Vocabulary
What is a decade?
A group of 10 years
Objects that historians study to understand Ancient civilizations. (ex. clothes, weapons, pottery, etc.)
Artifact
What is a firsthand account of an event used by historians for research?
A Primary Source
What is a personal attitude about people or life?
A Point of View
What were the 3 G's that motivated explorer's coming to the new world?
God, Glory, and Gold
What is a Calendar?
A system for arranging days in order
What is the name of the Human Ancestor found to live 3.2 Million years ago in Modern day Africa?
Lucy
A Secondary Source
What is an unreasoned, emotional judgment about people and events?
Bias
Which famous ship sank in 1912?
The Titanic
Who created the Julian Calendar?
Julius Caesar
The study of objects to learn about past human life
Archaeology
The address of an online resource
A URL
True or False: It is possible for a historian to spend their career on just one singular event?
True
What is the oldest University (College) in the United States?
Harvard
What is a timeline?
A way to track the passage of time showing the order of events within a period of time
The study of fossils
Paleontology
To copy someone's work and pass it off as your own is known as what?
Plagiarism
What is a decision reached after examining evidence?
A conclusion
What English Piano player and singer performs "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Rocketman"
Elton John
What era did Columbus discover America?
The Modern Era
The study of human culture and how it develops over time
Anthropology
How do you know if a source is reliable?
There is no Bias
You know and trust the author
You know and trust the website
The information is routinely updated
What is an explanation of the meaning of something?
An Interpretation
Which bones are babies born without?
Kneecaps