| A | B |
| Archaeology | The study of the ways of life of early people through the examination of their artifacts. |
| History | The study of past events. It offers us a record, description, explanation, and interpretation of the past. |
| Geography | The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. |
| Absolute Location | Position measured in degrees of latitude and longitude |
| Relative Location | Position measured in its relation to other positions (North, South, East, West) |
| Map Projections | Used by mapmakers to represent a curved globe |
| Primary Source | First hand account of an event by someone who was actually there. (ancient text) |
| Secondary Source | Second hand account of an event based on primary sources (textbook) |
| Five themes of Geography | Location, Place, Region, Interaction, Movement |