General History Flashcards
1
Q
What is history
A
History is the study of the human past, and people who research the past and explain it are called historians.
2
Q
What types of history are there?
A
There are four types of history, Pre-historic history (dinosaur age), Ancient history, Medieval history and Modern history, which is the period we are in right now
3
Q
What are some types of historians?
A
- Palaeontologist
-Archeologist
-Classicists
-Classic Historians
Anthropologist - Egyptologist
4
Q
What is an historian?
A
An historian is someone who studies the past and writes about the past. Historians study history to learn about our human past.
5
Q
What do historians do?
A
Historians look for clues in evidence to discover what happened in the time that is being studied. There are two types of evidence that they use: primary and secondary sources.
