The Study of History & Measuring Time

The study of people and events of the past-- help to explain why things are the way they are

• anthropology

• history

• paleontology

Prehistory refers to

• the time before there were written records

• the time when people began to record history on paper

• the time when people began to settle in communities

Archaeologists find a pit full of weapons-- so they think that there must have been wars in that civilization. This "educated guess" is known as

• a fact

• an artifact

• an inference

They dig in the dirt looking for bones and the fossilized remains of plants and animals

• anthropologists

• paleontologists

• historians

The foods people eat, the dances they dance and the holidays that they celebrate all make up their

• artifacts

• millennia

• culture

They study culture-- they use information about language, food, religion, customs, etc. to get a since of what people are all about

• archaeologists

• anthropologists

• paleontologists

Calendar that is based on the cycles of the moon-- which makes it about 10-12 days short each year

• solar calendar

• lunar calendar

• Gregorian calendar

Has 365 1/4 days-- it is the most used calendar today

• Gregorian Calendar

• Julian Calendar

• Lunar Calendar

The year 2031 will be in a ____________ from now

• decade

• century

• millenium

Place the following dates in the correct order:

315 AD

315 BC

1000 BC

1000 AD

• 315 BC, 1000 BC, 315 AD, 1000 AD

• 315 AD, 1000 AD, 1000 BC, 315 BC

• 1000 BC, 315 BC, 315 AD, 1000 AD