history term 3 Flashcards
3 main words historians use to help an investigation
people, events, society
7 themes of humanity
Geographic
Cultural
Social
Economic
Military
Political
Technology
places and stuff you can use for investigation
Significant Locations
Collections of Artifacts
Collaboration
Online or Physical Archives
histroical evidence can be
anything
arechology is-
the study of old and new materials and things of someones past
Law of Superposition:
a way that scientists use to determine the approximate ages of rock strata, or layers.
Strata & Stratigraphy
the arrangement of rocks in layers or strata.
chronological order
The years signify the time order from the oldest event to the newest event.
** JUST REMBER THIS:**
THERE IS NO YEAR 0
Megaliths:
are important statues and artworks in prehistoric time ( stonehedge )
for answering question the three things you will need is:
claim, evidence, analysis
Experimental Archaeology:
the study of recreating or estimating what happened in the past
Anthropologists
study the chartecteristics of different cultures and groups formed in the past
Linguists
a person skilled in foreign languages so they can read and talk it
relative dating
the process of determining if one rock or geologic event is older or younger than another
Dendrochronology
the science that deals with the dating and study of the annual growth increments, or tree rings, in woody trees and shrubs.
Radiocarbon Dating
a scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as approximately 60,000 years
Thermoluminescence Dating
dating how long it has been exposed to the sun
3 rules of Investigating Human Remains
care, respect, value
Human Mummification
people performed specific rituals or processes on the remains of a person or animal to preserve them
autopsy
look at the body
Continuity (normality) and Change meaning:
basically just continueing something you are used too ( primary school ) and changing ( highschool )
cause and effect is:
an action or event (which is the cause) produces an outcome or result (which is the effect).
Empathetic Understanding is like-
being in someone elses shoes ( feeling them )
significance:
Some things are more
important than others and
so deserve more attention
From Historicans
Contestability
As there is always more “possible” evidence to investigate, it is possible that both or none of the current
theories are true.
conserving of the past
taking care of historic heritage
intangible cultural heritage is:
heritage that relates to something in the world or is like a skill ( not physical heritage )
tangible cultural heritage:
can either be moveable or non movebale heritage ( paintings, books, statues, monuments)
some Methods of Conservation
● Identification of significance
● Creations of laws
● Enforcement of laws
UNESCO is-
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization.
UNESCO creates
tries to make more peace in certain countries
