| A | B |
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| historian | person who study events in the past |
| timeline | line marked off with a series of events and dates |
| chronology | list of events in the order in which they happened |
| period | length of time singled out because of a specific event or development |
| prehistory | the time before humans invented writing |
| anno Domini | in the year of our Lord |
| primary source | information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event (letters, diaries, photographs) |
| artifact | an object made by a human like a tool or weapon |
| secondary source | information about an event that doesn't come from a person who experienced that event |
| bias | an unfair preference for or dislike of something |
| archaeology | the scientific study of ancient cultures through artifacts and other evidence |
| anthropology | the study of humankind, expecially development and culture |
| oral tradition | a community's cultural and historical background which is passed down through spoken stories and songs |
| absolute location | describes a place's exact location on Earth (latitude and longitude) |
| relative location | the location of a place relative to another place |
| place | the mix of human and nonhuman features of a location |
| region | an area with at least one unifying physical or human feature (climate, landform, population, or history) |
| movement | explores how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another |
| human-environment-interaction | how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them |
| key | explains the symbols and shading on a map |
| locator map | shows where the area on the map is located within the larger area |
| scale bar | shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land |
| compass rose | a diagram of a compass showing direction |
| historical map | a special-purpose map that provides information about a place at a certain time in history (migration, trade routes, etc.) |
