What is History? and Timelines

What is an era?

• A large block of time.

• A black hole.

• A type of car.

• A time before written history.

What is a decade?

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

• 10,000 years

What is a century?

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

• 10,000 years

What is a millennium?

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

• 50 years

History is important because?

• We can learn from past mistakes
• We can learn about other cultures
• We know what happened in the past
• All of the above

List these dates from oldest to most recent

• 32 BC

• 2,000 BC

• 2,000 AD

• 1 BC

• 32 AD

What is a fossil?

• Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time.

• Manmade objects.

• A shoe company.

• A type of African Violet plant.

At what year does BC/BCE change to AD/CE?

• At year 0

• At year 1

• At year 100

• At year 1,000

Answer explanation

There was no year 0.

History is the study of the ​ (a)   based on ​ (b)   .

• past
• historical sources
• memory
• a list of events
• exact happenings

On a timeline, BC means:

• Before Catholicism

• Before Christ

• Before Colonization

• Before Columbus