Why is the denomination BCE and CE preferred for some people?
It avoids religious connotations or references.
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How long is a decade?
10 years.
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What is paleontology?
The study of fossils to learn how the world was like long ago.
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Which cultures based their calendars on the moon phases? (2 to win)
Egyptians, Chinese and Jewish.
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How many eras do historians recognize and which ones are these?
Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, and Modern History.
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Explain where leap years get their origin. (Detailed explanation to win)
In the Julian calendar every year lasted 365 1/4 days. So every 4 years there was going to be an extra day. Then the rule was modified until what we have today.
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What kind of questions do historians normally ask? (3 to win)
What happened, Why did it happen, How did things change, How has it influenced today, What would have happened if.
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What are the meanings or A.D. and B.C.?
Anno domini or in the year of the lord and before Christ.
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What do the initials BCE and CE stand for in time?
Before the common era and common era respectively.
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What do the Jewish and Gregorian calendars have in common?
Both based their events on religious importance.
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What time groups of years can we use to label time? (3 to win)
Decades, centuries, millenniums and eras.
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What is archaeology?
The study of the past looking at what people left behind like buildings and artifacts.
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What is anthropology?
They study of human culture and how it develops over time.
