Analyzing Sources Charts, Diagrams, and Graphs Critical Thinking Skills What Is Geography? Anything Goes
100
Artifacts
What are tools or ornaments that were used by people in the past
100
Chart
A _____ presents facts and numbers in an organized way
100
Cause
An action or situation that produces an event is a...
100
Absolute location
The exact position on Earth where a geography feature, such as a city or mountain, is found is its _____
100
Key
A _____ explains the symbols, colors and lines on a map. It is sometimes also called a legend.
200
Secondary sources
What type of sources come from people who were not present at an event?
200
Circle graph
Shows how the whole of something is divided
200
Facts
You can check _____ using reliable sources to determine whether or not they are accurate.
200
Place
The physical and human features that make a city, state, or country unique is _____
200
Star
Capital cities are represented by a _____ on a map.
300
Time Line
An easy way to keep track of chronology is to use or make a ....
300
Line Graph
Shows how something changes over time
300
Opinions
_____ often contain words such as "should, "ought", "best", "worst" or "greatest."
300
Regions
Areas that share common features
300
Relative location
Knowing a place's _____ may help a historian understand how it is settled and how its culture developed.
400
Before Christ
The calendar begins at the birth of Jesus. The years before this date are known as B.C., or...
400
Bar graph
Uses bars to compare numbers visually.
400
Inference
To make an _____, you "read between the lines"
400
Movement
Explains how and why people, things and ideas move.
400
Physical systems
_____ affect how and where people live
500
Personal Records
Diaries, journals, and letters are what kind of records?
500
Infographics
Diagrams are sometimes called...
500
Cause, Effect
Understanding _____ and _____ means thinking about WHY something happened.
500
Human-environment interaction
Early Native Americans in the southwester U.S. used materials from plants, animals, and the land to build their homes and clothe and feed themselves. This is an example of...
500
Cartographer
What is the technical term for a mapmaker?






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