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Glossary Terms Flashcards

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BCE

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Before Common Era.

Before the birth of Christ

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BC

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Before Christ

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AD

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Anno Domini.

Meaning in the year of our lord

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CE

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Common Era.

After the birth of Christ

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Circa

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Around/approximately

Eg. C.2000BCE

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Archaeology

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The study of human history by digging up ancient artefacts

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Stratigraphy

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Study of the layers of the earth used to determine the approximate age of remains

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Dendrochronology (tree ring dating)

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Helps date different objects. Each ring indicated one year, the more spaced out would be from climate change or conditions.

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Radiocarbon dating

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Can find out when something stops breathing carbon. By knowing how much still remains, the approximate death date can be worked out

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Thermo luminescence

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Emission of light from certain minerals.

The longer the mineral was exposed to radiation in the past, the more energy it releases when heated.

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Chronology

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Order in which events happened from earliest to most recent

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Hypothesis

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A prediction made off evidence

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DNA analysis

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The analysis of someone’s DNA to discover their past

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Artefact

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Any object that is made or changed by any humans. Eg remains of a building

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Bias

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A prejudicial attitude for or against something

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Century

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A period of one hundred

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Civilisation

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A society with large-scale urban settlements, defined systems of government, social organisation, religion and technologies

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Contestability

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The state of an interpretation being open to debate, because of a lack of evidence or understanding from a different perspective

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Credibility

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The quality of being trustworthy and able to be believed

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Culture

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The customs and traditions that a community, society and civilisation develops over time that are passed down from generation to generation

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Decade

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A period of 10 years

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Dynasty

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The period of time during which one family controls government, usually over several generations

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Dendrochronology

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A method used to estimate the age of trees by counting the rings in the cross-section of a tree trunk once it had been cut down

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Evidence

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Information provided by a source that supports a given interpretation, or provides support for possible answers to inquiry questions

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Hierarchy

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Way of organising things from top down in order of importance or significance .
Eg ruler in top and peasants at the bottom

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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Hypothesis

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A considered opinion, theory or statement, based on research or evidence, about something that has not been proven

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Polytheism

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Belief or worship of more than one god

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Prehistory

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The period of time before written records

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Primary source

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A source existed or was made during the time period being studied
Eg Rosetta Stone

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Secondary source

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A source created after the time period being studied

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Perspective

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A point of view about an even or issue; a person’s perspective is often influenced by their knowledge, culture or beliefs

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Radiocarbon dating

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Used to estimate the age of something that was once Aline; the amount of carbon in the remains of the object is tested and gives a good indication of age because carbon breaks down over time at a known rate

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Society

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A community of people living in a particular area who have shared culture, customs and laws

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Thermoluminescence

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Used to estimate the age of objects; involves heating an object to help experts measure how much radiation the object can store and therefore judge how old it is

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Timeline

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A sequence of related historical events shown in chronological order

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