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