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Mr McGhee 7x3/hi4 history in S4 2020 - 21 > Yr 7 history academic literacy words A to C > Flashcards

Yr 7 history academic literacy words A to C Flashcards

Learn these words and definitions to help improve the quality of your expression and writing in history.

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accurate

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Exact. Definite. Can be proven with reference to published documents.

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achieve

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Reach a level.

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acquire

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Gain something, like a possession or an abstract thing like knowledge

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adequate

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Good enough. Not rubbish. Not amazing.

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administrate

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Apply rules or laws to something - it could be an organisation or a region

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ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning.

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analyse

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Research and find more detailed information about something; often to become an expert in that topic.

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annual

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Every year or once a year.

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appropriate

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Reasonable or good enough

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arbitrary

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When a rule or decision is made in an arbitrary fashion it is made without looking at the evidence or having any reasonable explanation.

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aspect

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position, facet or a viewpoint

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assess

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evaluate - cut the topic up into categories and then see how significant each one is.

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assist

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help

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assume

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an asumptiom is a lazy guess at what might be true

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authority

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Power. This can be power in the party political sense, or physical, or political, or even post-structural.

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available

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Can be obtained

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benefit

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Does some good

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bias

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When you have a tendency to make a decision in one person or group’s favour. Not for any scientific reason.

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category

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A way to organise information into groups under a heading

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cause

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What makes something happen. Causes can be long term (background) or short term (triggers)

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century

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a period of 100 years, eg 1700-1800 or 1900-2000

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chapter

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A large section of a book. We sometimes use the word to refer to a significant and defined period of a person or country’s history.

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chronology

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time order, in order of time from earliest to latest

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civil

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Of the people/connected to the people of a country

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collapse

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When something falls down/stops existing

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commerce

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Business

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commission

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A group of people who investigate something that happened to find out the truth

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community

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A group of people who define themselves through geography, language or culture as a group

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compare

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When you look at 2 or more things and try to find similarities and/or differences

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compensate

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To pay someone or a country money because they have suffered a loss

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complex

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Complicated

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concept

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An abstract idea - that cannot be ‘touched’ like LOVE or COMMUNISM

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conclude

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Reach a final decision

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conduct

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Behaviour

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confirm

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Make it clear that sonething happened, usually using evidence that can be checked

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consequent

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Following

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constant

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Not ending

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construct

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Make

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consume

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Use up/eat

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contemporary

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From the present time

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contender

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Someone trying to win

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context

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The background to an event

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contract

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A legal agreement

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contrast

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A difference

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controversy

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An argument that exists between different points of view about some subject

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crisis

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A serious event that causes difficulty for one person or a group of people

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culture

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ideas, habits, art of a society

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currency

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a system of money recognised by many people, eg the pound in the UK, the dollar in the USA

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