Science and Vocabulary Tools
This tool at the end of a book brings you explanations and definitions of important words.
Glossary
This simple visual tool shows historical events on a line in chronological order.
Timeline
This earliest and longest historical period begins around 3.3 million BCE with the emergence of early humans and stone tools.
Prehistory
In words like subdiscipline and submarine, the Latin prefix sub- means ...
under / below / beneath
''The Berlin Wall fell in 1989'' is an example of ... because it is a true statement that can be checked and supported with evidence.
historical fact
Derived from Ancient Greek, this is the scientific study of the origin of words.
Etymology
Arranging historical events from the earliest to the latest means putting them in ....
chronological order
The Ancient Period began around 3500-3200 BCE when the Sumerians invented cuneiform, the first system of ...
writing
This sub-discipline of geography focuses on natural features such as mountains, rivers, oceans, weather, and climate.
Physical geography
When historian explain why events happened or give a story from a specific point of view, they are providing ...
historical interpretation
This term refers to the other words around a specific word in a sentence that help you figure out its true meaning.
Historians can slice time by ... based on how nations govern and organize society.
political systems
Name the 5 historical periods we study in this course in order, starting from the earliest to the most recent.
This field studies how people in the past got what they needed, used their resources, and traded goods over time.
Economic history
When a group of people reaches a shared agreement on how to organize facts and talk about them, they have reached ...
consensus
Disciplines like history, geography, and economics belong to this branch of knowledge because they study human society using scientific methods.
Social sciences
The traditional abbreviations BC and AD stand for ...
Before Christ and Anno Domini
The Middle Ages (Medieval Period) began in 476 CE following what major event?
The fall of the Western Roman Empire
Using multiple disciplines like history, geography and economics together, to get complete view of the past, is known as ?
Interdisciplinary approach
A rule or standard way of naming and organizing things (such as using ''Stone Age'' or calendar systems) that a group agrees to follow is called ...
convention
The root word eco- means ''environment'', while the root word anthro- refers to ...
humans / human culture
Historians use decade to describe a period of ... years, century to describe a period of ... years, and millennium to describe a period of ... years.
10, 100, 1000
The Modern Period was kicked off in 1492 CE by what famous historical event?
Christopher Columbus`s voyage
This sub-discipline studies how places and landscapes looked in the past, how they shaped history, and how history changed them.
Historical geography
To make sure a historical statement is a fact and not just an opinion or interpretation, historian must be able to support it with ...
evidence / proof