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Find out about the past: Key Terms

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archives   place where historical documents, maps, photographs, recordings and films are stored and studied.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