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An object made or used by people in the past
Artifact
You're studying an event that happened in 500 BCE. How long ago was that?
2526 years!
You want to write a birthday card for your favorite social studies teacher. You know she was born in 1993. You want to show her that you pay really good attention in class, so you're trying hard to get the letters right. What do you write?
CE
Which social scientist does the following artifact most closely relate to?
very old small pieces of pottery
Archaeologist
A map that focuses on the natural features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, and lakes
physical map
an educated guess, based on available evidence
Hypothesis
Which year happened first:
102 BCE, 101 BCE, or 100 BCE?
102 BCE
You're studying the invention of toilets in ancient India's Indus River Valley. You know it's over 4,600 years ago.. But what letters should you include with the year in your essay?
around 2600 BCE
Which social scientist does the following artifact most closely relate to?
Maps and globes
Geographers
Imaginary lines that run horizontally
(east to west) around the planet, showing distance from the equator
latitude
the time period before written history
prehistory
The civilization of Kush thrived from about 2,000 BCE until 350 BCE. How long did this civilization last?
1,650 years
You're making a timeline of middle school history, and want to include your own school. You know that Risdon opened in 2017. To make sure it's got the correct placement on the timeline, which letters do you include?
CE
Which social scientist does the following artifact most closely relate to?
Bones of Australopithecus africanus
Anthropologist
The study of places, and the relationships between people and the environment
geography
Humans and ancestors of humans
Hominin
How many years ago was the year 2,000 BCE?
About 4,026 years
You are finally living your dream and becoming a farmer! You want to know how all this started. You read up on the Neolithic Era and find that farming goes back 10,000 years.
On a diagram, the year says 8,000, but the letters after are covered. What letters should go after the year?
BCE
Which social scientist does the following artifact most closely relate to?
an old book found in an Egyptian Pharoah's tomb
Historian
a way to describe where something is by using another, familiar feature as a reference point
relative location
the time period after humans first developed writing and civilizations until the end of ancient empires
ancient history
An ancient artifact was made in 350 BCE, and then discovered in 2020. How many years were between its creation and its modern day discovery?
2,370
(350 + 2020)
You found an artifact in a library in the Vatican City. The artifact is the FIRST Gregorian Calendar, but it's so old that the paper is flaking away and you're having trouble reading the year on the first page. You know that Pope Gregory XIII made that calendar in 1586, about 440 years ago. What are the letters on the calendar, before 1586?
AD
Which social scientist would be most likely to ask this question: what happened in the past?
Historian
One half of the Earth, divided by the equator or prime meridian
hemisphere