HISTORIAN'S TOOLS VOCAB Flashcards
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an imaginary line about which a body rotates
Axis
a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the globe
Hemisphere
a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating
Grid
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
Latitude
the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
Longitude
a planet’s meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
Prime Meridian
Political maps are designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include bodies of water.
Political map
Physical maps often include much of the same data found on a political map, but their primary objective is to show landmarks.
Physical map
The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
Scale
the action of distorting or the state of being distorted.
Distortion
(often preceding a date) approximately
Circa (ca.)
Before Christ
B.C.
After death.
A.D.
Common Era
C.E.
In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary is an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study.
Primary source
In contrast, a secondary source of 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.
Secondary source
French culinary phrase which means “putting in place” or “everything in its place.
Mies en Place
