History Mysteries
Turning back time
In the Beginning!
Claims Testers
Halloween Trivia
100
What two things are being compared in this graph?
Resources and population
100
This is the abbreviation for Before Common Era.
B.C.E.
100
This is an attempt to explain the beginning of humanity and the Universe.
An Origin Story
100
An assumption that something is true.
A claim
100
This is the country that Halloween originated
Ireland
200
“All that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing” describes the discipline of?
History
200
The era we live in right now?
C.E. or Common Era
200
The method that many origin stories were passed down by. Particularly, before the invention of the written word.
Oral tradition
200
Which of the following claim testers are you questioning when you ask: “Does the claim make sense?"
Logic
200
Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for...
The Great Pumpkin
300
Some researchers believe this animal may have caused the steep population decrease on Easter Island since they did not have many competitors.
Rats
300
This term refers to 100 years.
Century
300
In this origin story, the universe was created 13.8 billion years ago.
The Big Bang/ The "Modern Scientific" origin story.
300
Which claim tester is being used in this example: It just feels really unlikely that there would be intelligent life on Mars
Intuition
300
A pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
A fruit
400
This expert analyzed the teeth from the skeletons found in York, England, in order to figure out what kind of diet the headless Romans had.
Dentist
400
Which letter represents 55 C.E.?
B
400
In this origin story, humans came from fleas and lice.
Chinese
400
Which of the following claim testers are you questioning when you ask: “Do you trust the source?” and “Does the source have specific information or expertise to give you confidence?”
Authority
400
Halloween the originally a Celtic festival by this name.
Samhain
500
What year did Romans come to England? 55 B.C.E. 200 B.C.E. or 568 B.C.E.?
55 B.C.E.
500
A visual representation of the passing of time.
A timeline
500
In this origin story, humans were made from fleas.
Chinese
500
Which claim tester is being used in this example: I’ve seen so many pictures from spacecraft that show the Earth is round.
Evidence
500
This is the director of A Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton
600
In addition to rats, researchers believe this animal could have also caused deforestation on Easter Island.
Humans
600
Which letter on this timeline represents 1722 C.E.?
F
600
Except for the Modern Scientific origin story, all origin stories have this.
An originator of the universe
600
Which claim tester is being used in this example: If the Earth were flat, the Sun would rise and set at the same time everywhere and we wouldn’t need time zones.
Logic
600
The first Jack-o-lanterns were made out of this. (Hint: It was not pumpkins)
Turnips