World History and Geography - Study Guide, Unit 1 Test

Unit One Test:  What skills do historians and geographers use?

Tuesday, September 28th!!!!!!

Be sure your ISN is up to date!!!

Use the following info to study hard and get an A on our first test!

Format:  Multiple Choice and Short Answer

Vocab:

Artifact

Primary source

Secondary source

Point of view

Time and place rule

Context rule

Bias

Bias rule

Timeline

Intervals

Century

Millennium

Decade

BCE

CE

Latitude and Longitude

Continent

Climate

Geography

Legend

Physical map

Political map

Map projection

Scale

Migration

Population

Five themes of Geography

Be able to:

• Define, give examples of, and explain the significance of the above vocabulary
• Evaluate the usefulness of a timeline
• Provide examples of primary and secondary sources and evaluate how reliable each source is
• Describe how and why the terms CE and BCE are used, be able to use these terms on a timeline
• Put basic events of early history in order based on cause and effect
• Read a map and analyze the information it provides
• Evaluate bias in histories and in maps
• Identify the seven continents and seven oceans