Social St, Flashcards

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time is a what

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human made concept

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Time was made to

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understand the past present and future and to help organize and coordinate events

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an early device that the time is showed by a a show cased onto a plate marked with hours of the day

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Sundial

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A early device used to measure time during the night in the absence of sunlight

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Clepsydra

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A early device that measure time by letting sand run through a narrow opening

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hourglass

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One of the ways we can describe time where it is in precise periods, dates and times *E.g my sister was born on january 6th

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Absolute time

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One of the ways to describe time where it is measured in relation to other things *E.g Vine was cool when I graduated highschool

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Relative Time

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What is this an example of (Describing time): I was born on June 27th 1995

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Absolute time

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what is this an example of (describing time): Lily is older than her brother but younger than her sister

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Relative time

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What is this an example of (describing time): I learned to walk before i learned to talk

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Relative time

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What is this an example of (describing time): Afternoon classes start at 1:07 PM

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Absolute time

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What is this an example of (describing time): My grandmother was born before airplanes were invented

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Relative time

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What is this an example of (describing time): I have a doctors appoint at 3:25 today

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Absolute time

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This is one way we record time which is a record of natural cycles such as days and seasons in a trendy to live in harmony with the natural world and happen over and over again E.g seasons and days

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Cyclical Time

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This is one of the ways we measure time which is a record of events in a sequence from the past to the present, organizing it at a personal and historical level E.g opening of before road collegiate in 1923, The jurassic period, your birthday etc

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Linear time

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What is this an example of (measuring time): World war I 1914-1918

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Linear

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What is this an example of (measuring time): First day of school is in september

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Cyclical

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What is this an example of (measuring time): 1867 - Creation of Canada

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Linear

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What is this an example of (measuring time): Buiding of the Great Pyramid in Egypt (2570 BCE)

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Linear

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What is this an example of (Measuring time): 24 hour day

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Cyclical

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What is this an example of (measuring time): Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)

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Linear

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What is subjective time

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it is our personal experience and is based on our individual point of view E.g My classes are going by quickly

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What is historical time

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Historical time is the period of time since people started keeping record of historical events and is measuring in years decades and century’s

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Is this an example of historical or subjective time: It felt like practice went by fast!
Subjective
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Is this an example of historical or subjective time: Class went by fast today!
Subjective
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What is historical time measured in?
years, decades, centuries, and millenniums
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365 days is also
a year
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10 years is also
a decade
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100 years is also
a century
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1000 years is also
a millennium
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What does B.C mean
The time before christ
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what does A.D stand for
The time after christ
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Why aren’t A.D and B.C usually used any more
because they focus too much on christianity
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What do historians often use to describe time periods
B.C.E and C.E
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What does B.C.E stand for
Before common era
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What does C.E stand for
common era
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Is there such thing as zero (as in right between BCE and CE)
Nope there is not a definite point the birth of christ was most likely within 3-6 years of this date
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Does BCE go from smallest to largest or largest to smallest (is the biggest number the newest or oldest year)
it goes from smallest to largest (the biggest number is the oldest year)
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Does CE go from biggest to smallest or smallest to biggest (the biggest number is or isn’t closest to the present year)
smallest to largest (the biggest number is closest to the present)
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What century is this: 1901-2000 CE
20th century
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How do you tell what century it is? (BCE)
the first two numbers in the last year in the range
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What century is this: 5000-4901 BCE
50th century
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How do you tell what century it is? (CE)
first two numbers in the first year of the range
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is this CE or BCE and what century? 1901-2000
CE and the 20th century
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is this CE or BCE and what century? 5000-4901
CE and the 50th century
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is this CE or BCE and what century? 1501-1601
CE and 16th century
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is this CE or BCE and what century? 6000-5901
BCE and the 60th century
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is this CE or BCE and what century? 1401-1500
CE and the 15th century
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is this CE or BCE and what century? 8000-7901
BCE and the 80th century
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What is the range of years for this century? 9th century BCE
900-801
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What is the range of years for this century? 40th century BCE
4000-3901
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What is the range of years for this century? 19th century CE
1801-1900
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What is the range of years for this century? 13th century CE
1201-1300
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What century does this year belong to? 2021 CE
21st century
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What century does this year belong to? 1767 CE
18th century
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What century does this year belong to? 4991 BCE
50th century
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What century does this year belong to? 807 BCE
9th century
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Which year is older? 1452 BCE or 1352 BCE
1352
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Which year is older? 809 BCE or 4467 BC
4467
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Which year is older? 1467 CE or 2021 CE
1467
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