Question 1

What is the term for a group of 10 years?

Accepted Answer

decade

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millennium

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era

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century

Question 2

Who created the calendar that most of the world uses today?

Accepted Answer

Pope Gregory XIII

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Donald Johanson

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Galileo

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Julius Caesar

Question 3

What does the abbreviation 'a.d.' stand for?

Accepted Answer

anno domini

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after death

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ancient days

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after dawn

Question 4

What is the study of fossils called?

Accepted Answer

paleontology

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history

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archaeology

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anthropology

Question 5

What is the purpose of using a timeline?

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to show the order of events

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to list definitions

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to analyze sources

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to describe cultures

Question 6

What is the main role of historians?

Accepted Answer

to study the causes and effects of historical events

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to analyze modern politics

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to create fictional stories

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to predict the future

Question 7

What is an artifact?

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an object made by people

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a scientific theory

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a piece of fossil

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a historical document

Question 8

What does b.c. stand for?

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before Christ

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before common era

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before civilization

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before calendar

Question 9

What is the study of human culture called?

Accepted Answer

anthropology

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archeology

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paleontology

Question 10

What is a large division of time called?

Accepted Answer

era

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artifact

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species

Question 11

What are animal and plant remains that were preserved from an earlier time called?

Accepted Answer

fossil

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era

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archeology

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paleontology

Question 12

What is the study of fossils called?

Accepted Answer

paleontology

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species

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anthropology

Question 13

How many years in a millenium?

Accepted Answer

1&#44;000

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100

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10

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10&#44;000

Question 14

What is the meaning of b.c.e.?

Accepted Answer

Before the common era.

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Beginning of the common era.

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Before Christ era.

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After the common era.

Question 15

What is the study of artifacts called?

Accepted Answer

archeology

Answer

paleontology

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anthropology

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