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Historian
Find out about the past: Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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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archives | place where historical documents, maps, photographs, recordings and films are stored and studied.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 |