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HSIE - History - Year 8 - Historical Skills Test Flashcards

One Historical Knowledge, Pompeii, Ötzi the Iceman, Narrabeen Man, Sources, Historical Times etc.

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What is a Primary source?

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A Primary source is a source which was created during the time period or by someone who was present at the time.

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What are some different types of primary sources?

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  • A diary entry
  • A coin
  • A statue
  • A photograph
  • A shipwreck
  • An eyewitness
  • Pottery
  • Building
  • Tool or weopen
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What is a secondary source?

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A secondary source is one that created after the time you are studying. Some sources mainly secondary could be biased.

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What are different types of secondary sources?

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  • A movie about it
  • A newspaper
  • A school history textbook
  • Wikipedia
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What is the perspective of sources?

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Perspective is ‘point of view’

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What is the ‘value’ of sources?

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How much infomation it gives on the topic and how reliable it it.

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What is the reliability of sources?

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How much we can trust a source is reliability.

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What are limitations of sources?

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  • Time (Of topic)
  • Reliability
  • Accessability
  • Incomplete
  • Language
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What is the role of a historian?

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A historian is someone who studies the past.

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What is the role of a archaeologist?

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An archaeologist study the human past by examining the remains and evidence of what had been left behind.

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What tools are used by archaeologists in their work?

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  • Brushes
  • Trowels
  • Pegs
  • Mesh Screens
  • Cameras
  • Dental picks
  • Wheelbarrows
  • Spoons
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What is a ‘Tell’?

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A Tell is a mound of earth, like a small hill, which has layers of civilisations buried. The further they dig down, the further they go back in time.

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What methods are used by archaeologists to date?

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DNA Analysis
Experimental Archaeology
Radiocarbon Dating

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What are the historial terms for time?

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BC, BCE, CE, and AD

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Can you put dates in chronological order?

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What is chronological order?

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From furtherest in time, to the closest.

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How old was Ötzi the Iceman?

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35-40

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What age did he live in?

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The Neolithic or New Stone Age.

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What is the Hypothermia Theory?

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  • His body was preserved well, so scientist think he froze quickly after his death.
  • Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature drops significantly.
  • Because weather in the Alps changes rapidly he could have froze.
  • It is easy to become disoriented in the Alps.
  • Ötzi’s muscle tissue was badly decompsed which occurs when in cold water.
  • When having Hypothermia sometimes you get a warm sensation, and Ötzi had no clothes when they found him. Did he take them off?
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What is the Robbery theory?

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  • Was Ötzi a shepherd like most of the village?
  • At the time it was common to to they’re flocks to the Alps.
  • Ötzi had pollen in his stomach, which was found in the spring on trees where shephards went.
  • A one-inch arrowhead made from flint was in his left shoulder. The arrowhead tore through the nerves and the blood vessels shattering his shoulder balde and paralyzing his arm.
  • Did robbers see his flock, kill him, and take the flock for their own profit?
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What is the Assassination Theory?

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  • Ötzi’s joints had very little deterioration, which means he probably did not perform many physical tasks.
  • Was Ötzi a community or religious leader?
  • He could have been killed in a power-play conflict.
  • Did some of the villiage not like his service?
  • One if his followers might have murdered him after a disagreement
  • Ötzi had mushrooms known for medicinal value was he a shaman?
  • Ötzi had mysterious tattos. Were these religious tattoos?
  • He had a copper axe, whcih are valuable and a sign of power. Some people said only a leader would have a axe like that.
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What is the Ritual Sacrifice Theory?

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  • Ötzi’s arrows in his quiver were broken and back then they broke items in ritual ceremonies.
  • Ötzi a valuable item with him his axe. Was it placed there as a gift or to appease the Gods during the ritual killing?
  • The tattoos he had could have been placed on him to prepare him for sacrifice?
  • Ötzi’s body was found at a summit with a beautiful landscape.Landscape always had a part in ritual sacrifices.
  • Ötzi had twine-and-grass shoes, which were not for hiking in the mountains. Was he carried there?
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What is the Died in Battle Theory?

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  • There was a intense border dispute between the people and a battle could have solved it.
  • DNA samples from Ötzi’d weopens, clothes, and tools shows blood from four different people.
  • Did Ötzi carry a injured friend to saftery before being killed himself? His friend’s bled onto his coat as he was carried.
  • Ötzi used two good arrows to kill two others he retrieved these arrows and was trying to prepare to attack someone else but before he could he was shot in the back.
  • Before death, Ötzi arranged his belongings on the ledge around him.
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What does BC mean?

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BC means Before Christ. Also known as BCE which means Before Common Era.

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What does AD mean?

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AD means ‘Anno Domini’ which is a Latin phrase meaning ‘In the year of our lord’. AD is also known as CE Common Era.

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How can you work out which century?

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2024 is the 21st century. Just round to the nearest next century.

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How did it go when Mount Vesuvius Erupts

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  • On August 24, 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted.
  • Scientists estimate that 1.5 million tons of ash and rock shot out of the volcano every second.
  • The ash cloud likely towered approx. 30 km high above the mountain.
  • The city was buried under 6 meters of ash and debris.
  • Some people managed to escape, but most didn’t. It is estimated that 16,000 people died.
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When and where was Narrabeen man found?

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2005, at a gas pipeline.

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How Old was Narrabeen man?

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30-40

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How tall and how old was the body of Narrbeen man?

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He was 183 cm tall, and was alive around 4000 years ago.

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What suggests Narrabeen Man was banished?

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He still had his teeth, so he did not go through the initiation ritual.

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What was found in Narrabeen’s stomach which suggested he lived near the coast?

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Fish bones were found in his stomach which means he ate fish recently therefor he lived near the coastline.

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What law did Narrabeen break?

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He trespassed onto another tribe’s land therefore causing his demise.

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Why did the tribe kill Narrabeen Man?

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Because Narrabeen Man did not leave their land.

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Where was Narrabeen man hurt?

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The Narrabeen man suffered many spear piercings. A spear piercing was through his intestines which lodged into his spine. Another spear pierced him in the spine, and another hit his head.

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What did the tribe do after killing the Narrabeen Man?

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The Tribe shoved the Narrabeen Man in a hole and they buried him carelessly.

History Year 8 8HSIED (2 decks)

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