History Definitions
an object or item we can use as a clue to tell us about the past
What is a source?
the Shape of the earth
What is spherical?
The answer in digits in 28
What is XXVIII?
a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the Earth and is halfway between the North and South Poles
What is the Equator?
the period of history before writing was invented
What is prehistory?
a one-sided personal view or opinion
What is bias?
is the air around the earth
What is the atmosphere?
The answer is DLVI
What is 556?
Lines of ________________ run from East to West around the Earth, lines of _________________ run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are latitude and longitude?
The period from the fall of Rome in 476 CE up until the discovery of the Americas in 1492 CE ____________________
What are the Middle Ages?
the study of history and prehistory through the excavation of sites
What is archaeology?
means that resources can be used over and over again
What is a renewable resource?
The answer is CDVIII
What is 408?
Luxembourg is in the __________________ Hemisphere while Australia is in the _________________ Hemisphere.
What is Northern and Southern?
This period lasted from the invention of writing to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE _________________________
What is the Ancient World?
A.D. stands for ___________________
What is Anno Domini?
this type of geography looks at how people earn a living
What is economic geography?
The answer in digits is 49
What is XLIX?
The line of longitude that is at O degrees and runs through London.
What is the Greenwich/Prime Meridian?
From 1492 CE to the French Revolution in 1789 CE is called the __________________________
What is the Early Modern Period?
B.C.E. stands for _____________________
What is Before Common Era
a person who makes maps
What is a cartographer?
The answer in digits is 1450
What is MCDL?
The Tropic of _______________ is located in the Northern Hemisphere and the Tropic of ________________ is located in the Southern Hemisphere.
What are the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
The current period from the French Revolution until today __________________________
What is the Later Modern Period?