Social Scientist Vocabulary

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Latitude

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Imaginary lines that run side to side (around the Earth like belts) on a globe or map.

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Longitude

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Imaginary lines that run up and down (from the North Pole to the South Pole) on a globe or map.

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Coordinates

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A pair of numbers (latitude and longitude) that tell the exact spot of a place on Earth.

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Historian

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A person who studies and learns about the past, like events, people, and places, to understand what happened and why.

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Archeologist

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A scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts.

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Hemisphere

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Half of the Earth (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western)

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Primary Source

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Something original from the past, like a diary, photo, letter, or interview, that helps us learn what really happened.

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Secondary Source

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A book, article, or report that talks about or explains information from primary sources, but wasn’t made at the time something happened.

(Middleman!)

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Credible

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Something or someone you can trust because they give true and reliable information.

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Chronological

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Putting events in the order they happened, from first to last.