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Histriy
Chapter 1 the historian.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain the term history . | History is the study of the past,it comes from the Greek word historia which means knowledge from investigation. |
| Explain the term prehistory. | We use the word prehistory to speak about the period of time before writing was used, |
| Explain the term source. | A source is something that gives us information or evidence about a person,place,or thing in the past. |
| Give two examples of a source. | Newspapers,Movies. |
| Explain the term archaeology | Archaeology is the study of the remains left by people in the past. |
| List three reasons why we study history. | To learn to recognise patterns of change. To gain an understanding of the causes and effects of past events Understand how human experience has shaped our world today. |
| Explain the term historical consciousness | Historical consciousness means being able to place ourselves in past human experience linking the past,the present,and the future. |
| Explain the term historian | A historian is someone who is an expert in,or a student of history,historians gather evidence from a variety of sources to piece together information about the past. |
| Explain the term archeologist. | A archeologist is someone who investigates places and objects left by people in the past,including the time before written records were kept. |
| Name two groups of people who study history. | Archaeologists,historians, |
| What is cross checking? | Cross checking is when more than one source is used to make sure the information is correct. |
| What is a historical repository? | A place where evidence of the past can be stored and maintained e.g artefacts,manuscripts. |
| What is a Archive? | A place that catalogues and stores a collection of written and other sources,e.g national archives of Ireland in Dublin. here the records of Irish state are held. |
| What is a museum? | A museum is a place that collects and displays objects for public education and appreciation,e.g national museum in Dublin where you can see Viking artefacts and treasures from ancient Egypt. |
| What is a primary source? | A primary source is a source from the time in question; a first hand account of what happened. |
| What is a secondary source? | A secondary source is a source from a later date,after the time in question. |
| What is a biography? | A biography is an account of a persons life written by someone else |
| What is a auto biography? | A autobiography is a account of a persons life written by the person themselves. |
| What is a handling box? | A handling box is a box containing replicas of artefacts so that anyone can examine them without damaging the original. |
| What is a artefact? | A artefacts is any human made object e.g pottery, a tool or a weapon such as spear. |
| What is a census? | A census is a official survey of a population |
| List three examples of primary sources | Autobiographies,diaries,photographs. |
| List three examples of secondary sources | Biographies,movies,podcasts. |
| List two examples of written sources | Manuscripts,government records e,g a census |
| What is accuracy? | Accuracy involves judging how correct the information you are using is. |
| What is bias? | Bias is when an account is not balanced,but unfairly favours one side, |
| What is exaggeration? | When something is represented as better or worse than it actually was. |
| What is propaganda? | Information that has been designed to influence the attitudes and behaviours of the general public,it is common during war time e.g to convince public that war is justified. |
| What is a tactile source? | A source that can be touched,physical object e.g artefact |
| What is chronology? | Chronology is putting events into the sequence in which they happened. |
| What is time divided into? | Hours,days,weeks,months,years. |
| What do you group years into? | Group years into decades(10 years), centuries (100 years), and millennia (1000 years) |
| How do you organise events? | Organise events using a common feature from a period of history e.g the era where tools weee made from stone is called Stone Age. |
| What are timelines used for? | Use timelines to show the order in which events happened. |
| What is BC/BCE? | Any date before the birth of Jesus is BC or BCE,e.g the first Olympic Games took place in 776 BC-776 years before Jesus was born. BC starts backwards so the year starts at 799BC and ends at 700BC, |
| What is CE/AD? | We can any date since/after the birth of Jesus CE/AD e.g the year AD 2003 was 2003 years after the birth of Jesus |
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