History Basic

What does the term BCE mean?

• Before Christ Era
• Before Common Era
• Before Christian Era
• Before Christ's Ececution

What is the period before writing was invented called?

• Prehistory
• Ancient History
• Modern History
• Before History

History is important because?

• We can learn from past mistakes
• We can learn about other cultures
• We know what happened in the past
• All of the above

How many years in a century

• 1000

• 10

• a long period of time

• 100

Historians divide the past into larger blocks of time known as...

• fossils

• decades

• eras

• periods

How many years in a millennium

• 100

• 1000

• 10

• many many years

How many years in a decade

• 100

• 1000

• 50

• 10

Review: What kind of line is this?

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• globe line

What does AD stand for?

• After Death
• After Dominos
• Annual Domos
• Anno Domini

Anno Domini is a Latin phrase that means:

• "In the year of the dominos"
• "The year of Latin"
• "In the year of Anna"
• "In the year of our Lord"