Archeology + Nature of History

Question 1

Why/ how do we commemorate the past?

Answer 1

By making plaques, statues, re-enactments and parades. We also do it by paying respects to the dead or celebrating a past event that we are proud of.

Question 2

Give 2 examples of primary sources and secondary sources

Answer 2

P: photographs, diary’s
S: paintings, books

Question 3

What is an archive

Answer 3

Is the collection of documents or records that historians used to research the past.

Question 4

What is a museum

Answer 4

A place to find out facts and other interesting primary sources

Question 5

Why is a museum beneficial

Answer 5

Museum is put together exhibitions where they show variety of objects from a time period.

Question 6

How can an archaeologist find a sight

Answer 6

1. Structural remains of an old building
2. Research documents or maps
3. A shift in landscape due to a natural disaster

Question 7

What is carbon 14 dating

Answer 7

All living things contain a chemical called carbon 14. When a Living thing dies, the amount of carbon 14 decreases allowing archaeologist to work out the age of the organism. This is accurate up to 50,000 years.

Question 8

What is dendrochronolgy

Answer 8

Tree ring dating is looking at the tree rings to tell when they were formed.