ch1: Historians

Question 1

History

Answer 1

The story of the past based on evidence

Question 2

evidence

Answer 2

information that proves or disproves the story of the past

Question 3

Sources

Answer 3

provide the evidence to write history

Question 4

Prehistory

Answer 4

is the history of people before reading and writing was invented

Question 5

primary source

Answer 5

comes from the time being studied

Question 6

secondary source

Answer 6

after the time being studied

Question 7

written source

Answer 7

sources that are written or typed

Question 8

example of written source

Answer 8

newspaper, letter, book, census, manuscript

Question 9

visual source

Answer 9

sources that present a picture

Question 10

example of visual sources

Answer 10

photograph, painting, drawing, cartoon, maps

Question 11

aural sources

Answer 11

sources that can be heard

Question 12

example of aural

Answer 12

interviews, speeches, podcasts

Question 13

oral sources

Answer 13

sources that are spoken

Question 14

example of oral source

Answer 14

interviews, recordings

Question 15

tactile sources

Answer 15

sources that can be touched

Question 16

examples of tactile sources

Answer 16

artefacts, buildings, monuments

Question 17

artefacts

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objects made by people

Question 18

archive

Answer 18

collects mainly written sources

Question 19

museum

Answer 19

collects and stores artefacts for display

Question 20

library

Answer 20

sources books, newspapers

Question 21

fact

Answer 21

what actually happened

Question 22

opinion

Answer 22

what people think about what happened

Question 23

propaganda

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using information to influence peoples opinions or to convince them that a particular belief is true

Question 24

reliable

Answer 24

when you can trust that the information in a source is accurate and true

Question 25

ad

Answer 25

anno domini

Question 26

bc

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before Christ

Question 27

bce

Answer 27

before common era

Question 28

ce

Answer 28

common era

Question 29

bias

Answer 29

when people deliberately select evidence or sources to support their own case

Question 30

chronology

Answer 30

the study of time and dates

Question 31

chronological order

Answer 31

putting dates in order of time

Question 32

objective

Answer 32

historical judgement or view not influenced by a persons feelings or opinions in considering what happened

Question 33

subjective

Answer 33

views influenced by a persons feelings and opinions