Nature of evidence

Question 1

Written sources

Answer 1

They are classified into primary and secondary sources where primary is written at the time being studied and secondary being written about the period after the time of period

Question 2

Archaeological sites

Answer 2

Sources that are found in archaeological dig. The objects can be held and known as physical

Question 3

Primary sources

Answer 3

Made during the period being studied

Question 4

Secondary sources

Answer 4

Made after the period being studied but usually incorporate primary source as a basis. it is an overview or an interpretation of what happened in the past.

Question 5

Evidence

Answer 5

Primary sources being used as facts about the past. sources only become evidence when they are used.

Information that tends to be prove or disprove a conclusion

Question 6

Why use evidence?

Answer 6

Historians use it to reconstruct the past by putting the pieces of evidence together. Once constructed, historians try to interpret the past.

Once interpreted, they must understand the past so then we could start to understand the present.