B.C./A.D?
When a timeline is broken into years of 10's we say it is separated into ___________________.
Decades
Place these dates in chronological order
100 BC AD 1230
AD 655
What is ....
100 BC
AD 655
AD 1230
Define Secondary source
source created after the time in which we are studing
What does C.E. stand for?
Common Era
How many centuries are there between 300 AD to 1200 AD?
9 centuries
What is the FORMAT of a source: The form a source takes
List 3 examples of a primary source?
original artwork, poems, photographs, speeches, letters, memos, personal narratives, diaries, interviews, autobiographies
Timelines that are broken down into centuries show intervals of ______________________ years.
100
If you were to create a timeline on your own life which interval would be best to use?
1) Minutes
2) Weeks
3) Years
3) Years
Describe what an Archaeologist does
they study things that people made, used, and left behind. The goal of archaeology is to understand what people of the past were like and how they lived.
Why do some people label the timeline with B.C. & A.D. and other culture groups B.C.E. & C.E.?
People around the world are different religions and are not all are Christians which the BC/AD timeline is based on.
How many decades were their from the year 1950 to 2010?
6 decades
On a timeline _______ allows for the accurate placement of events relative to each other based on their chronological order
Scale
How do you find out the amount of time between a date in BC/BCE and AD/CE?
addition
Example 275BC + 1725= 2000 years