Definitions
Time
Types of sources
Viewpoints
Where do historians get their sources
100

What is history

Study of past events based on evidence

100

What is Chronological Order

When you put events into the order of which they happened starting from the earliest date

100

What is a primary source

A source that provides first-hand information and is from the time being studied

100

What is a fact

Something that has been proven

100

What is a Museum

A museum collects and stores objects to be displayed, such as the National Museum

200

what is evidence

Facts or information about something that happened

200

What is a timeline

A graph or line that contains dates of events in chronological order

200

What is a secondary source

Provides information on a source after the time being studied

200

What is opinion

What somebody thinks happened but has not been proven

200

What is an archive

An archive stores sources that are mainly written such as the National Archives

300

What is prehistory

The study of the past before writing
300

What is BC

Before Christ era of time

300

What is a visual source

Sources that provide a picture such as a photograph

300

What are Eyewitnesses

People who saw an event happening

300
What is the role of Websites

A website is used by museums and archives to provide digital versions of documents and sources

400

What is Propaganda

spread of misleading information or use of information to influence people's opinions

400

What is a decade and a Century

Decade is 10 years, Century is 100

400

Written source

Sources that are handwritten or typed like a letter

400

What is an interpretation

Different historians' views and thoughts about an event or source

400

What is Cross-checking

looking at multiple sources to validate a claim

500

What is Bias

Selection of sources that favour one side

500

Explain what AD means and stands for

AD means Anno Domini (the year of our Lord), It starts on the year Christ was born as AD 1

500

What is a tactile source

A source you can touch like a coin

500

What is Perspective

A person's view or viewpoint, can be objective or subjective, can be biased or unbiased

500

What modern day problem effects sources for us

Artificial Intelligence

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