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History
History(Investigating the past)
Question | Answer |
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What is evidence? | Clues |
What are primary sources? | Things that survive from the time being studied e.g A diary |
What are secondary sources? | Evidence that does not come from the time being studied e.g A history textbook |
What are manuscripts? | Hand-written documents |
What is an artefact? | Anything that has been made or used by people |
What is Prehistory? | The time before writing was invented |
Name some ways of dating artefacts | Stratigraphy, carbon dating, and pollen analysis |
What does BC stand for? | Before Christ |
What does AD stand for? | Anno Domini(year of the Lord) |