Unit 0 - Vocab Pre-Test

Hour

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The abbreviation for "Before Common Era," the period of time before Christ was born

• BCE
• I don't know
• CE
• BC

• Era

The abbreviation for "Common Era," the period of time after Christ was born [used to be AD - "anno domini" or "year of the Lord"]

• CE
• I don't know
• BCE
• AD

• Era

To check that the facts in two or more sources match

• Corroborate
• I don't know
• Evidence

• Historical Account

• Sourcing

A period of time that is defined by it's noteworthy characteristics, events, and developments

• Era
• I don't know
• Century

• Framing

• Decade

Artifacts or information that can be used to support a claim

• Evidence
• Sourcing

• Historical Account

• Framing the Problem

• Corroborate

Asking a specific question about an event in order to narrow the focus of historical study from a broad topic in order to create a historical account

• Framing the problem
• I don't know
• Sourcing

• Turning Point

• Corroborate

Stories, images, documents about what happened in the past that shows just part of the whole event

• Historical account
• I don't know
• Sourcing

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Evidence gathered from the actual site or from real people who lived through the historical event

• Primary source
• I don't know
• Secondary Source

• Sourcing

• Historical Account

An account of an event that was created later by people who did not experience first-hand the event you are researching

• Secondary source
• I don't know
• Primary Source

• Sourcing

• Corroborate