Sources of Information & Specialized Vocabulary in History

First Name

Last Name

Which core do you have Mr. Beirne's class?

• Core 1
• Core 2
• Core 3
• Core 4

1. Were you born in a BC year or an AD year?

• BC
• AD

2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215. Which of the following answer choices has the dates in order from earliest to latest (most recent)?

• AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215
• 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 3, AD 476, CE 1215, AD 2000
• AD 3, AD 476, CE 1215, AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE
• AD 2000, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215, 15 BCE, 3100 BC

3. If you saw that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean?

• it happened about AD 1000 but historians are not sure of the exact date
• it happened exactly AD 1000
• it happened one century before AD 1000
• it happened one century after AD 1000

4. How many years passed between 100 BC and AD 100?

• 100
• 0
• 200
• 1000
• 400

5. What is a fossil?

• a part or imprint of something that was once alive
• objects created by and used by humans
• the study of the past based on what people left behind
• an account of an event by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

6. What is an artifact?

• a part or imprint of something that was once alive
• objects created by and used by humans
• the study of the past based on what people left behind
• an account of an event by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

7. We learn about people from the past by using different sources of information, like fossils and artifacts.

• True
• False