The Historian Flashcards
1
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What is history ?
A
History is the study from the past
2
Q
What does history do ?
A
History looks at all the events and ordinary people’s lives from that time . It looks at what happened and why it happened.
3
Q
What does history mean ?
A
It comes from the Greek historia which means knowledge
4
Q
What is prehistory?
A
It’s is the time before there were any written records , to study it we must rely on evidence found by archaeologists
5
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What is archaeology?
A
Is the study of the remains left by people in the past
6
Q
Why do we study history ?
A
It can help us avoid similar mistakes in the future
