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a length or portion of time
what is a period?
incidents that are happening in the world right now
what is current events?
the period of time before written records
what is prehistory?
written and other recorded events of people
what is history?
a period of ten years
what is a decade?
a usually written history of a person's life (done by someone else)
what is a biography?
a graphic representation of time
what is a timeline?
a group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living
what is social class?
a period of 100 years
a usually written history of a person's life (done by the person themselves)
what is an autobiography?
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
what is evidence?
a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic
what is a scholar?
what is a millenium?
does not give original information, it interprets or summarizes information from primary sources (ex. Textbooks, biography)
what is a secondary source?
stories passed down word by word
what is spoken traditions?
an expert in or student of history, especially that of a particular period, geographical region, or social phenomenon
what is a historian?
starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occured
what is chronological?
a work that gives original information, something that comes from the time or from a person involved in the events being studied (ex. diaries, photo, newspaper)
what is a primary source?
learned behaviour of people, including their languages, belief systems, social structures, institutions, and material goods
what is culture?
a person who studies human history and prehistory through excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains
what is an archaeologist?