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are firsthand documents that were created during the time period of an event in history. (Buildings, murals, paintings, journals, diaries, letters, speeches, autobiographies, photographs, eyewitness accounts and various forms of written documentation) |
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are descriptions of a historical event after the event has occurred. The people who write about this event did not participate in the event. (History books, textbooks, nonfiction books, encyclopedias, and biographies) |
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is a collection of articles, listed alphabetically, on various topics. |
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| is an alphabetical collection of words that includes the meanings of each word. |
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| a novel or story set among actual events or a specific period of history; also called historical novel |
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| is a book or computer media that lists many facts about a variety of topics. |
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is a factual book about a specific topic that was researched and written by someone who is knowledgeable on that topic. |
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| is published on a regular basis – daily, weekly, or monthly. Examples would be newspapers and magazines. |
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| an area on a map where the symbols are explained. (Legend) |
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| a pointer for the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west. |
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| the four main directions of north, south, east, and west. |
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| directions between the cardinal directions such as northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest. |
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| device drawn in the key that shows distance in miles or kilometers between two points on a map. |
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| a type of map showing countries, borders, capitals, and cities. |
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| a type of map showing landforms and earth features. |
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| a map that shows how many people live per square mile or kilometer. |
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| is a map that examines and interprets a period of history. |
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| a flat picture of the round earth. (2nd dimensional drawing of the 3rd dimensional earth) |
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