Matching Pairs Periods of TimeOnline version Vocabulary related to periods of time. by Jorge Cardoza 1 A period of one thousand years. 2 A period of twenty-five years. 3 A period of human life, measured by years from birth, 4 A period of ten years. 5 80s 6 It is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography. 7 All of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. 8 It was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989. 9 A period of 100 years. 10 70s 11 It was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979. A century Same as nineteen-seventies (1970s) A millenium An era a decade The nineteen-seventies (1970s) Same as nineteen-eighties (1980s) A quarter-century The nineteen-eighties (1980s) A generation An age