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What’s the difference between an archaeologist and historian ?

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A Historian looks at written documents an archaeologist digs up evidence

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What is history ?

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History is the study of events and people from the past

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What is a source ?

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Sources are pieces of evidence used by historians to determine what happened in the past

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What is a primary source ?

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A source from the time of the event ( e.g Anne Frank’s diary )

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What is a secondary source ?

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A source that happened after the event ( e.g our history textbook )

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What is an autobiography?

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A book you write about yourself

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What is a biography

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A book someone else writes about you

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What does BC stand for ?

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Before Christ

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What does AD stand for

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Anno Domini ( “the year of our lord” in Latin )

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What does it mean to be bias ?

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An unfair preference or opinion about somebody or something

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Definition of accuracy ?

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How wrong or right something is

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Definition of exaggeration ?

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Adding false details ( lying ) to/ about something to make it more interesting

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Chronological/ly ?

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Things/ events mentioned in the order that they have happened

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What is an artefact?

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Man made objects found by archaeologists

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Fossils ?

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Plants found by archaeologists

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What is pre-history ?

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Before writing

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What is a site ?

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A site is where an archaeologist works

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Name some ways of finding a site ?

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Aerial photograph, Geophysics, Rescue/ salvage archaeology, Excavation/ dig.

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What type of tools does an archaeologist use ?

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Pickaxes, Trovels, Brushes, Shovels, Sieves and sometimes toothbrushes.

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Name some ways of dating objects?

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Stratigraphy, Dendrochronology, D.N.A, Carbon Dating.

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What is Stratigraphy ? Or what type of artefact is it used for ?

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Coins and swords metal objects

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What type of artefacts is dendrochronology used for ?

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Wooden objects only

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What type of artefact is D.N.A used for ?

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Skeletons

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Explain carbon dating

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Carbon dating is a method of dating once living things. We have a substance in us called Carbon 14 that slowly releases after death the less of the substance the longer you’ve been dead for. That’s how we measure living artefacts

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