What Is History

What does B.C. stand for?

• Before the birth of Jesus Christ

• Before CD players

• Before Cookie Monster

• After the birth of Jesus

What does B.C.E. stand for?

• before the common era

• before the stone age

• before electricity

• before the plague

How do historians learn bout people who lived in the earliest historical eras?

• Look at artifacts.

• Read diaries of cavemen.

• Watch videos from Netflix.

• Eat chicken noodle soup.

Why is history important?

• Knowing the past can help us make decisions in the future.

• It's not.

• So people can repeat mistakes.

• So people can give up when faced with problems.

The study of past events.

• evidence

• history

• timeline

• place

What are the two main sources of History

• Archaeological Sources

• Literary Sources

• Tools

• None of these

A science that tries to understand past events is called_________

• Physics

• Chemistry

• History

• Biology

History is the study of the past.

• True

• False

A person who studies the past is an:

• police officer

• store owner

• historian

What is the primary focus of history as a discipline?

• The study of past events

• The prediction of future events

• The analysis of current events

• The creation of fictional stories