1433

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1433

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the calendar system in use?Julian calendar
2. What is the year type?Common year (365 days)
3. What kind of year was 1433 and how many days did it have?1433 was a common year with 365 days, and it began on a Thursday.
4. Why was the calendar in 1433 not perfectly accurate?The Julian calendar added about 11 extra minutes each year, so after many years the dates drifted from the real seasons, making the vernal equinox happen earlier in the calendar.

Julian Calendar: A solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar, characterized by a leap year every four years, though slightly inaccurate.
Common Year: A calendar year containing 365 days, as opposed to a leap year which contains 366 days.
Gregorian Calendar Reform: The calendar introduced in 1582 to correct the drift of the Julian calendar, forming the basis of the modern global calendar.