1438

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/1438

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 day of the week for january 1st?Wednesday
3. What kind of year was 1438 in the Julian calendar?1438 was a common year with 365 days, and it began on a Wednesday.
4. Why did the Julian calendar drift from the seasons?The calendar used 365.25 days for a year, but a real solar year is about 365.2422 days, so over time the dates slowly got out of sync.

Julian Calendar: A solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar, characterized by a leap year every four years, used widely until the Gregorian reform.
Common Year: A year containing 365 days, as opposed to a leap year which contains 366 days.
Gregorian Calendar Reform: The 1582 reform that adjusted the Julian calendar to correct accumulated astronomical errors and improve accuracy.