History diamond orgainser test Flashcards
to learn for the test
Source
Evidence to help understand the past.
Subjective
Biased- has opinion in.
Inference
What a source suggests about a situation- NOT what it actually says.
Chronology
Putting events in order of time.
Explanation
Why the evidence you used answers the question.
Decade
10 years.
Objective
Factual.
Century
100 years.
Primary source
Created/written in or near the time being studied.
Millennium
1000 years.
Secondary source
Created/written after the time being studied.
Pull factors
Anything in the country a person wants to go to that would improve their lives.
Era/age
Label given to describe a distant time in history often associated with material used then, i.e. iron age.
Period
Label given to describe a distant time in history often the name of the ruling monarch, i.e. Tudor
C.E.
Common Era (after birth of Christ) Often known as A.D.