Definitions
What is history
Study of past events based on evidence
What is Chronological Order
When you put events into the order of which they happened starting from the earliest date
What is a primary source
A source that provides first-hand information and is from the time being studied
What is archaeology
Study of the past based on material remains
What is a Museum
A museum collects and stores objects to be displayed, such as the National Museum
what is evidence
Facts or information about something that happened
What is a timeline
A graph or line that contains dates of events in chronological order
What is a secondary source
Provides information on a source after the time being studied
What is an artefact
Objects made by people such as pottery or spears
What is an archive
An archive stores sources that are mainly written such as the National Archives
What is prehistory
What is BC
Before Christ era of time
What is a visual source
Sources that provide a picture such as a photograph
What is Dendrochronology
Counting three rings in wood. One ring = one year
250 rings would make something 250 years old.
A website is used by museums and archives to provide digital versions of documents and sources
What is Propaganda
spread of misleading information or use of information to influence people's opinions
What is a decade and a Century
Decade is 10 years, Century is 100
Written source
Sources that are handwritten or typed like a letter
What is radiocarbon Carbon 14 Dating
Measuring the amount of Carbon-14 in something. The less carbon it has the older it is.
All living things have carbon and measuring the decay of carbon allows us to understand how old it is
What is Cross-checking
looking at multiple sources to validate a claim
What is Bias
Selection of sources that favour one side
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
What is a tactile source
A source you can touch like a coin
name and explain 3 ways archaeologists know where to dig
Rescue archaeology - roads
Chance discoveries
Maps
Stories from the past
Aerial photography - Drones
Geophysical survey - X-rays
Underwater archaeology
What is statigraphy
Looking at soil layers and the further down something is in the soil layers the older it is. Younger items at the top.