KAS Discussion [Understanding History]

Question 1

What is Chronology?

Answer 1

Arrangements of parts and events in the order of time

Question 2

What is Anachronism?

Answer 2

An error in chronology; this is usually debunked by forensics team.

Question 3

What does BC and AD mean in the Christian Calendar respectively?

Answer 3

Before Christ; Anno Domini

Question 4

What is a sense of time?

Answer 4

The faculty by which the essence, particular, and passage of time is appreciated.

Question 5

What replaces AD in the Muslim calendar?

Answer 5

BCE (Before the Common Era)

Question 6

What is the practice of estimating time in relation to significant periods in history?

Answer 6

Periodization

Question 6

How long is a century?

Answer 6

100 years

Question 7

What is the Christian calendar based off of?

Answer 7

The traditionally evoked year of the conception of Jesus of Nazareth

Question 8

3 Parts of history are…?

Answer 8

1. Ancient History (3000BC-400AD)
2. Medieval History (400AD-1500AD)
3. Modern History (1500AD-present)

Question 9

What is historicity?

Answer 9

The historical event as it is being played out, without interpretation

Question 10

Historical fact

Answer 10

The time, place and overall detail of the moment in history

Question 11

Interpretation

Answer 11

The way historians use their knowledge of historicity to connect events into reasoning