who did not witness the event
Secondary Source
Unwritten account; can be a song or story
Oral history
What does B.C.E. stand for
Before Common Era
What does B.C. stand for
Before Christ
What does C.E. stand for
Common Era
What does A.D. stand for
Anno Domini
What does c. stand for
Circa
10 years
Decade
100 years
Century
1000 years
Millenia
Shows how continents and oceans appear on the Earth in true shapes, locations and relative sizes
Globe
7 large landmasses on Earth
Continents
Name the 7 Continents
North America South America Asia Europe Australia Antarctica Africa
Map showing the features on Earth created by humans like cities and countries
Political
Shows directions north, south, east, and west.
Compass rose
Study of Earth and its people
Geography
Imaginary lines that measure north and south of the equator
Latitude lines
Imaginary lines measuring East and West of the Prime Meridian
Longitude
Latitude line at 0
Equator
One half of the earth
Hemisphere
Flat representation of Earth
map
Exact location of a geographic location
Absolute Location