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| Quantitative Analysis | relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality. |
| Qualitative Analysis | an inquiry into the reasoning behind human behavior |
| Historical Perspective | means understanding the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional settings that shaped people's lives and actions in the past. |
| Historical Context | refers to the moods, attitudes, and conditions that existed during a certain time |
| Present-mindness | Being present, being in the moment, living in the now. |
| map legend (key) | A symbol is a picture on the map that represents something in the real world |
| compass rose | is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions: North, East, South, and West—and their intermediate points |
| latitude | run east–west as circles parallel to the equator. |
| longitude | is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. |
| scale | refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. |
| index | a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter. |
| physical map | ocuses on the geography of the area and will often have shaded relief to show the mountains and valleys |
| political map | designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water. |
| special purpose map | used to help you focus on certain details. Example: Topography, Climate or district. |
| primary source | an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. |
| secondary source | information is one that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you're researching. |
| bias | prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. |
| perspective | a point of view. |
| temporal | secular; relating to time |
| periodization | process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history. |
| multiple causation | explains that a single cause is unlikely to be the result of a single cause, instead multiple causes are likely to be involved. |
| causation | theories about what causes historical events to happen. |
| anthropology | the study of what makes us human. |
| archaeology | the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. |
| economics | the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth. |
| political science | the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behavior. |
| linguistics | the scientific study of language and its structure |
| religion | the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. |
| sociology | the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society. |
