Think like a historian (key words)

Question 1

Archeology (definition)

Answer 1

study of past based on historical remains

Question 2

Archive (definition)

Answer 2

place where historical documents are stored and studied

Question 3

Artefact (definition)

Answer 3

a man maid object of historical interest

Question 4

Bias (definition)

Answer 4

a veiwpoint that favors one side over another

Question 5

Carbon dating (definition)

Answer 5

figure out how old plant or amimal remains are based on how much carbon-14 they contain

Question 6

Census (definition)

Answer 6

offical count of the population

Question 7

Century (definition)

Answer 7

a span of 100 years

Question 8

chronology (definition)

Answer 8

series of dates and events in the order they occured

Question 9

Decade (definition)

Answer 9

a span of 10 year

Question 10

Dendrochronology (definition)

Answer 10

dating a tree by the rings on it

Question 11

Empathy (definition)

Answer 11

to understand and share the feelings of another person

Question 12

Excavation (definition)

Answer 12

where archeologists dig the ground in search of objects

Question 13

History (definition)

Answer 13

study of past based on evidence

Question 14

Museum (definition)

Answer 14

where artefacts are stored and put on display

Question 15

Prehistory (definition)

Answer 15

time before writing was used

Question 16

Primary source (definition)

Answer 16

an account,image or object that provides first hand evedence on what happenend

Question 17

Propaganda (definition)

Answer 17

spread of false or exaggerated information

Question 18

Secondary information (definition)

Answer 18

provides second hand evedence on what happenend

Question 19

Signifigance (definition)

Answer 19

highlights the importance of something

Question 20

Stratigraphy (definition)

Answer 20

telling how old something is by how many layers of soil it is under