History flashcards yr7

Question 1

Homo Sapiens

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The modern species of humans

Question 2

Primary Source

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Was made during the time being studied, e.g a diary

Question 3

Secondary source

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A secondary source was created after the event but still gives relevant information.

Question 4

History

Answer 4

The study of past events through written records

Question 5

Provenance

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When and where a source was created

Question 6

Source

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An artefact that provides evidence about a past time ( can be a person, piece of writing, book or music)

Question 7

Position

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What job or title did the creator hold.

Question 8

What is an Anachronism

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An object, person, place or event that was placed in the wrong time period.

Question 9

What is chronological order

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The order in which things happened, from first to last.

Question 10

What time is classified as Ancient history

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Period of time between 4000BC to 476AD between the invention of writing and the fall of the Roman Empire

Question 11

What is conservation

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Conserving our heritage for the future

Question 12

Anno Domini (AD) means:

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It means “in the year of our lord.” The period of time after the birth of Christ (common era)

Question 13

What is an Archaeologist

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A person trained to investigate the past, by digging up and examine artefacts that have been left by previous people.

Question 14

What is a dynasty

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A dynasty is the period of rule of one specific family

Question 15

What is archeology?

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The study of ancient societies through the artefacts that they left behind.

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What is an artefact

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An object that has been made or altered by human beings

Question 17

What is an era

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A long period of time during which fashions of ideas stay the same

Question 17

What is BC

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Before Christ, time before the birth of Christ

Question 18

What is an historian

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Someone who studies the past through written records.

Question 19

What is CE and BCE

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CE is the common era (AD)
BCE is before the common era (BC)

Question 20

What is history

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The study of the past through written records.

Question 21

What is heritage

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Things inherited from previous generations, which are of value. Including events, traditions, architecture, influences and experiences.

Question 22

When was the medieval times

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Period of history from the fall of the Fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD) to the beginning of modern times.

Question 23

What is the definition of objective

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Facts. Without emotions or feelings

Question 24

What is the definition of subjective

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A persons pov, feelings of thoughts

Question 25

What is a tell

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An archaeological mound site. A series of settlements built on top of each other over time.

Question 26

What is oral history

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Storied that have been passed down by word of mouth

Question 27

What is prehistory

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Period of history before writing. Anything existing before that is known as prehistoric.

Question 28

What is the definition of traditional

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A belief or custom that has been handed down through generations.

Question 29

What is the value of sources

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The information and evidence that a source provides in an investigation

Question 30

What are the limitations of sources.

Answer 30

The problems that a source may encounter when trying to gain information or evidence from a source.