History-Exam Revision Chapter 1

Question 1

Secondary sources

Answer 1

Written or made by someone who was not there when the event took place

Question 2

Biased

Answer 2

Favours one side

Question 3

Propaganda

Answer 3

To promote something in the story

Question 4

Memoirs

Answer 4

Primary source, written account of a personal experience

Question 5

Museums

Answer 5

Where artefacts are stored

Question 6

Archives

Answer 6

Where written documents are stored

Question 7

Archaeology

Answer 7

Is the study of things people have left behind them

Question 8

Stratigraphy

Answer 8

Deeper under ground, older likely to be

Question 9

Aerial photography

Answer 9

Good for finding crop marks

Question 10

Geophysical surveys

Answer 10

Use of metal detectors to find metal objects under ground

Question 11

Trial trench

Answer 11

Dug to see if the area is worth excavating

Question 12

Salvage archaeology

Answer 12

When the archaeologist is under time pressure and has to rescue as many artefacts as possible

Question 13

Carbon dating

Answer 13

A method used by archaeologists to date artefacts

Question 14

Pre-history

Answer 14

Before written records were kept

Question 15

Primary sources

Answer 15

Written or made objects at the time of the event.