Humanities Term 3 Finals

• Chronology


  Putting things in the order that they happened
• Time Measurements


  • 60 seconds → 1 minute
  • 60 minutes → 1 hour
  • 24 hours → 1 day
  • 7 days → 1 week
  • 52 weeks → 1 year
  • 365 days → 1 year
  • Decade → 10 years
  • Century → 100 years
  • Millennium → 1000 years
• Describing Time - Centuries

  1. Cover the last two digits

  2. Of the remaining number, add 1
• Describing Time - Centuries

  • The year 1786 was in the 18th century
  • The year 2024 is in the 21st century
  • The year 1456 was in the 15th century
  • The year 17 was in the 1st century
  • The year 607 was in the 7th century
• BC


  Before Christ. You add it to a year number if it happened before the birth of Jesus. You count backwards, the bigger the number the earlier in time.
• AD


  Anno Domini. You add it to a year number if it happened after the birth of Jesus. You count normally, the larger the number the later it happened.
• Ancient Romans wanted to keep track of the date, they believed that choosing a specific point to count from was best. Back then, in the roman empire, Christianity was growing rapidly, so to them, the most important part of history was the birth of Jesus, so they chose to start from there.
• During that time, christianity was growing largely. Christians were travelling all around the world, colonising many countries, taking their calendar with them.
• BCE


  Before Common Era. Replaces BC, used by other religions and non-faiths.
• CE


  Common Era. Replaces AD, used by other religions and non-faiths.
• Other religions used the same calendar system, but they felt they were not inclusive and favoured christianity over other religions and non-faiths, so they came up with a new system: BCE and CE.
• While many still use AD and BC, now other faiths and non-faiths can use BCE and CE as alternatives that are suitable for ALL.
• Sources


  Things that give us clues of what happened in the past
• Types of sources


  • Written sources
  • Artefacts
  • Buildings/places
  • Pictorial/audio/visuals
• Primary sources


  First hand accounts or evidence, something that was written, said, or made at the time of event by someone who has actually experienced it
• Secondary sources


  Second hand accounts or evidence, something that was written, said, or made after the event by someone who has NOT experienced it, referring to primary sources or extracting information from it
• Examples of primary sources

  • Diary
  • Letter
  • Artefact
  • Autobiography
  • Texts
  • Official documents
  • Email
  • Interview
  • Photos
  • Video footage
  • Audios
  • Newspapers
  • Paintings
• Examples of secondary sources

  • Articles
  • Review/essays
  • Documentaries
  • Textbooks
  • Autobiography
  • Encyclopedias
  • Biographies
  • Informational Webpages