Primary & Secondary sources
What is a primary source?
A Primary source is someone actually saw what happened like an eye witness
What is History?
History is the study of the past through written records, documents, and other sources that tell us what happened and how people lived in the past.
What is a Paleoanthropologist?
They are a type of scientist who studies old human remains using skulls, bones and even footprints.
How did they domesticate animals?
They are domesticated by finding two animals that can have babies together and find the two with a quality they want for example the nicest on they breed two of the nicest cows for multiple generation till the animal has the quality they are looking for. This process is called selective breeding.
What is one physical change that helped humans survive better.?
What is a Secondary Source?
A secondary source is a book or some other source of information that is told of written by someone who was not present during the event
What is pre-history
Pre-history is the time period before people began writing things down. We learn about this through studying fossils, tools and other objects left behind.
What is an Archeologist?
Archeologists are a type of scientist who studies human history using physical remains, structures and artifacts.
How did they domesticate plants?
They domesticated plants taking the best apple for example and taking its seeds and planting them. This keeps happening for multiple generations until the get exactly what they needed in this case the sweetest apple.
Did this happen all at once or over time in multiple groups?
It happened over time in multiple groups because different clans found out at different times.
Is a text book a primary source or a secondary source? Why?
It is a secondary source because it is written by someone was not present at the time of the event
Why is it hard to study prehistory?
It is hard to study prehistory because people did not write down thing back then. Scientist rely on fossils, tools and there objects to make an educated guess on what actually happened.
What is a Historian?
Historians use records, eye witnesses and secondary sources to determine the truth about an event. Although they are limited to written records the still determine the truth using the limited information they have access to.
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They got ______ of the animals wool, meat, vegetables and plants.
they got more of the animals wool, meat, vegetables and plants.
How did they move from one continent to another?
They first started in Africa and the began walking to Asia that's is when they discovered the could sail to other continents.
Is a picture a primary of secondary source? Why?
It is a primary source because it is usually taken by someone who was present when the event happened.
What is the difference between history & prehistory?
The difference between history and prehistory is that history is the past 6000 years ago while prehistory is from the beginning of time. When you think about it there is technically no beginning of time so this means that prehistory is way longer than history. That is the difference between history and prehistory.
Which one of the social scientists is NOT a type of scientist?
A historian job is very important but they are not considered a scientist
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It wasn't as _________ because they didn't have to go hunting in the wild where animals could potentially attack them.
It wasn't as dangerous because they didn't have to go hunting in the wild where animals could potentially attack them.
What are possible reasons they left?
- Climate Change
- Overpopulation
- Migrating to follow their food source
- Find more resources
Can two different primary sources have different stories? If the do who is correct?
Yes, there can be two primary sources with different stories. They are both correct because their perspectives are different
Order the following dates in the correct order (make sure to include 0)
1901 AD 526 BC 39 CE 1977 AD
3000 BCE
526 BC 3000 BCE 0 39 CE 1901 AD 1977 AD
What are Historians limited too? Hint they can only use these to determine the truth.
They are limited to written records
It is more convenient because they didn't have to migrate as much to find food to eat.
On what continent did the first humans originate?
The originated in Africa