What Is History? & Geography

The study of people and events from the past. It explores both the way things change and the way things stay the same.

• History

• Physics

• Math

• Theology

The item in this picture helps us determine Cardinal & Intermediate directions on a map - what is it called?

• The Wheel of Directions

• Compass Rose

• Directional Gauge

• Map Legend

This shows the order of events within a period of time.

• timeline

• decade

• stopwatch

• calendar

Name these groups of time measurement in order...

10 years, 100 years, & 1,000 years

• century, decade, millennium

• decade, millennium, century

• decade, century, millennium

• decade, era, century

A Primary Source is firsthand evidence. The person who wrote about the event witnessed it with their own eyes

• True

• False

The term B.C. means

• Before Caesar

• Before Cornbread

• Before Christ

• Before Confucius

A Secondary Source is created after an event. It is not witnessed by the person who wrote about the event.

• True

• False

A.D. means

• Another Day

• anno Domini - in the year of the Lord

• After Death

• At Dominoes

Which example of chronological dates is correct?

• 550 BC, 723 BC, 232 BC, AD 21

• 723 BC, 550 BC, 232 BC, AD 21

• AD 21, 232 BC, 723 BC, 550 BC

• AD 21, 232 BC, 550 BC, 723 BC

Many early cultures such as the Egyptians, Hebrews, and Chinese based their ________________ on the cycles of the moon.

• Football Schedules

• Elections

• Calendars

• Currency