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  • Out of primary and secondary sources, which is typically better to use when learning about the past?
    Primary
  • True or False: The Gregorian calendar is the most commonly used calendar in the world
    True
  • What continent is this?
    South America
  • Is there a year zero on a timeline?
    Nope!
  • A visual representation of the past on a line
    Timeline
  • What is an unreliable source?
    Information that cannot be trusted to be accurate
  • What is a Lunar Calendar?
    A calendar based on the phases of the moon
  • A group of seven large land masses
    Continents
  • What continent is this?
    Australia
  • How do you tell how much time has passed between two BCE dates or two CE dates?
    Subtract the smaller number from the larger number
  • What does BCE/CE mean?
    Before Common Era / Common Era
  • an opinion for or against something
    Bias
  • the traditions and beliefs of a group of people
    Culture
  • This type of calendar is based on the Earth's rotation around the sun
    solar calendar
  • Name at 3 things that could be primary sources
    autobiographies, diaries, letters, video, photographs, etc.
  • How many years are inbetween 900 BCE and 500 BCE
    400 years
  • Imaginary vertical lines showing east to west
    Longitude lines
  • What continent is this?
    Antarctica
  • Why was the Julian Calendar replaced by the Gregorian Calendar?
    The Gregorian is more accurate
  • Point of view
    Perspective
  • What is a reliable source?
    A source that can be trusted
  • What are 2 reasons we use BCE/CE and not BC/AD?
    Not religion specific and it is more accurate
  • What continent is this?
    Asia
  • Imaginary horizontal lines locating north to south
    Latitude Lines
  • Flat representation of the earth's surface
    Map
  • How do you tell how much time has passed between a BCE date and a CE date?
    Add them together and subtract 1
  • What continent is this?
    Europe
  • Why is it important to look at multiple perspectives in history?
    All sources have some sort of bias, so you need multiple to get a complete picture
  • A first hand account/evidence of a time period or event
    Primary Source
  • Something that gives proof to a fact
    Evidence
  • An object made by a human in the past
    Artifact
  • A time before humans had developed writing/ written records
    prehistory
  • second hand account of an event or time period AFTER it happened
    secondary source
  • How many years are inbetween 750 CE and 650 CE
    100 years
  • What continent is this?
    Africa
  • What is an archaeologist?
    scientist who studies human history through artifacts
  • Is a website about World War II a primary or secondary source?
    Secondary
  • What is government?
    The system of rules and the people who make them for a culture/country
  • The system of how a culture uses/makes money and resources
    economics
  • Is an interview with an eyewitness a primary or secondary source?
    primary
  • How many years are inbetween 1500 BCE and 500 CE?
    1999 years
  • This calendar is based on both the sun and the moon
    Lunisolar
  • Name at least 3 things that could be secondary sources
    website, textbook, newspaper articles, essays, etc.
  • What continent is this?
    North America
  • Do we use the Julian calendar or the Gregorian?
    Gregorian
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