8th grade U.S.

history
Vocabulary
Artifact
A object that tells information from like 1.2
billion years ago
PLC (positive learning
community)
a group of people who share a belief
Community
a group of people living in a town/city/state
Distractor
a disturbing person/object that keeps you
from doing something
Norms
model or pattern of some type
environment
the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors
surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time
archeologist
the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of
their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments,
primary source
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or
created during the time under study
secondary source
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources
historian
someone who studies history
climate
the average weather in a place over many
years
hypothesis
an educated guess/observation
bias
perspective P.O.V.
territories
someones property
common good
the advantage or benefit of all people in
society or in a group

ordience
an authoritative rule or law