History - key concepts

Question 1

What is a primary source?

Answer 1

Provides direct or first hand evidence about an event, object, person or work of art.

Question 2

What is a secondary source?

Answer 2

Created by someone who did not experience the event /historical period first hand.

Question 3

What features of a source are important?

Answer 3

Nature - what type of source (book, diary, artefact etc)

Origin - who wrote or made it

Purpose - why did they create it?

Accuracy - from what I know, how true is it?

Question 4

What is the difference between long-term and short-term causes?

Answer 4

Long-term causes existed for a long time before the event ( years, decades or centuries before the event).

Short-term causes occurred shortly before the event (a few hours, days work weeks before the event).

Question 5

What terms describe key periods of time

Answer 5

Decade - ten years e.g. sixties, seventies

Century - hundred years e.g. 1600s, 20th century

Question 6

Which event distinguishes year 0?

Answer 6

Birth of Jesus

Question 7

How are the years before and after year 0 known?

Answer 7

BC - before christ (years before Jesus was born)

AD - anno domini (advancing age) years after Jesus was born.

Question 8

Key themes in history

Answer 8

Knowledge and Belief
Standard of living
Conquest
Democracy
Diversity
"I am bound to the past but not by it"

Question 9

What do we call events/causes which speed things up?

Answer 9

Catalyst