Lesson 1 - Vocabulary

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Artifact

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an object made by people or used in the past.

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bias

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a one-sided point of view

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geographic phenomena

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the features of the Earth's surface and the activities that take place on the Earth's surface

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historical narrative

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an account, report, or story of events or experiences that is based on factual evidence from the past.

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historical perspective

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the ability to describe the past from the point of view of those who lived during a particular time period

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literal meaning

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the meaning of a passage, text, etc. as the original author intended and what the original hearers/readers understood

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oral history

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spoken history that one person tells another

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primary source

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firsthand accounts or original objects and documents from the past

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region

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places on earth that have at least one common feature

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secondary source

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a secondhand account of events that happened in the past