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33 Cards in this Set
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Culture
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people's unique way of life
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Archaeologist
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scientists who learn about early people by excavating and studying the traces of early settlements
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Anthropologist
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scientists who study culture
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Artifact
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Remains, such as tools, jewlery, and other human-made objects
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Fossil
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evidence of early life preserved in rocks
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BC
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Before Christ
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Neolithic
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New Stone Age
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Paleolithic
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Old Stone Age
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Pre-History
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before written hisotry
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Century
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100 years
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Decade
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every 10 years
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AD
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Anno Domini: After Death (of Christ)
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Periods
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Seperate Divisions of Time
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Milennium
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One Thousand Years
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BCE
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Before Common Era
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CE
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Common Era
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Primary Source
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something which comes from the time period the historian is studying that records or describes an event by someone who participated in witnessed the event
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Secondary Source
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Something which is produced after the time the historian is studying
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Opinion
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Beliefs which are not definetly proven
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Fact
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Things certainly known to have occured or can be proven true
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Bias
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When a source favors one side or gives on particular view of an event
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Historiography
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the study of hisotorians and the ideas and the methods they use to research and present history
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Contempory Source
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a source now, ex a teacher
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Historical Content
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the age or time period in which the historian lives
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Frame of reference
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personal background, age, education, family, beliefs, etc. of the hisorian
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What are the steps a historain takes?
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1. Picks a question, hypothesis or problem to research
2. Uses evidence to construct a picture of the past. 3. Organizes and classifies information based on the sources point of view (historical content and frame of reference). 4. Evaulates sources 5. Forms a tentative answer to the orginial question or problem by producing a product. Then can do more research to prove or revise the answers |
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Language (how to spot bias)
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Check the use of certain words
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Background (how to spot bias)
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Knowledge of the sources: who, when, where, and why was it written?
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Reliability
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Accuracy of sources, truthfulness; checking for author's purpose, factual errors and exaggerated comments:
1. Who, when and where it was produced? 2. Was the writer an eyewitness? 3. What was the origin of the information? 4. Consistency: Is it similar to other sources? Can it be cross-referenced/corroborated by other sources? |
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Balance (how to spot bias)
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In the selection of the facts. By leaving out or putting in certain facts, or highlighting others, a source can influence the reader in a particular direction
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Latitude
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Parallels: North and South. The Equator
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Longitude
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Meridians: East and West THe Prime Meridain
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Evolution of the Body
Adventurous Hippos Easily Never Sing |
1. Australopithicus Afarensis
2. Homo Habilis 3. Homo Erectus 4. Homo Neanderthalensis 5. Homo Sapien |
