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WORLD HIST/ch. 1: origins of civilization
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the time before written records; before 5500 BC - correct answer ✔✔Prehistory



history - correct answer ✔✔orderly, systematic study of human activities in the past



historical method - correct answer ✔✔Discover, evaluate, authenticate, organize



What does BC stand for in dating systems/calendars? - correct answer ✔✔Before Christ



What does AD stand for in dating systems/calendars? - correct answer ✔✔Anno Domini ('In the year of
our Lord')



Name some different calendars mentioned in dating systems. - correct answer ✔✔Jewish, Muslim,
Orthodox Russians, Chinese



What changes did the Romans make to the calendar? - correct answer ✔✔Julius Caesar created the
Julian Calendar, adding July and Leap Day in February; Augustus Caesar added August



What changes were made in the Gregorian Calendar in 1582? - correct answer ✔✔Clavius removed 11
days; Pope Gregory changed the start of the year from January to April



What change did the US adopt in dating systems in 1972? - correct answer ✔✔The US adopted the
atomic clock for timekeeping, which adjusts itself during time changes



where did we come from? - correct answer ✔✔1. CREATIONISM: the Bible (the 6th day: God created us
in His image)

2. EVOLUTION: Charles Darwin was on Galapagos & had ideas→he wrote On the Origin of the Species in
1859→the news media was talking about adaptation & questioned humans' evolution→Darwin wrote

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