Timelines and Archeology terms

Millions of years ago, the Mesozoic ____ included dinosaurs.

• era

• age

• decade

• century

____________ study __________ and look at the plotted events in ___________ order, in order to learn about past events.

• archeologists, milleniums, BC

• historians, decades, AD

• historians, timelines, chronological

• paleontolgists, artifacts, chronological

BC means the same as BCE, just as ____ means the same as CE.

• CE

• BC

• BCE

• AD

In the 20th century, millions of immigrants entered the country. This means what?

• 1700s

• 2000s

• 1900s

• 1800s

This image shows what?

• Greek vases

• artifacts

• sherds

• acheological site

What is this picture showing us?

• projectile points

• fossils

• survey

• excavation

Midden is what?

• poorly spelled mitten?

• a maiden?

• kitchen trash

• prehistoric trash

Check off all the ways one can determine the main idea, or find clues to the main idea

• look for repeated words in the text

• read the first sentence of the paragraph

• key words

• take a survey

• ask yourself what is the "gist" of the text

What does R.A.F.T. encourage you to do?

• include "Facts" in "For Example"

• Restate the question

• "Tie it together" at the end of the paragraph

• Restate the question

• Answer a short answer question; craft a good paragraph

2011 was ___________ ago.