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What is history

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a group of 10 years called?

a)

Decade

b)

Century

c)

Millennium

d)

Eras

2.

What is a group of 100 years called?

a)

Decade

b)

Century

c)

Millennium

d)

Eras

3.

What is a group of 1000 years called?

a)

Decade

b)

Centruy

c)

Millennium

d)

Era

4.

Time before people developed writing.

a)

Prehistory

b)

Era

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Modern History

5.

3500 bc-500 ad

a)

Ancient History

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Circa

d)

Modern History

6.

500-1400 AD

a)

Pre History

b)

Ancient History

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Modern

7.

What is a large division of time called?

a)

Decade

b)

Centruy

c)

Era

d)

History

8.

1400-Present

a)

Modern History

b)

Ancient History

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Number of gifts I want for my birthday

9.

Mean about

a)

Millennium

b)

Ear

c)

Anno Domini

d)

Circa

10.

Developed by Julius Caesar, a year is 365 1/4 days long.

a)

Julian Calendar

b)

Gregorian Calendar

c)

Anno Domini

d)

Fossils

11.

Developed by Pope Gregory XIII, starts from the birth of Jesus.

a)

CE

b)

Julian Calendar

c)

Archaeology

d)

Gregorian Calendar

12.

This mean "Year of the Lord."

a)

BC

b)

Anno Domiini

c)

Circa

d)

CE

13.

This means Before Christ.

a)

CE

b)

BC

c)

AD

d)

BCE

14.

This means Common Era.

a)

BC

b)

AD

c)

CE

d)

BCE

15.

This means Before Common Era.

a)

BC

b)

CE

c)

BCE

d)

AD

16.

What is studying the past looking at what people left behind?

a)

Archaeology

b)

Anthropology

c)

Paleontology

d)

Fossils

17.

What is a scientist who studies fossils called?

a)

Archaeologist

b)

Anthropologist

c)

Paleontologist

d)

Turkey

18.

What are the remains of plants and animals called?

a)

Snoopy

b)

Fossils

c)

Species

d)

Circa

19.

This is the study of human culture and how it develops over time.

a)

Archaeology

b)

Paleontology

c)

Anthropology

d)

Scooby Doo

20.

The human skeleton that lived 3.2 million years ago found in Ethiopia.

a)

Charlie Brown

b)

Linus

c)

Lucy

d)

Snoopy

21.

This is something that shows proof that something is true.

a)

Source

b)

Finite

c)

Bias

d)

Evidence

22.

This is a document or reference of work.

a)

Evidence

b)

Source

c)

Finite

d)

Bias

23.

What is first hand evidence of an event in history called?

a)

Bias

b)

Primary Source

c)

Point of View

d)

Secondary Source

24.

What is a document or written work created after an event called?

a)

Evidence

b)

Primary Source

c)

Point of View

d)

Secondary Source

25.

What is a personal attitude about people or life called?

a)

Source

b)

Finite

c)

Point of View

d)

Evidence