Timelines/People Study Past

Question 1

BCE

Answer 1

Before Common Era

Question 2

CE

Answer 2

Common Era

Question 3

BCE is in the

Answer 3

Past

Question 4

CE in towards the

Answer 4

Future

Question 5

number’s on the timeline get _______ towards 0

Answer 5

smaller

Question 6

number’s on the timeline get _______ away from 0

Answer 6

larger

Question 7

AD

Answer 7

Anno Domini - The Year of Our Lord

Question 8

BC

Answer 8

Before Christ

Question 9

Ancient means

Answer 9

Very old or from a long time ago

Question 10

Era/Age is

Answer 10

used to describe a long period of time marked by an event

Question 11

Decade

Answer 11

a period of 10 years

Question 12

Century

Answer 12

a period of 100 years

Question 13

Millenium

Answer 13

a period of 1000 years

Question 14

The year 1004 would be in what millennium?

Answer 14

2nd (1001-2000 is 2nd Mil.)

Question 15

The year 1954 is in what decade?

Answer 15

fifties

Question 16

The year 452 would be in what century?

Answer 16

5th (401-500 is 5th century)

Question 17

Circa means

Answer 17

about or approx

Question 18

A visual tool that helps organize events in time

Answer 18

timeline

Question 19

Year 0 is

Answer 19

NOT an actual year and is a placeholder on the timeline

Question 20

Archaeology

Answer 20

objects remaining from the past

Question 21

Archaeologist

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a person who studies objects from the past

Question 22

Geographer

Answer 22

a person who studies and charts maps

Question 23

Primary Source

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Evidence that someone created from that time

Question 24

Secondary Source

Answer 24

Evidence written or created by a person that did not witness the event

Question 25

Historian

Answer 25

a person that studies the past, often teaches others about events in the past

Question 26

Paleontologist

Answer 26

a person who studies fossils