Geographers World Vocabulary

The study of Earth's physical features and the living things that inhabit it.

• Meteorology
• Geography
• Geology
• Biology

To examine

• sequence

• summarize

• analyze

• compare

A description of an event by someone who witnessed or lived thought that event.

• Historical narrative
• Personal reflection
• Fictional story
• primary source

A source created by people who were not present at an event.

• Historical document
• Tertiary source
• Primary source
• Secondary source

The ideas held by a person or group that cause them to take a side on an issue.

• point of view

• main idea

• bibliography

• latitude

Unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events

• Bias
• Stereotype
• Discrimination
• Prejudice

The experiences and cultural and historical factors that influence a person or group at a specific time

• Frame of reference

• Cultural heritage
• Historical events
• Personal beliefs

List events, ideas, and objects in a logical order

• conclusion

• equator

• sequence

• spatial

The main concept on which other ideas depend for meaning

• hypothesis
• principle
• main idea

• assumption

A shortened version of a passage

• A summary of the passage.
• A critique of the passage.
• A detailed explanation of the passage.
• An analysis of the passage.