Scientists and Dating History Test Review

Question 1

study how places change through time and how past people interacted with their environment.

Accepted Answer

historical geographers

Question 2

A.D. means After Death

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

C.E. means Common Era

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which abbreviation is placed on the same place on a time line as C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A.D.

Question 5

If you are present at the event and you make a source, it is a

Accepted Answer

primary source

Question 6

B.C. stands for Before Christ

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

500 B.C. and 500 B.C.E. are on the exact same spot on a timeline.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

study all of humans from the beginning to the present.

Accepted Answer

anthropologists

Question 9

500 B.C. to 400 B.C.E.

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subtract

Question 10

Why do we not focus as much on history before 3,000 B.C. when it is 99.9% of our history?

Accepted Answer

There was no writing, so it's harder to know what happened

Question 11

If the abbreviations for the years are the different (For example, 500 B.C.E. and 300 C.E.), you

Accepted Answer

add

Question 12

Which abbreviation is placed on the same place on a time line as B.C.?

Accepted Answer

B.C.E.

Question 13

If you are not present at an event and you create a source using other sources you are a

Accepted Answer

secondary source

Question 14

An artifact is any object found that is from the past.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What date is most recent

Accepted Answer

356 A. D.

Question 16

What does prehistoric mean?

Accepted Answer

It means before the invention of writing

Question 17

___________ and ___________ are professionals who study the environment people lived in

Accepted Answer

Historical geographers and Anthropologists

Question 18

study prehistoric life before writing was invented by collecting fossils.

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paleontologists

Question 19

B.C.E. means Before Common Enemy

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

What tool helped archaeologists decipher Hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

Rosetta Stone

Question 21

Why do we mostly study history between 3,000 B.C. and the present?

Accepted Answer

It is after the invention of writing

Question 22

500 B.C. to 400 B.C.

Accepted Answer

Subtract

Question 23

____ and ____ study history before the invention of writing, but not the present.

Accepted Answer

archaeologists and paleontologists

Question 24

1987 A.D. and 1987 B.C.E. are located on the same place on a timeline

Accepted Answer

false

Question 25

If a timeline goes from 500 B.C. to 500 A.D., what's the distance between 600 B.C. & 100 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

700

Question 26

Using C.E. instead of A.D. isn't changing where it is on the timeline since it's still based on Christ's birth

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

If the abbreviations for the years are the same (For example, 500 B.C. and 300 B.C.), you

Accepted Answer

subtract

Question 28

How can archaeologists determine how long ago something died?

Accepted Answer

Radiocarbon dating

Question 29

Mr. P was born circa 1975. What does circa mean?

Accepted Answer

It means I was born around 1975.

Question 30

study only prehistoric and historic people and their cultures.

Accepted Answer

archaeologists

Question 31

What date is most recent?

Accepted Answer

5 B.C.

Question 32

500 B.C. to 400 C.E.

Accepted Answer

Add

Question 33

500 B.C. to 400 A.D.

Accepted Answer

add

Question 34

What century did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

Accepted Answer

15th

Scientists and Dating History Test Review

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Scientists and Dating History Test Review

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