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  • What type of homes were built by the Cheyennes in the Great Plains?
    tepees
  • What part of a map shows direction on the map?
    compass rose
  • Proximity to what impacts climate?
    Equator
  • What type of homes were built by the Inuit in the Arctic?
    igloos
  • How do archaeologists learn about early people?
    studying artifacts
  • What were the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations like?
    advanced, achievements in architecture, math, astronomy, engineering, writing, farming
  • What part of a map shows distance on the map?
    scale
  • What is latitude?
    describes distance north or south of the Equator
  • What is a large body of fresh water surrounded by land?
    lake
  • What is a secondary source?
    later interpretation of an event by someone who was not there
  • What is an artifact?
    object left behind by early people
  • What is the imaginary line that lies at 0 degrees longitude?
    Prime Meridian
  • What is longitude?
    describes distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
  • Why did the Native Americans in different regions develop different cultures?
    different environments, climates, natural resources
  • What is the imaginary line that lies a 0 degrees latitude?
    Equator
  • How do historians learn about the past?
    examining primary sources
  • What is a large natural elevation that rises sharply above the surrounding land?
    mountain
  • What is culture?
    the shared way of life of a group of people
  • How do most scientists believe the first people got to the Americas?
    land bridge
  • What is history?
    an account of the past
  • What is the low area of land between mountains?
    valley
  • What is a large stream of fresh water that flows into a larger body of water?
    river
  • What is a primary source?
    first-person account of an event created by someone who was there
  • Where do most scientists believe the first people to reach the Americas came from?
    Asia
  • How do historians decide if a source is reliable?
    consider author's perspective and purpose
  • What type of homes were built by the Iroquois in the Northeast Woodlands?
    longhouses
  • Why did the first people to arrive in the Americas migrate south into South America?
    warmer climate, no glaciers
  • What part of a map shows what the symbols on the map mean?
    key
  • What is an example of a primary source?
    diary, letter, speech, photograph, historical document
  • What is an example of a secondary source?
    encyclopedia, textbook, documentary
  • What is dry, often sandy land, with little vegetation?
    desert
  • Why do most scientists think the first people came to the Americas?
    to hunt large mammals
  • What is a large area of flat land with few trees?
    plain
  • What is corroboration?
    other sources that provide a similar account
  • What part of a map tells what the map is about?
    title
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