Skip to content

Arts and media

History and Time

Centuries, archives, and the words historians use.

  • Teens and up
  • Confident · B2
  • 11 words

The words

Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.

culture
the way of life shared by a group of people
date
the day, month, and year that something happens
century
a period of one hundred years
age
how long someone or something has existed
calendar
a chart showing all the days and months of the year
archive
a store of old records and documents
biography
a book telling the true story of someone's life
classic
so good that it stays admired for many years
epoch
a long period of history with its own character
antiquity
the very distant past
chronology
the order in which events happened