What is History? Ch.1 Lesson 1

A decade is a period of time that last_____years?

• 10

• 20

• 100

• 1000

The calendar we use today is called the __________ calendar.

• Julian

• Gregorian

• Lunar

• Egyptian

The letters A.D. stand for the words anno domini and mean "in the year of our Lord."

• True

• False

A paleontologist looks for clues to the past by studying __________.

• ancient cultures

• ancient literature

• fossils

• ancient ruins

An anthropologist is mostly concerned with studying fossils.

• True

• False

Which is an example of an artifact?

• A book about ancient history

• A map of an archaelogical dig

• A description of an extinct species

• A weapon from a culture of long ago

An archaeologist studies the past by looking at what people left behind.

• True

• False

A century is a period of time that lasts __________.

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 100 years

• 1000 years

__________ is the study of people and events of the past.

• Anthropology

• Archeology

• Paleontology

• History

According to your text, learning about the past "...helps us make decisions about _____."

• the future

• the past

• the present

• what shoes to wear to school