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 AmericaSouth America

AsiaEurope

AustraliaAntarctica

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