INTRODUCTION TO WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY

DEFINITION

•The story of what has happened in the past

SENTENCE•People who study history, or what has happened in the past, are called historians.

PREHISTORY

PREHISTORY

PREHISTORY

DEFINITION

•The period before events were recorded in writing

SENTENCE•The iceman is prehistoric; he lived before writing was developed.

B.C.E.(Before Common

Era)

B.C.E.

DEFINITION• Before Common Era• Before the birth of Jesus• When looking at the timeline of

world history, the zero represents the year Jesus was born

• B.C.E. is the time period before the 0

SENTENCE

•King Tut was born in 1341 B.C.E. and died in 1323 B.C.E.

C.E.(Common Era)

C.E.

DEFINITION

•Common Era•After the birth of Jesus•C.E. refers to time period after the 0

SENTENCE

•Right now our year is 2015 C.E.

ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHAEOLOGY

DEFINITION

•The study of the remains of past cultures

SENTENCE• In the science of archaeology, archaeologists dig up, or excavate, historical sites.

ARTIFACT

ARTIFACT

DEFINITION

•An object made by someone in the past

SENTENCE•The old black and white TV was definitely an artifact from another time.

CULTURE

CULTURE

CULTURE

DEFINITION

•A particular set of attitudes that characterizes a specific group.

SENTENCE

•Mummification was very was very important in the culture of the ancient Egyptians.

ORAL TRADITION

ORAL TRADITION

DEFINITION

•The passing on of history, beliefs, or customs by word of mouth

SENTENCE• The telling of stories about a peoples’ history, beliefs or customs by word of mouth from generation to generation is oral tradition.

PRIMARY SOURCE

PRIMARY SOURCE

PRIMARY SOURCE

DEFINITION•Primary sources are materials that were made during the time under study

SENTENCE•King tut’s mummy is a primary source; it was created during ancient times.

SECONDARY SOURCE

SECONDARY SOURCE

DEFINITION•Secondary sources are records of the past based on studies of primary sources

SENTENCE

•The social studies textbook is a secondary source.

HOMINID

HOMINID

DEFINITION•Any erect bipedal primate mammal including humans, gorillas, chimpanzee, and orangutan

SENTENCE

•The oldest hominid fossils have been discovered in Africa in the last 15 years.