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Yr7 Unit 1

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Historian   Someone trained to investigate and write about the past.  
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Era   A long and distinct period of history.  
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Artefacts   Man made objects or tools that historians can use to help them learn about people and societies.  
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Evidence   Information found within a source that proves or disproves something.  
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Sources   Written or non written items that can provide information about the past.  
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Primary Source   From the period of time or era being studied.  
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Secondary Source   Created or written AFTER the period of time being studied.  
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Chronology   arrangement of events or dates in the order in which they happened.  
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AD, anno Domini, CE   Common Era, 'in the year of Our Lord' This term means the years AFTER Christ's birth.  
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BC, before Christ, BCE   Before Common Era, the years BEFORE Christ's birth  
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CE, common era   used instead of AD to mean years after the birth of Christ  
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BCE, Before Common Era   used to mean the years before the birth of Christ, used instead of BC  
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heritage   all things which we have inherited from previous generations....events, traditions, influences and experiences.  
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hypothesis   a theory that tries to answer questions about the past and that can be tested using evidence from the historian's sources.  
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perspective   a person's point of view or outlook on life  
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prehistoric   belonging to a time before people created written records (more than 5000 years ago)  
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Archeology   the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artefacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.  
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