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Historian
Find out about the past: Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | Story of the past based on evidence |
| primary Source | First hand accounts that come from the time being studied |
| secondary Source | Second hand accounts that come from after the period being studied. |
| fact | Something that definitely happened e.g. France won the 2018 World Cup |
| opinion | What people think about what happened |
| biased | One sided accounts of what happened |
| propaganda | Sources that are deliberately created to support a cause or a person |
| prehistory | time before the invention of writing |
| museums | place where objects are cared for, studied and displayed. |
| archives | place where historical documents, maps, photographs, recordings and films are stored and studied. |
| chronology | Putting events in the order of the time they happened. |
| BC | Before Christ |
| AD | Anno Domini ('the year of our lord') |
| Decade | 10 years |
| Century | 100 years |