Glossary
Sources
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Archeology & Heritage
Mish Mash
100
Anno Domini (The year of our Lord)
What is AD
100
These are reconstructions of the past by people living at a later time.
What are SECONDARY SOURCES
100
Period in time before writing was invented.
What is PREHISTORIC
100
A person who finds out about the past by excavating or digging at a site.
What is AN ARCHEOLOGIST
100
Layers of remains in an archeological site.
What is STRATA
200
One sided, or coming from one point of view
What is Biased
200
These sources include myths, stories, laws, letters, graffiti and songs.
What are WRITTEN SOURCES
200
A period of 100 years
What is A CENTURY
200
Scientific method of working out approximate ages of remains of things that were once living.
What is RADIOCARBON DATING
200
Built of large stones.
What is MEGALITHIC
300
Theory or possible explanation of historical events.
What is HYPOTHESIS
300
These sources are objects that are found from earlier times. They include tools, weapons, buildings and furniture.
What are ARCHEOLOGICAL SOURCES.
300
Period in time when people discovered techniques for making tools and weapons from iron.
What is THE IRON AGE
300
Things that have been handed down to the present generation from the past.
What is HERITAGE.
300
Mound indicating the presence of archeological remains, generally in the Middle East.
What is A TELL
400
Raw materials of history, evidence created in the time being studied.
What are PRIMARY SOURCES
400
Material or object made by a person or people.
What is an ARTEFACT
400
A period of 1000 years
What is A MILLENIUM
400
Places in the natural environment that have been relatively untouched by humans. For example, The Great Barrier Reef.
What is NATURAL HERITAGE
400
Group of people born around the same time.
What is GENERATION
500
People's spoken recollections of the past.
What is ORAL HISTORY
500
This skill requires us to use our imagination based on evidence.
What is EMPATHY.
500
Also known as medieval.
What is MIDDLE AGES
500
A monument or an area of the natural environment that is unique or of outstanding cultural significance to the whole world.
What is WORLD HERITAGE
500
Simple megalithic tomb
What is DOLMEN
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