Unit 1 Foundations

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a document or other record of past events created by someone who was NOT present during the events or the time period in which they occurred

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secondary source

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before written history

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prehistoric

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an expert who studies documents/writings to understand and record the past

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historian

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a personal leaning or a preference for a particular outlook

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bias

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the position that researchers take about a particular topic, based on the evidence that they have gathered

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argument

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a document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred

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primary source

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in history, the process of exploring the answers to questions about a certain time and place

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inquiry

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an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features

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geographer

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an object made or used by people in the past

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artifact

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an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind

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archaeologist