History & Historians Review

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If history is the study of the people and events of the past, then a person who studies history must be a

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historian

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Historians ask questions like "What happened?" "Why did it happen?" and

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How has it influenced today?

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Learning about the past helps us _________ the present.

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understand

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Which of the following is a true statement about studying history? The past is not worth studying., The past was always better., The past helps us make decisions., The past needs to be forgotten.

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The past helps us make decisions.

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Events that happened in the past help explain why _________

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All answers are correct

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When we talk about "the past" we mean ________

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Everything that happened before today

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10 year and 100 year periods of time are called

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decades and centuries

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A group of ten (10) years is a

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decade

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A group of one hundred (100) years is a

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century

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A group of one thousand (1000) years is a

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millennium