Explain how the discovery of Lucy helps us to know about our history as species. (Detailed explanation)
Belonging to the species Australopithicus afarensis Lucy's fossils show us how early humans looked like and how we have changed.
What do the initials BCE and CE stand for in time?
Before the common era and common era respectively.
How long is a decade?
10 years.
Why is the denomination BCE and CE preferred for some people?
It avoids religious connotations or references.
What is paleontology?
The study of fossils to learn how the world was like long ago.
What is a fossil?
Remains of plant or animal life preserved underground.
How many eras do historians recognize and which ones are these?
Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, and Modern History.
What does History tell?
The story of the ways that cultures change over time.
Which cultures based their calendars on the moon phases? (2 to win)
Egyptians, Chinese and Jewish.
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 a historian's job?
Examine causes or reasons that something happened in the past.
What is anthropology?
They study of human culture and how it develops over time.
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.
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.
How long is a century?
100 years.
What are the meanings or A.D. and B.C.?
Anno domini or in the year of the lord and before Christ.
What is History?
The study of people and events of the past.
What is an artifact and mention two examples.
They are objects made by people. Example: A shield and an old pottery vase.
What do the Jewish and Gregorian calendars have in common?
Both based their events on religious importance.
What do historians consider prehistory?
Everything occurred before the development of writing.
What does History explore?
The way the things change and the way things stay they same.
What is archaeology?
The study of the past looking at what people left behind like buildings and artifacts.
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