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What is History?
The study of people and events of the past.
What does History explore?
The way the things change and the way things stay they same.
What does History tell?
The story of the ways that cultures change over time.
What is a historian's job?
Examine causes or reasons that something happened in the past.
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.
What is the importance of studying History?
To understand the present better and make better decisions for the future. History tells us who we are.
What time groups of years can we use to label time? (3 to win)
Decades, centuries, millenniums and eras.
How long is a decade?
10 years.
How long is a century?
100 years.
How long is a millenium?
1000 years.
How many eras do historians recognize and which ones are these?
Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, and Modern History.
What do historians consider prehistory?
Everything occurred before the development of writing.
What is a calendar?
System for arranging days in order.
Which cultures based their calendars on the moon phases? (2 to win)
Egyptians, Chinese and Jewish.
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.
What do the Jewish and Gregorian calendars have in common?
Both based their events on religious importance.
