History Final Exam Part 4

Question 1

How do you identify time centuries?

Answer 1

From 01-00, one century ahead
Example: 1801-1900=19th Century

Question 2

How do you read BC/BCE dates?

Answer 2

-The smaller the number in BC/BCE, the more recent the date
-45 BC is more recent than 3000 BC

Question 3

What do these dating systems mean?
-C.E.
-B.C.E.
-B.C.
-A.D.

Answer 3

-C.E. = Common Era (same as A.D.)
-B.C.E. = Before Common Era (same as B.C.)
-B.C. = Before Christ
-A.D. = Anno Domini (“in the year of the Lord”)

Question 4

What are these time measurements?
-Century
-Decade
-Millenium

Answer 4

-Century = 100 years
-Decade = 10 years
-Millennium = 1000 years

Question 5

What is this historical reading skill?:
* Key Questions:
o Who wrote this?
o What is the author’s perspective?
o When was it written?
o Where was it written?
o Why was it written?
o Is it reliable? Why? Why not?
* Skills:
o Identify the author’s position on the historical event
o Identify and evaluate the author’s purpose in producing the document
o Hypothesize what the author will say before reading the document
o Evaluate the source’s trustworthiness by considering genre, audience, and purpose
* Example: When examining a samurai scroll, ask: “When was this scroll made? Why might this scroll be a strong source for learning what rules samurai followed?”

Answer 5

Sourcing

Question 6

What is this historical reading skill?:
* Key Questions:
o When and where was the document created?
o What was different then? What was the same?
o How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?
* Skills:
o Understand how context/background information influences document content
o Recognize that documents are products of particular points in time
* Example: “From the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, Japan experienced relative peace. How might this context influence how you think about this source as evidence of what rules samurai followed?”

Answer 6

Contextualization

Question 7

What is this historical reading skill?:
* Key Questions:
o What do other documents say?
o Do the documents agree? If not, why?
o What are other possible documents?
o What documents are most reliable?
* Skills:
o Establish what is probable by comparing documents to each other
o Recognize disparities between accounts
* Example: “How does this account of samurai rules corroborate or contradict the textbook?”

Answer 7

Corroboration

Question 8

What is this historical reading skill?:

Answer 8

• Key Questions:
  o What claims does the author make?
  o What evidence does the author use?
  o What language (words, phrases, images, symbols) does the author use to persuade?
  o How does the document’s language indicate the author’s perspective?
• Skills:
  o Identify the author’s claims about an event
  o Evaluate the evidence and reasoning the author uses to support claims
  o Evaluate author’s word choice; understand that language is used deliberately
• Example: “According to this textbook, what rules did the samurai follow? This painting portrays Japanese invaders outnumbering Korean forces. What might this suggest about samurai rules?”

Question 9

Shows directions (North, South, East, West)

Answer 9

Compass Rose

Question 10

Explains the symbols used on a map

Answer 10

Legend/Key