Constructing the past - an overview

Question 1

What is an archaeologist?

Answer 1

People who analyse the objects or remains left behind by people in the past

Question 2

What is archaeology?

Answer 2

An analysis of objects or remains left behind by people in the past

Question 3

What is background information?

Answer 3

Details about something such as a place that is obtained from elsewhere and not by a study of the place itself

Question 4

What is bias?

Answer 4

Referring to a one-sided view of events

Question 5

What is consistent?

Answer 5

Statements that agree with one another

Question 6

What is construct?

Answer 6

to form a conclusion about the past after examining things from the past

Question 7

What is continuity?

Answer 7

Something that remains the same over time

Question 8

What is corroborate?

Answer 8

a source that provides enough information to support another source

Question 9

What is credible?

Answer 9

trustworthy

Question 10

What is evidence?

Answer 10

information that is used to answer questions and prove that something is true

Question 11

What is excavation?

Answer 11

the digging of an area of land to search for objects or remains left behind by people

Question 12

What is facts?

Answer 12

objective information that is true

Question 13

What is historians

Answer 13

people who specialise in studying the past

Question 14

What is history?

Answer 14

a record and analysis of past human events and how they have shaped the world today

Question 15

What is inquiry?

Answer 15

a question asked to obtain information

Question 16

What is interpret?

Answer 16

to make decisions and give explanations about what someone says or what something means

Question 17

What is journal?

Answer 17

a regular publication on a particular subject

Question 18

What is opinion?

Answer 18

a person, book or other forms that provides the necessary information

Question 19

What is AD?

Answer 19

This is the year that Jesus Christ was born

Question 20

What is BC?

Answer 20

Before Christ

Question 21

What is BCE?

Answer 21

Before common era, ie the years before Christ

Question 22

What is CE?

Answer 22

common era, the years after Christ

Question 23

What is century

Answer 23

one hundred years

Question 24

What is chronology?

Answer 24

the arrangement of events in the order in which they happen

Question 25

What is circa?

Answer 25

around (used to refer to a time when only an estimated time)

Question 26

What is decade?

Answer 26

ten years

Question 27

What is dynasty?

Answer 27

a line of rulers that belong to the same family; the years in which a place is ruled by the same family

Question 28

What is millennium?

Answer 28

one thousand years

Question 29

What is period?

Answer 29

a block of time in history that is characterised by a particular organisation or event

Question 30

What is timeline?

Answer 30

a summary of a sequence of events in chronological order

Question 31

What are the questions we ask in learning history?

Answer 31

What happen in the past?
When did it happen?
How did it happen?
Why did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Who were involved?
What were the effects on people and society?

Question 32

What are sources to learn about the past?

Answer 32

written sources
oral sources
pictorial sources
artefacts

Question 33

What is a primary source?

Answer 33

Those who were directly involved in the historical events or who witnessed the events

Question 34

What is a secondary source?

Answer 34

Those who were not directly involved in the events or did not witness the events

Question 35

How do Historians obtain the information they need?

Answer 35

Look for sources
Ensure that more than one source is used to construct their knowledge of the past
Examine each source carefully

Question 36

How do Historians test the reliability of their sources?

Answer 36

Check if the source is reliable
Check if the source is consistent
Corroborate the information they obtain from the sources

Question 37

How could time periods in history be determined?

Answer 37

Prehistoric time is divided according to the materials used to make tools
The past can also be divided according to the rule of different dynasties
The past can be divided according to significant events