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Time /Archaeology
Time abbreviations and archaeology vocab
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History
6th Grade
09/22/2017

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Term
Before Christ
Definition
What does B.C. stand for?
Term
Anno Domini
Definition
What Latin Phrase does A.D. stand for?
Term
In the Year of the Lord
Definition
What is the English meaning of Anno Domini?
Term
Because of religious reasons
Definition
Why might some people not like using B.C. and A.D.?
Term
B.C.E
Before the Common Era
Definition
What can be used instead of B.C. and what does it mean?
Term
C.E.
Common Era
Definition
What can be used instead of A.D. and what does it mean?
Term
1433 B.C.E.
Definition
Which date is the oldest:

1433 C.E. or 1399 B.C. or 1433 B.C.E
Term
garbage
Definition
According to the Bill Nye video, archaeologists can learn a lot about the past by looking at a culture’s

Money b. Books c. garbage
Term
Rosetta Stone
Definition
What was the key to translating Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Term
buried
Definition
Most of the ancient things archaeologists find are _________________ in the ground
Term
rock
Definition
Petroglyphs and many early tools were made by hammering one ______________ against
another
Term
archaeology
Definition
study of human activity based on the materials they used
Term
chert
Definition
rock used for making tools and for making fires
Term
artifact
Definition
object made by a human being, usually of historical importance
Term
excavate
Definition
remove earth carefully to find buried remains
Term
exhibit
Definition
public display in a museum
Term
prehistoric
Definition
time before the invention of writing
Term
radiocarbon
Definition
used to find the age of an object; type of carbon that breaks down slowly and precisely
Term
site
Definition
location of an archaeological dig
Term
trowel
Definition
small, pointed hand tool used for digging
Term
1973 C.E.
Definition
Which date is most recent:

1973 C.E. or 1973 B.C.E. or 1968 A.D.
Term
George W. Bush
Definition
Who was the president on 9/11/01?
Term
New York City, Washington,D.C.,
Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Definition
Which 3 places had planes crash?
Term
4
Definition
How many planes were hijacked on 9/11?
Term
Al Qaeda (al kay duh)
Definition
Which terrorist group was responsible for 9/11?
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