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What is a primary source of information? |
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An artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. Examples: a diary recovered from the Titanic, a letter from Harry Truman to Joseph Stalin |
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What is a secondary source of information of information? |
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Secondary sources cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources. |
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Define the word culture |
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Learned pattern of behavior acquired as members of a group |
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Define the word archaeologists |
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Scientists who find and analyze objects left by early man |
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Define the word artifacts |
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Objects left by early man (tools, pottery, etc.) |
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Define the word fossil |
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Evidence of plant and animal life embedded in the earth's crust |
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Define the word prehistory |
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The time period when humans made important achievements before there were records. Our knowledge of this period comes from the unwritten evidence found by archaeologists and other scientists |
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Define B.C. |
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"Before Christ", referring to a date before the birth of Jesus Christ |
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Define A.D. |
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"Anno Domini" ("in the year of the lord") refers to a date after the birth of Jesus Christ |
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What is the Theological Theory? |
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What is Economic Determinism? |
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What is the Great Man Theory? |
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What is Geographic Determinism? |
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The theory that the human habits and characteristics of a particular culture are shaped by geographic conditions |
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