Put the following dates in order from oldest to newest: 400 CE, 1500 BCE, 30, 320 BCE.
1500 BCE, 320 BCE, 30, 400 CE
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What is chronology?
Putting events in order.
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Historians get a lot of information from human-made objects. What do we call these?
Artefacts
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How many years are in a century?
100 years
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What does BC stand for?
Before Christ
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Would a movie made in the year 2000 about World War I be a primary or secondary source?
It's a secondary source.
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Would a letter written from a soldier to his mom in the year 1940 be a primary or secondary source if we were studying World War II?
It's a primary source.
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What is the name of the calendar that is the most internationally accepted in the world today?
The Gregorian calendar
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What does reliable mean?
Something you can trust.
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What century are we in now?
The 21st century
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In order to know if a source is reliable, historians need to ask a number of questions. Think of 3 of these questions.
Who is this information coming from? When was it written? Where was it written? Why did the author write this? What do other sources say? What evidence is used?
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What are the non-religious equivalents of BC and AD?