Introduction to History Study Flashcards
Which of the following descriptions of ‘history’ is INCORRECT?
A. History refers to past events and the people related to them.
B. Historians use both primary sources and secondary sources to study history.
C. Myths and films based on historical facts are history.
D. Everything happened in daily life is history.
C
Which of the following people is NOT a historical figure? A. Napoleon B. Sun Yixian C. Hitler D. Sun Wukong (Monkey King)
D
Which of the following is NOT a reason why people study history?
A. People want to understand the past.
B. People want to learn from the mistakes made in history.
C. People want to predict the future.
D. People want to understand the cause-and-effect relationship between historical events.
C
Which of the following is NOT a past event?
A. The First World War broke out in 1914.
B. China took over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997.
C. Japan will hold the Olympic Games in 2020.
D. Hong Kong Disneyland opened in 2005.
C
Which of the following are the features of history? i. Continuity ii. Inference iii. Change iv. Historical empathy A. i and ii B. i and iii C. ii and iv D. iii and iv
B
Which of the following is NOT an aim of studying history?
A. To understand past events
B. To understand the cause-and-effect relationship between historical events
C. To change history
D. To learn from the mistakes made by people in history
C
The Christian calendar starts with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. the death of Jesus Christ B. the birth of Mohammad C. the birth of Jesus Christ D. the start of Qin Dynasty
C
What does the first year in the Christian calendar refer? A. 1 BC B. 0 BC C. AD 0 D. AD 1
D
Which of the following descriptions of the Christian calendar is INCORRECT?
A. BC refers to the period before the birth of Jesus Christ.
B. AD refers to the period after the birth of Jesus Christ.
C. For BC time measurement, if the number gets bigger, the year in which the event happened gets further away from the present.
D. For AD time measurement, if the number gets bigger, the year in which the event happened gets further away from the present.
D
What is reign-name system?
A. It is a system that uses the emperor’s reign-name to count years.
B. It is a system that uses Jesus Christ’s reign-name to count years.
C. It is a system that uses Mohammad’s reign-name to count years.
D. It is a system that uses the year of the establishment of a country to count years.
A
Which of the following descriptions of the Christian calendar is INCORRECT?
A. The Christian calendar starts with the birth of Jesus Christ.
B. Most of the countries in the present adopted the Christian calendar.
C. According to the Christian calendar, the period before the birth of Jesus Christ is called BC, and the period after his birth is called AD.
D. The Christian calendar is only used by European countries.
D
Which of the following descriptions of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches system is INCORRECT?
A. It has ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches.
B. It uses the emperor’s reign-name to count years.
C. China has used this system to count years.
D. Some incidents were named after the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches system.
B
The most common system of counting years is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. the Taoist calendar B. the Christian calendar C. the Islamic calendar D. the Buddhist calendar
B
To which century does 2003 belong? A. 19th century B. 20th century C. 21st century D. None of the above
C
The period of 1890-99 belongs to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. the 8th decade of the 18th century B. the 10th decade of the 19th century C. the 8th decade of the 20th century D. the 9th decade of the 20th century
B
How many years in a century? A. 10 years B. 100 years C. 1000 years D. 10000 years
B
How many years in a decade? A. 10 years B. 100 years C. 1000 years D. 10000 years
A
Arrange the following years in chronological order. i. AD 850 ii. 800 BC iii. 95 BC iv. AD 15 A. i, ii, iv, iii B. ii, iii, iv, i C. iii, ii, iv, i D. iv, iii, ii, i
B
Which of the following items has the longest history?
A. A painting drawn in the 18th century
B. A bottle of a French wine made in 1842
C. A diary written by Hitler in 1920
D. A photo of Hong Kong after its return to China
A
How do historians divide history into ‘prehistoric times’ and ‘historic times’?
A. Based on the areas of human activities
B. Based on the development of human body
C. Based on the date when writing was invented
D. Based on the date of the birth of Jesus Christ
C
Historic times started in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. 2,500,000 BC B. 15,000 BC C. 4000 BC D. 2000 BC
C
Which of the following civilizations invented the earliest writing? A. Fertile Crescent civilization B. Nile Valley civilization C. Indus Valley civilization D. Huanghe Valley civilization
A
When was the world’s first writing invented? A. around 2500 BC B. around 3000 BC C. around 3500 BC D. around 4000 BC
D
What periods do historians divide Western historic times into?
A. Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age and New Stone Age
B. Stone Age and Metal Ages
C. Stone Age and Modern Times
D. Ancient Times, Medieval Times and Modern Times
D
When did prehistoric times end? A. After the discovery of metal B. After the discovery of fire C. After the invention of writing D. After the invention of calendar
C
People in prehistoric times did not know \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. how to use fire to cook B. how to make clothes C. how to make written records D. how to hunt animals
C
Which of the following items is a written record?
A. The terracotta soldiers and horses at Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum
B. The Sino-British Joint Declaration
C. The Great Wall of China
D. The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb
B
Which of the following items is NOT a written record? A. The Basic Law B. The Hong Kong Yearbook C. The Urban Council Annual Report D. The Sung Wong Toi
D
Which of the following items are primary sources? i. Diaries ii. Videos iii. Newspapers iv. Research essays A. i, ii and iii B. i, ii and iv C. i, iii and iv D. ii, iii and iv
A
How do archaeological discoveries help historical study?
i. They fill in the gaps in the written records.
ii. They replace the written records as the only historical sources.
iii. They prove what really happened in the past.
iv. They prove what is recorded in history books and help historians determine if certain written sources are fake.
A. i, ii and iii
B. i, ii and iv
C. i, iii and iv
D. ii, iii and iv
C
Past events, a ____________ of past events and the ____________ of past events are all history.
Historians divide history into two periods, i.e. ____________________ and ____________________.
Event B can be both an effect of Event A and a cause of Event C. This shows the concept of ________________________.
We can learn more about the origins of our people and country through history. This helps deepen our ________________________ to a country.
Most countries use the ________________________ to count years.
The Christian calendar starts with the birth of __________________. The period before his birth is called ____________, and the period before his birth is called ____________.
In order to avoid reference to Christianity, some historians prefer to use ____________ and ____________ instead of BC and AD.
Most Muslim countries use the ____________ calendar to count year.
China was one of the countries that used the reign-name system to count years. This system was common in those countries which had ____________.
A ____________ refers to a period of 100 years, while a ____________ refers to a period of 10 years.
century; decade
Historians use both primary sources and ____________________ to study history.
____________________ are original materials from the time period a historian is studying, for example, objects that people used and records made by people then.
We should distinguish true data from untrue data, and distinguish between ____________ and ____________ when analyzing sources.
Around 4000 BC, ____________ was invented. Historic times then started.
The earliest people first lived in ____________, and then moved to Asia and Europe later.
The earliest people mainly used ____________ tools. Historians called the long period they lived in the ‘Stone Age’.
The Stone Age can be divided into the Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age and ______________________. The ____________________ was the longest period of the Stone Age.
Old Stone Age people mainly ____________ animals and collected ____________ for food.
When Old Stone Age people learnt to make fire, they could use fire to cook, frighten away wild animals, keep ____________ and for ____________.
____________ Man and ____________ Man are Old Stone Age people in Asia.
New Stone Age people learnt to ____________ and keep animals. The food supply therefore increased.
New Stone Age people began ____________ together and forming ____________. Society started to develop.
New Stone Age people learnt to make ____________ to store food and water.
When people learnt to use ____________ to make tools, the Stone Age ended.
Metal conducts ____________ better, so metal tools made cooking easier.
True or False
The period after the birth of Jesus Christ is called AD. If the number of year gets bigger, the year in which the event happened gets further away from the present. ________
True or False
The period before the birth of Jesus Christ is called BC. If the number of year gets bigger, the year in which the event happened gets closer from the present. ________
True or False
The period before the birth of Jesus Christ is called ‘BC’. ________
True or False
The period after the resurrection of Jesus Christ is called ‘AD’. _______
True or False
The words ‘BC’ and ‘AD’ are related to Christianity. ________
True or False
The Islamic calendar is the most common system of counting years. ________
True or False
The Islamic calendar begins with 622 BC. ________
True or False
The reign-name system was one of the methods to count years in ancient China.
