6th - SS - Core Concepts 1.1 to 1.6 Notes

Question 0

What is a period also known as?

Answer 0

An era or an epoch

Question 1

What is flexible and can cover a day, a year, a decade (ten years), a century (one hundred years), a millennium (one thousand years), or any other period in history?

Answer 1

A timeline

Question 2

When did written history begin?

Answer 2

5,200 years ago

Question 3

What are years organized by?

Answer 3

B.C. (Before Christ) or A.D. (Anno Domini - after Christ or in the year if our Lord)

Question 4

What is the Jewish calendar organized around?

Answer 4

The years since the creation of the world.

Question 5

What is the Islamic calendar organized around?

Answer 5

From the year that the prophet Muhammad moved to the city of Medina.

Question 6

What did the Maya and Aztec priest make calendars for?

Answer 6

Farming and religious purposes

Question 7

What calendar do we use and how many days does it have?

Answer 7

Gregorian calendar, it has 365 or 366 day year.

Question 8

How many days does the Jewish calendar have?

Answer 8

Varies from 353 to 385 due to adjusting to the solar year.

Question 9

How many days does the Islamic year have?

Answer 9

About 354 days

Question 10

What type of information does a historical source provide?

Answer 10

Important

Question 11

What must Historians do with historical sources?

Answer 11

Evaluate it for accuracy and reliability

Question 12

What are the two types of sources called?

Answer 12

Primary and Secondary

Question 13

Name some examples of Primary Sources.

Answer 13

Letters, diaries, speeches, photographers and artifacts (made by human beings)

Question 14

Names some examples of Secondary Sources.

Answer 14

Books, articles, movies, news reports, newspapers, reference books, and Internet

Question 15

Why do historical primary sources not always give a true accurate accounts of events?

Answer 15

Personal opinions may influence what is recorded.

Question 16

Are secondary sources always reliable?

Answer 16

No, they may have a bias.

Question 17

What do Archaeologists study?

Answer 17

The objects that are left behind to learn more about the past.

Question 18

What do Anthropologists study?

Answer 18

Humankind in all aspects.

Question 19

Who seek to understand the organs of humans and the ways humans developed physically?

Answer 19

Anthropologists

Question 20

What is the study of the human and nonhuman features of earth called?

Answer 20

Geography

Question 21

What are the five different themes or ways of thinking?

Answer 21

1. Location
2. Place
3. Region
4. Movement
5. Human-environment interaction

Question 22

What are the two ways to talk about location?

Answer 22

Absolute location and relative location

Question 23

How do the lines of latitude run?

Answer 23

East-west

Question 24

How do the lines of longitude?

Answer 24

North-south

Question 25

What type of map shows boundaries of states, countries and other man-made objects?

Answer 25

Political map

Question 26

What type of map shows mountains, rivers, plains, and other physical features?

Answer 26

Physical map

Question 27

Can maps combine elements of both physical and political maps?

Answer 27

Yes