Historical Glossary Terms Flashcards
1
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Bc
A
Before Christ
2
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BCE
A
Before common era
3
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AD
A
Anno Domini
4
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CE
A
Common Era
5
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Circa
A
A Latin word for ‘around’
6
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Century
A
100 years
7
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Archeology
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The study of human history examining the remains of the time period
8
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Stratigraphy
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A method used to find the approximate time period of older day remains
9
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Dendrochronology
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A method used to estimate the age of a tree done by counting the rings in the tree trunk
10
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Radiocarbon dating
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A method used to estimate the age of something that once lived from the older days
11
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Thermo luminescence
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A method that is used scientific to estimate the age of something
12
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Chronology
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Put events in an order in which they occurred
13
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Hypotheses
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An opinion, theory or statement based on research
