Term One, Investigating Ancient Past

Question 1

What’s a linguists job?

Answer 1

Study the nature and structure of language, how it has changed over time and the language styles used in certain types of documents and in particular time periods.

Question 2

What is a cryptographers job?

Answer 2

Study, create and decipher codes and writing systems.

Question 3

What is an Anthropologists job?

Answer 3

Study human development, including human origin, behaviour, and physical, social and cultural development.

Question 4

What is a primary source?

Answer 4

A primary source is one created during the period the historian is investigating.

Question 5

What is a secondary source?

Answer 5

A secondary source is one created after the period the historian is investigating. Secondary sources usually contain information taken from many other sources, both written and non-written.

Question 6

What is a palaeontologist’s job?

Answer 6

Investigate plant and animal fossils to study the biology of past life forms to work out such things as how the Earth has evolved over time and the nature of plants and animals that have become extinct in the process.