Intro to History Vocab

the branch of knowledge dealing with past events

• History

• Culture

• Historian

• Geography

A writer, student, or scholar of history.

• geography

• history

• culture

• Historian

1. a particular society at a particular time and place

2. the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

• history

• geography

• culture

• historian

The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.

• history

• historian

• culture

• geography

an original fundamental & authoritative document pertaining to an event or subject of inquiry; a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event

• secondary source

• primary source

• bias

• history

any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, usually not created contemporaneously

• secondary source

• primary source

• bias

• history

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• primary source

• secondary source

• bias

• history

the way that goods and services are traded or exchanged.

• history

• inflation

• circa

• economy

a rise in prices corresponding to a decline in the value of money.

• economy

• inflation

• circa

• culture

about or approximately ~

• economy

• inflation

• circa

• geography