Flashcards: VOCABULARY #1
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titansforever on August 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 AD | Anno Domini "in the year of our Lord"... |
| CE | common era... |
| BC | before Christ (count backwards-negatives)... |
| CE | before common era... |
| Prime meridian | main meridian" which is 0 degrees longitude. Runs through Europe... |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude (known as parallels)... |
| latitude | (parallels) lines run east to west measure north and south (climate)... |
| longitude | (meridians) run from pole to pole (N/s) but measure east and west (known as time zones)... |
| era | a long period of time or history usually marked by significant events... |
| decade | ten years... |
| century | one hundred years... |
| prehistory | an era of time before recorded history... |
| timeline | a chart, line, or graphic that chronologically orders time and its events... |
| primary source | evidence document from the actual time... |
| secondary sources | records of events by people who were not there. they use primary sources for info... |