Historians And Archaeologists

Question 1

Prehistoric Period

Answer 1

Before writing was used

Question 2

Historic Period

Answer 2

When people used writing

Question 3

What is history?

Answer 3

History is the study of the past

Question 4

What is a source?

Answer 4

Evidence that helps us build up a picture of the past

Question 5

Primary Source

Answer 5

Come directly from the past. E.g letter or interview

Question 6

Secondary Source

Answer 6

Evidence that comes from a later date e.g Movie or Biography

Question 7

Bias

Answer 7

Favouring one side over another

Question 8

Exaggeration

Answer 8

Making something look more important than it really is

Question 9

Propaganda

Answer 9

A way of presenting (sometimes false) information in order to influence people’s opinions

Question 10

Dendrochronology

Answer 10

A way of dating wooden objects by counting the amount of rings on them

Question 11

Archaeology

Answer 11

The study of what has been left behind by people of the past.

Question 12

Stratigraphy

Answer 12

Dating objects based on how far down in the ground they are.

Question 13

Carbon/Radiocarbon Dating

Answer 13

All living objects including humans, animals and plants contain carbon 14. When they die, the amount of carbon 14 begins to decline. The less carbon 14 present, the older the object.

Question 14

BC

Answer 14

Before Christ

Question 15

AD

Answer 15

Anno Domini (the Year of our Lord)

Question 16

BCE

Answer 16

Before Common Era

Question 17

CE

Answer 17

Common Era/Current Era

Question 18

Research Archaeology

Answer 18

A way of choosing a site to excavate because there is reason to believe that old objects might be found.

Question 19

Excavate

Answer 19

Removing earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains

Question 20

Rescue archaeology

Answer 20

Digging on a site before new roads or buildings are built. They want to make sure no evidence or objects from the past are lost.

Question 21

Accidents

Answer 21

Many sites are come across by accident. E.g a JCB digs up a human skull.

Question 22

Geophysical Survey

Answer 22

This is like an x-ray, using a machine to look under the soil underneath the surface. It can tell archaeologists how much earth has been disturbed by human activity.

Question 23

Survey

Answer 23

A study carried out on a site before archaeologists start digging