Category 1
A period of 1,000 years is called a millennium and a group of 10 years is called a __________.
What is a decade?
The study of the past by looking at what people left behind is called ___________.
What is archaeology?
Primary sources are __________ pieces of evidence.
What is firsthand?
Pope Gregory XIII decided to create a new calendar called the _____________. He started counting from the birth of Jesus. This calendar also included leap years. It is still in use today.
What is the Gregorian Calender?
Prehistory is the time before _________ was developed.
What is writing?
Secondary sources are created _____.
What is after an event?
In the Gregorian Calendar, the years before the birth of Jesus are known as "B.C.", or _________.
What is Before Christ?
The study of human culture and how it develops over time is called _____________.
What is anthropology?
An example of a primary source would be _____.
What is a letter?
Timelines help historians make sense of the _____________.
What is the flow of events?
The remains of plant and animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time is called ______.
What is fossils?
An example of a secondary source would be _____.
What is an encyclopedia?
Some cultures developed calendars based on nature, such as the cycle of the __________.
What is the moon?
Archaeologists study ______ to learn what life was like in the past. Examples would be tools, pottery, jewelry, and weapons.
What is artifacts?
An unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events is _______________.
What is a bias?