History

Question 1

Sources

Answer 1

Any written or non written materials which can be used to investigate and provide any information. The types of sources are primary and secondary sources.

Question 2

Primary Source

Answer 2

A source which was created, or written in the period of time that the historian is investigating.

Question 3

Secondary source

Answer 3

Reconstructions of the past, written or created by people living at a time after the historian is studying.

Question 4

Evidence

Answer 4

The available facts which indicate whether something is true or that it really happened, evidence comes from sources

Question 5

Continuity and change

Answer 5

Studying how some aspects of life have stayed the same, and how some have changed. It helps us to see the long term and short term effects of an event.

Question 6

Cause and effect

Answer 6

Finding the cause of an event and seeing the effect that event has had.

Question 7

Perspective

Answer 7

There can be many different versions of the same event due to a persons point of view or perspective. There perspective can be influenced by many different things e.g age, these perspectives can influence our interpretation of the past.

Question 8

Empathy

Answer 8

Trying to understand how people may have felt in a certain past event in order to imagine what the past was like for other people.

Question 9

Significance

Answer 9

The importance that is assigned to particular aspects of the past. These aspects can include e.g individuals, groups, developments etc. It can help us to make judgements what is important or less important.

Question 10

Contestability

Answer 10

Many historians will come up with different ideas on what may have happened in the [asteroid. These ideas and debated and contested on.

Question 11

Britain before 1850

Answer 11

Britain was agricultural and 80%of the people lived and worked on small farms in rural areas. Agriculture was the main economic activity

Question 12

Manufacturing

Answer 12

Manufacturing, mining and trade employed comparatively few people. It was small, localised and used to make goods

Question 13

Towns and roads

Answer 13

Towns and villages were small and self contained, roads linking villages were poor and most people travelled on foot or by horse. People could rarely travel from where they lived or worked

Question 14

Working and living conditions

Answer 14

The working day began at sunrise and ended at sunset, workers had inadequate diets and the life expectancy was short. Illness was common and due to poor hygiene, bad or non-existent sewerage, and polluted water supplies

Question 15

Social classes

Answer 15

The British society was divided into strict social classes based on wealth and position determined by birth.

Question 16

Aristocratic/nobles

Answer 16

The aristocratic (noble) families compromised just 1% of the population. But controlled 15% of Britains wealth. Nobles did not involve themselves in farming, trades or professions, much of their wealth was invested in land

Question 17

Industrial revolution

Answer 17

The industries that first experienced the industrial revolution were connected with the production of iron, cotton and wool. During the industrial revolution, the population quadrupled from approximately 6.5 million people in 1750 to approximately 32.5 million in 1900. This was due to improved living standards and declining death rates. The population moved from rural to urban communities.

Question 18

Changes in Britain (factories and textile mills)

Answer 18

The industrial revolution led to thousands of new factories and mills being built across Britain. These factories relied on large numbers of workers and machinery to manufacture massive quantities of goods in one place. The growth of textile mills and factories transformed Britains economy and society

Question 19

Changes in Britain (Modern town and cities)

Answer 19

Great industrial and commercial cities like London and Manchester grew as people moved to towns and cities to work at the new factories, mills and metal foundries.

Question 20

Changes in Britain (new sources of power)

Answer 20

The development of steam power and electricity transformed the manufacturing, agricultural transport and communication industries, having a major impact on peoples everyday lives. Supplies of coal became vital to fuel steam engines and later electrical power stations.

Question 21

Changes in Britain (improved transport and communications)

Answer 21

As the population grew, towns became linked by new canals, roads and railway lines. New modes of transport were also invented to replace horse-drawn carriages, As travelling conditions improved, people travelled more and lived less isolated lives. Later new communication technologies like telegraph and telephone systems were also introduced