History Dates 1

Question 1

B.C.

Answer 1

abbreviation for ‘Before the Common Era’, a term used for the period of history before the birth of Christ; replaces BC because it is culturally neutral.

Question 2

C.E.

Answer 2

abbreviation for ‘Common Era’, a term used for after the birth of Christ; replaces AD because it is culturally neutral.

Question 3

age

Answer 3

a distinct period of history with specific characteristics that make it stand out from other periods (e.g. the Bronze __ __ __ or Dark __ __ __).

Question 4

millennium

Answer 4

a period of 1000 years.

Question 5

century

Answer 5

a period of 100 years.

Question 6

decade

Answer 6

a period of 10 years.

Question 7

chronology

Answer 7

a record of events in the order that they took place.

Question 8

timeline

Answer 8

a diagram that shows when historical events took place during a given period of time in chronological order.

Question 9

artefact

Answer 9

an object made, or altered, by human hands which tells us something about a culture and way of life.

Question 10

prehistory

Answer 10

the period of history before written records.

Question 11

year

Answer 11

a period of 365 days.

Question 12

history

Answer 12

a study of the past; a written record of what happened in the past.

Question 13

indigenous

Answer 13

people who are descended from an area’s first inhabitants.

Question 14

historian

Answer 14

the name given to a person who examines the past and tries to explain what they find.

Question 15

evidence

Answer 15

anything that tends to establish or disprove a fact.

Question 16

culture

Answer 16

beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

Question 17

archeologist

Answer 17

A person who looks for bones, tools, and artifacts from people who lived long ago to find out how people lived then.