What is a solar calendar?

A calendar based on Earth's revolution around the sun

Name another reason historic calendars have different dates and years

Some follow a lunar year while others follow a solar

What makes something significant to a historian?

Long lasting effect on many people

What is significance?

Important; worthy of one's attention

Lunar calendars are based on

Moon's 29.5 day rotation around the Earth

What are the 4 tools of the historian?

Significance, time, space, social institutions

Which are social institutions?

Government, language and economy

What is one reason why historians would use ancient maps to study the past:

Water levels on the planet have changed land features

Name one reason why calendar and date systems aren't historically the same around the world?

Calendar systems reflect a region's religious culture and traditions

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Unit 1 Test 2 Historian's Tools L6-9

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1
The Roman Empire began in 264 BCE - is that to the right or left of the zero on the timeline?
left, but barely
on the bottom
left, WAY WAY BACK
to the right of the zero
2
Which date is oldest, 9000 BCE, 1776 CE or 1000 CE?
1776 CE
9000 BCE
Gee, they're all equally ancient!
1000 CE
3
The Iroquois Confederacy' s 3 principals showed formation of which social institution?
Government
Religion
Education
Language
4
A re-presentation of an historical event from someone who wasn't there
fake or inaccurate account
An opinion
Primary account
Secondary account
5
What does CE mean?
Centennial Era
Common Era
Central ERA
Current Era
6
A map on what spatial scale would be best used to track early human migration on the planet
Local
Bull's eye
Regional
Global
7
Answer is a set of beliefs that help people make sense of the world
What is religion?
What is government?
What is language?
What is the institute of Education?
8
What is a solar calendar?
a calendar which keeps track of the Earth's rotation
A calendar based on the Earth's movement around Goldie
A calendar based on Earth's revolution around the sun
The suns way to keep track of the days
9
How long did ERA 1 last according to our timeline?
It's still going on now!
Until the first Ice Age
About 200,000 years
From the beginnings of human history until 2018
10
"Chunk" of time characterized by human activity; age
Era
B.C.E
Significance
Calendars
11
Time is...
a man-made concept
identical and agreed on by everyone
really weird
Based entirely on science
12
Name another reason historic calendars have different dates and years
Scientists have created time machines for travel
Some follow a lunar year while others follow a solar
people like to celebrate holidays more than once
People like to pretend they aren't aging
13
What makes something significant to a historian?
If it fits in a time capsule
Long lasting effect on many people
The historian thinks it's important
President Trump says so
14
What is significance?
How come Goldie (your fish) died
What you're going to have for dinner
How important your dog is
Important; worthy of one's attention
15
Lunar calendars are based on
Ancient tribal beliefs
Moon's 29.5 day rotation around the Earth
The cannibal clowns hunting habits
Sun's 365 day rotation round the moon
16
Time is mostly controlled by institutions of:
The sun and moon
Powerful countries
Religion and Government
Education and religion
17
What time frame is used by historians to measure past and present human activity?
years and decades
ERAS
Calendars
weeks
18
What are the 4 tools of the historian?
Significance, time, social institutions and government
Significance, time, space, social institutions
Significance, space, education and time
Significance, religion, language and a shovel
19
What does it mean when someone gives their "account" of an event?
Their perspective of an event
Why they didn't care
The history as a truth
The truth about Goldie
20
Which are social institutions?
Government, religion and transportation
Religion, language and cannibal clowns
Religion, language and medicine
Government, language and economy
21
What is one reason why historians would use ancient maps to study the past:
Water levels on the planet have changed land features
They wouldn't use old maps - we have GPS now!
Old maps are more entertaining
old maps are more accurate
22
Systems for organizing and dividing time
Calendars
Planners
Watches
fall back and spring forward
23
What does AD mean?
Awesome Donuts
After death
After Del Taco
Anno Domini- year of our Lord
24
Some believe Africa, Europe and Asia should be one continent called
Eurasia
Afroeurasia
Malaysia
Afroasia
25
Name one reason why calendar and date systems aren't historically the same around the world?
People have always been stubborn
They are actually all the same
No one knows why
Calendar systems reflect a region's religious culture and traditions
26
B.C means
Before common era
Before Christ
Border control
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