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7th Grade Humanities
Unit 1: What is History?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of the past | History |
| A person who studies the past | Historian |
| A period of 100 years | Century |
| A period of 10 years | Decade |
| The type of calendar used by most countries in the present day | Gregorian Calendar |
| What does BC stand for? | Before Christ |
| What does BCE stand for? | Before Common Era |
| What does AD stand for? | Anno Domini-in the year of our lord |
| What does CE stand for? | Common Era |
| Why do some present day countries choose to use BCE/CE over BC/AD when describing time periods? | Not all countries follow the faith based on BC/AD |
| How do BC/BCE and AD/CE differ when placed on a timeline? | BC/BCE counts back from zero while AD/CE counts up from 0 |
| What is an era or age? | A special time period in history |
| Give an example of an era/age | Ice Age, Civil War Era, Stone Age, Medieval Era |
| What is an artifact? | An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. |
| What is an archaeologist? | A scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts |
| What do you call a graphic representation of the passage of time? | Timeline |
| What does it mean to corroborate in history? | To support or help prove (a statement, theory, etc.) by providing information or evidence. |
| What do you call history before there was written language? | Prehistory |
| What are primary sources? | The original records created by firsthand witnesses of an event. |
| What are secondary sources? | Documents, texts, images, and objects about an event created later than the event happened and by someone who typically references the event's primary sources for their information. |
| Give an example of a secondary source. | Textbook |
| Give an example of a primary source. | Native American clothing |
| What is an oral tradition? | Traditions passed down from one generation to the next by word of mouth. |
| What is the difference between prehistory and history? | Prehistory was before written languages and based on only artifacts and fossil findings, but once a civilization started to use a written language to write down traditions history was developed. |
| Why might historians not ever really know what artifacts such as cave paintings meant during the prehistory era? | Without a written language or written records they can never know for sure if the interpretations are correct. |
| What is the name of the calendar that is used universally? | The Gregorian calendar |
| What branch of social science studies human relationships and cultures in history? | Anthropology |
| What branch of social science studies artifacts to learn about history? | Archaeology |
| What branch of social science studies the land and uses maps to learn about history? | Geography |
| How do we know about prehistoric people of the past if there was no written language? | Archaeologists excavate ancient sites and study artifacts; paintings on caves and stone tell stories about their lives |
| What does excavate mean? | to dig |
| What types of tools did prehistoric people use? | Stone tools; tools made from bone and ivory |
| What are two methods of dating artifacts and bones? | Counting tree rings and using carbon 14 |
| What do you call passing on history by word of mouth? | Oral tradition |
| Why is it important to consider different points of view when looking at historical events? | There could be different perspectives from all involved depending on their role in the event. |
| Is a Civil War soldier's diary a primary or secondary source? | primary |
| Is a photograph of the Statue of Liberty from last year a primary or secondary source? | secondary |
| Which calendar uses A.H. instead of A.D. to distinguish it from Gregorian years? | Muslim or Islamic calendar |
| If the years 2018 CE, 2018 BCE and 1930 AD were all listed on a timeline, which one would be the earliest time period? | 2018 BCE |
| "What types of natural resources did a civilization use?" is a question that would be asked by what type of social scientist? | Geographer |
| "What battles did the Romans fight in?" is a question that would be asked by what type of social scientist? | Historian |
| "What was the role of women in Ancient Greece?" is a question that would be asked by what type of social scientist? | Anthropologist |
| "What was buried in the pyramids?" is a question that would be asked by what type of social scientist? | Archaeologist |
| What is a calendar based on the cycles of the moon called? | lunar |
| What is a calendar based on the orbit of the sun called? | solar |
| What do you call something that gives proof of or a reason to believe something happened such as an artifact or document? | evidence |
| What do call it when different perspectives are presented in a formal "argument'? | debate |
| What is a word used for different points of view in history? | perspectives |
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