Key Words

Question 1

Primary Source

Answer 1

a document, first-hand account, or other source that constitutes direct evidence of an object of study.

Question 2

Provenance

Answer 2

Origin

Question 3

Abolition

Answer 3

Put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)

Question 4

Secondary Source

Answer 4

a book, article, or other source that provides information about an object of study but does not constitute direct, first-hand evidence.

Question 5

Tithe

Answer 5

one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy.

Question 6

Heir

Answer 6

A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person’s death.

Question 7

Anachronism

Answer 7

The action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong e.g. if a painter paints a portrait of Aristotle, and shows him wearing a wrist watch, it would be an example of anachronism, as we are all aware that wristwatches did not exist during Aristotle’s time.

Question 8

Monarch

Answer 8

A sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.

Question 9

Estates System

Answer 9

a three-estate system used until the French Revolution (1789–1799). Monarchy was for the king and the queen and this system was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobles (the Second Estate), and peasants and bourgeoisie (the Third Estate).

Question 10

Chronology

Answer 10

The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.

Question 11

Noble

Answer 11

Belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

Question 12

Peasant

Answer 12

poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)

Question 13

MP

Answer 13

Member of Parliament

Question 14

17 in Roman Numerals

Answer 14

XVII

Question 15

34 in Roman Numerals

Answer 15

XXXIV