What is History

a large division of time

• era

• decade

• century

• species

the study of objects to learn about past human life

• artifact

• fossil

• era

• archaeology

an object made by people

• fossil

• era

• species

• artifact

the study of fossils

• paleontology

• archaeology

• anthropology

• biology

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

• fossil

• species

• era

• archaeology

a class of individuals with similar physical characteristics

• era

• species

• fossil

• anthropology

Match the following:

• Before Christ

• decade

• 100 years

• century

• 10 years

• A.D.

• Anno Domini

• B.C.

• 1,000 years

• millennium

Match each continent label to the land mass it corresponds with:

a

b

f

e

d

c

Europe

South America

North America

Asia

Antarctica

Africa

To keep track of days and months we use a calendar

• True

• False

The calendar we use today is the Julian Calendar.

• True

• False