Unit 1: Geography Skills, Iroquois & European Exploration

What is bias?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Prejudice in favor of or against a person, group, or thing, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• Objects made by humans

What is culture?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Prejudice in favor of or against a person, group, or thing, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• Objects made by humans

What is chronology?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Sequence of events over time

• Objects made by humans

What is authenticity?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Prejudice in favor of or against a person, group, or thing, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• Whether or not a source is what it seems to be

What is a primary source?

• A way of life that people have developed

• Firsthand information about people or events; reliable source

• Prejudice in favor of or against a person, group, or thing, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• Objects made by humans

What is a secondary source?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Firsthand information about people or events; reliable source

• Objects made by humans

What is an artifact?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Objects made by humans

• Prejudice in favor of or against a person, group, or thing, usually in a way considered to be unfair

What is archeology?

• A way of life that people have developed

• An account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

• Objects made by humans

• Study of evidence left by early people

What is the Land Bridge theory?

• The theory that people migrated from Asia to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current-day Bering Strait

• Gold (riches), God (religion), Glory (fame)

• Italian explorer sent by Spain to 'discover' America

• The global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the Eastern and Western hemispheres

What were the reasons for exploration?

• The theory that people migrated from Asia to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current-day Bering Strait

• Gold (riches), God (religion), Glory (fame)

• Italian explorer sent by Spain to 'discover' America

• The global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the Eastern and Western hemispheres