Historians And Archaelogist Flashcards
What’s a historian
A person who studies the past
What’s archarology
The study of the remains left by people in the past
What’s a source??
Evidence used by historians to find out what happend in the past
What’s a primary source
An source that comes directly from the time of the event being studied
What’s a secondary source
Source that comes from a later date
Example
Priamry:
Secondary
Primary:interviews diaries speeches letter and emails
Secondary:movies tv history books the internet
What’s the archive
The archive is a collection of documents and records taht contain historical information
What’s the national archives of ireland
The national archives of Ireland contains important documents about irish history
What’s a bias(not a kpop one)
When a source is one sided or favours one sides version of events
Accuracy
How accurate or correct information might be
Exaggeration
To make a situation sound more serious/dramatic than already is
Propaganda
When a source makes one side look bad and the other good
Middle ages early modern period and late modern period
Middle ages:between ad500 and 1500
Early modern period:event from 1500 until 1800
Later modern period:after 1800
What are artefacts?
Objects made by humans
What’s archaeology
Its is the study of things left behind by people from the past
