1. INTRODUCTION TO WORLD HISTORY

2. HISTORY

4. DEFINITION The story of what has happened in the past

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

6. PREHISTORY

9. DEFINITION The period before events were recorded in writing

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

11. B.C.E. (Before Common Era)

12. B.C.E.

13. 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

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

15. C.E. (Common Era)

16. C.E.

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

18. SENTENCE Right now our year is 2015 C.E.

19. ARCHAEOLOGY

22. DEFINITION The study of the remains of past cultures

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

24. ARTIFACT

26. DEFINITION An object made by someone in the past

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

28. CULTURE

31. DEFINITION A particular set of attitudes that characterizes a specific group.

32. SENTENCE Mummification was very was very important in the culture of the ancient Egyptians.

33. ORAL TRADITION

35. DEFINITION The passing on of history, beliefs, or customs by word of mouth

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

37. PRIMARY SOURCE

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

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

42. SECONDARY SOURCE

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

45. SENTENCE The social studies textbook is a secondary source.

46. HOMINID

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

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