Specialized SS Vocabulary

a period of 10 years

• Decade

• Century

• Millennium

• Circa

a period of 100 years

• Decade

• Century

• Millennium

• Circa

a period of 1,000 years

• Decade

• Century

• Millennium

• Circa

a long period of time marked by a single cultural feature

• Age

• Epoch

• Era

• Circa

a long period of time containing more than one age

• Age

• Epoch

• Era

• Circa

a long period of time marked by great events, developments, or figures

• Age

• Epoch

• Era

• Circa

important to history

• Historic

• Ancient

• Prehistoric

• Circa

old, or from a long time ago

• Historic

• Ancient

• Prehistoric

• Circa

a word used to show that historians are not sure of an exact date; it means "about"

• Historic

• Ancient

• Prehistoric

• Circa

from a time before people recorded history

• Historic

• Ancient

• Prehistoric