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.
accurate
Exact. Definite. Can be proven with reference to published documents.
achieve
Reach a level.
acquire
Gain something, like a possession or an abstract thing like knowledge
adequate
Good enough. Not rubbish. Not amazing.
administrate
Apply rules or laws to something - it could be an organisation or a region
ambiguous
Having more than one meaning.
analyse
Research and find more detailed information about something; often to become an expert in that topic.
annual
Every year or once a year.
appropriate
Reasonable or good enough
arbitrary
When a rule or decision is made in an arbitrary fashion it is made without looking at the evidence or having any reasonable explanation.
aspect
position, facet or a viewpoint
assess
evaluate - cut the topic up into categories and then see how significant each one is.
assist
help
assume
an asumptiom is a lazy guess at what might be true
authority
Power. This can be power in the party political sense, or physical, or political, or even post-structural.
available
Can be obtained
benefit
Does some good
bias
When you have a tendency to make a decision in one person or group’s favour. Not for any scientific reason.
category
A way to organise information into groups under a heading
cause
What makes something happen. Causes can be long term (background) or short term (triggers)
century
a period of 100 years, eg 1700-1800 or 1900-2000
chapter
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.
chronology
time order, in order of time from earliest to latest
civil
Of the people/connected to the people of a country
collapse
When something falls down/stops existing
commerce
Business
commission
A group of people who investigate something that happened to find out the truth
community
A group of people who define themselves through geography, language or culture as a group
compare
When you look at 2 or more things and try to find similarities and/or differences
compensate
To pay someone or a country money because they have suffered a loss
complex
Complicated
concept
An abstract idea - that cannot be ‘touched’ like LOVE or COMMUNISM
conclude
Reach a final decision
conduct
Behaviour
confirm
Make it clear that sonething happened, usually using evidence that can be checked
consequent
Following
constant
Not ending
construct
Make
consume
Use up/eat
contemporary
From the present time
contender
Someone trying to win
context
The background to an event
contract
A legal agreement
contrast
A difference
controversy
An argument that exists between different points of view about some subject
crisis
A serious event that causes difficulty for one person or a group of people
culture
ideas, habits, art of a society
currency
a system of money recognised by many people, eg the pound in the UK, the dollar in the USA
