Timeline & History

What does the acronym B.C.E. stand for

• Before Common Era
• Before Christian Era
• Before Castiello Explains
• Before Chronological Era

What does the acronym C.E. stand for

• Christian Era
• Common Era
• CNBC Editorial
• Chronological Era

Prehistory is history that took place before the development of

• television 
  
• writing
• type writers
• stone tools

Fossils are the remains or imprints of

• human dwellings.  
  
• tools
• plants and animals
• rocks

A primary source is one produced

• by word of mouth.
• during the same time as the event it describes.
• after the event by someone who studied the original source.
• before the event by someone who studied the original source

The law of superposition states that the oldest artifacts or remains would be found at the

• top  
• middle
• bottom
• museum

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that historians evaluate sources?

• To see if they agree with the source.
• To decide if the source is useful.
• To find how accurate the source is.
• To determine who wrote the source.

Radiocarbon dating involves determining the age of artifacts by

• Analyzing differences in physical features
• Comparing the remains to similar discoveries.
• Examining the sequence in which they were found.
• measuring the amount of radioactive element remaining.

A secondary source is one produced

• by word of mouth
• during the same time as the event it describes.
• after the event by someone who studied the original source.
• before the event by someone who studied the original source.

Historians use oral traditions to

• learn what people in a society consider important.
• determine the date of an object.
• examine the geography of a civilization.
• describe their research.