Fields of Social Science
Thinking Skills and Reasoning Processes
Terms and Time
Name that Century
100

This social science studies objects to learn about past human life

What is archaeology 

100

This historical reasoning process considers the way things stay the same

What is continuity? 

100

This process describes the order of dates in which events happen

What is chronology? 

100

34 B.C.E.

What is the 1st Century B.C.E.?

200

This social science studies fossils to learn what the world was like long ago

What is paleontology? 

200

This historical reasoning process describes background information to help readers understand a given period

What is context?

200

This is a diagram showing the order of events within a given period of time

What is a timeline? 

200

_____ 53 C.E. is the 15th Century C.E.

What is 14?

300

This social science studies human cultures and how they develop over time

What is anthropology? 

300

A period of 1000 years

What is a millennium? 

300

1789 C.E. 

What is the 18th Century C.E.?

400

This term describes a historical period 

What is an era? 

400

_____ begins the 13th Century C.E.

What is 1200 C.E.

500

Dates on our ________ are based on the Gregorian model introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, which breaks time into units 

What is a calendar? 

500

When designating centuries, counting begins with this year, as it represents the year in which Jesus Christ was born

What is zero (0)?

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