Opening Unit CFA

1. What is a Historian?

• A person who studies scientific principles
• A person who studies what has happened in the past through primary sources, secondary sources, and other types of historical evidence
• A person who studies numbers and mathematical principles

2. What is a primary source?

• speeches, interviews, clothing, photographs
• Commentary on a speech, interview, clothing, biographies

3. What are geographical features

• Its a way to present information
• mountain, river, desert
• a school, a bank or a bridge

4. What is a secondary source?

• Commentary on a speech, interview, clothing, biographies
• speeches, interviews, clothing, photographs, biographies
• imaginary stories unrelated to the period of study

5. How does geography impact civilizations?

• Geography has very little impact on civilizations in any way
• Geography impacts the way mathematics are calculated
• Geography impacts available resources, migration and economy

6. What are Key Concepts of group work?

• Do not participate in your group if they do not need you to.
• Make sure to talk over the other people in your group if your ideas are more important
• Everyone needs to have a role and participate meaningfully with the group

7. Why are elements of culture important to history and civilizations?

• Culture has no impact on the development of civilizations
• Culture impacts the use of resources and growth and collapse of civilizations
• Culture has no impact on music or art