History Flashcards
Historian
History
Study of the past s
Source
Something that gives us information about a person,place,thing in the past
Prehistory
Time before writing
Archaeology
Study of remains left by people in the past
Historian
Study history
Cross checking
When more than one source is used to make sure the information is correct
Historical reponsitory
A place where evidence is of the past can be stored and maintained
Archive
A place that categorise and stores a collection of written and other sources
Primary source
A source from the time and question a first hand account of what
Secondary source
A source from a later date after the time in question
Artefact
Any human made object
Census
A official survey of a population
Handling box
A box containing replica copies of artefacts so that anyone can examine them without damaging an original
Bias
When an account is not balanced, but unfairly favours one side
Exaggeration
Will something is represented as better or worse than it actually was
Propaganda
Information that has been designed to influence the attitude and behaviours of the general public
Tactile source
A source that can be touched a physical object
Chronology
pitting events into sequence in which they happened
Bc
Before Christ
Ad
Anno domini
Decades
10 years
Millennia
1,ooo years
Century
100 years
Radiocarbon dating
Carbon 14 dating