T
True or False
History that had written records began in AD 4000. ________
True or False
The Chinese invented the world’s first writing in around 4000 BC. ________
True or False
Western historic times was divided into Stone Age, Medieval Times and Modern Times.
True or False
Historians call the period before the invention of writing ‘historic times’. ________
True or False
History that had no written records is called ‘prehistoric times’. ________
T
True or False
Diary is a primary source. ________
T
True or False
We study the life of Stone Age people mainly through archaeological discoveries.
T
True or False
The earliest people first lived in the Americas, and then moved to Asia and Europe.
True or False
Stone Age people mainly used metal to make tools and weapons. ________
True or False
The Stone Age ended in about 4000 BC, which is around 6000 years from the present.
T
True or False
The Middle Stone Age was the longest period of the Stone Age. ________
True or False
Old Stone Age people learnt to use bows and arrows to hunt animals. ________
True or False
The Stone Age in different places ended in different periods. ________
T
True or False
When New Stone Age people learnt how to make fire, they no longer had to eat raw meat. This improved their health. ________
True or False
New Stone Age people began settling in one place and forming towns. ________
True or False
Old Stone Age people began living together and forming villages. ________
True or False
When people replaced stone with wood for making tools, the Stone Age ended. ________
Matching Column A Column B (a) Millennium □ (i) 1000 years (b) BCE and CE □ (ii) 10 years (c) Decade □ (iii) 100 years (d) Century □ (iv) are divided according to the birth of Jesus Christ
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) BC □ (i) Scholars who study monuments and artifacts
(b) AD □ (ii) Periods after the birth of Jesus Christ
(c) Prehistoric times □ (iii) A period without written records
(d) Archaeologists □ (iv) A period started in 4000 BC
(e) Historic times □ (v) Periods before the birth of Jesus Christ
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) Old Stone Age □ (i) started around 15,000 BC
(b) Middle Stone Age □ (ii) started around 10,000 BC
(c) New Stone Age □ (iii) started around 2,500,000 BC
(d) The use of metal to make tools □ (iv) started around 4000 BC
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) Christian calendar □ (i) Its end was marked by the use of metal tools
(b) Islamic calendar □ (ii) It uses emperor’s reign name to count years
(c) Reign-name system □ (iii) It starts with the birth of Jesus Christ
(d) Prehistoric times and historic times □ (iv) They are divided based on the date when writing was invented
(e) The end of the Stone Age □ (v) It started in AD 622
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) History as the study of past events □ (i) a war broke out
(b) History as a record of past events □ (ii) a history book about a war written by a scholar
(c) History as past events □ (iii) photos and videos about a war
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) Christian calendar □ (i) the year when Jesus Christ was born
(b) Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches system □ (ii) common in countries which have emperors
(c) Reign-name system □ (iii) the most common calendar system of counting years
(d) Islamic calendar □ (iv) starts with AD 622
(e) AD 1 □ (v) can be used to name incidents
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) Prehistoric times □ (i) invented the earliest writing
(b) Fertile Crescent civilization □ (ii) the year when Jesus Christ was born
(c) Medieval Times □ (iii) a historical period between Ancient Times and Modern Times
(d) AD 1 □ (iv) a historical period when people had not learnt how to write
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) A myth □ (i) includes fiction
(b) Cause-and-effect relationship □ (ii) a secondary source
(c) A past event □ (iii) an event that really happened
(d) A report for a history project □ (iv) explains the relationship between events
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) Old Stone Age □ (i) People learnt how to make canoes
(b) Middle Stone Age □ (ii) Villages gradually emerged
(c) New Stone Age □ (iii) It is the longest period of the Stone Age
(d) The end of the Stone Age □ (iv) Metal replaced stones as the most common materials used by people
Matching
Column A Column B
(a) Old Stone Age □ (i) People learnt to make bows and arrows
(b) Middle Stone Age □ (ii) People learnt to make pottery
(c) New Stone Age □ (iii) Civilizations gradually emerged in different places
(d) Historic times □ (iv) The longest period of the Stone Age
