MID-UNIT QUIZ STUDY SHEET

Vocabulary

• Before Christ (B.C.)

• Anno Domini (A.D.)

• Before the Common Era (B.C.E.)

• Common Era (C.E.)

• Linear Time

• Cyclical Time

• Gregorian Calendar

• Julian Calendar

• Sacred Circle

• Stonehenge

• Solstice

• Equinox

Concepts

-Know that societies, like people, have roots that influence what they are. Be
able to discuss within the context of Canada and its roots.

-Be able to explain cyclical and linear time.

-Be able to give examples of cyclical and linear time.

-Be able to describe and explain the aboriginal Sacred Circle as it relates to
cyclical time.

-Be able to explain the difference between the Julian and Gregorian
calendars.

-Be able to explain who each of the above calendars are named after.

-Be able to properly designate a date and a century. (eg. 325 A.D. = 4th
century)
-Be able to calculate the number of years between two B.C. dates.

-Be able to calculate the number of years between two A.D. dates.

-Be able to calculate the number of years between a B.C. year and an A.D.
year.