What is History?
What is history to you?
( Answers may very )
Possible answer: History isn't only the study of the past but how historians gather, analysis, and interpret past events.
In your opinion, why should you study history?
So people don't make the same mistakes in the past.
( Answers may very )
What is a primary source? (no examples in description)
A primary source tells you about a event at teh time of that event.
Who are the Tainos?
The Tainos are Jamaica's first settlements.
What is the Indentureship System?
The indentureship system is a system in which Under the system Europeans would volunteer to work in the colonies for a period of 3-5 years under a contract. The servants’ journey to the West Indies was paid for by their contractors who would also provide food, clothing and shelter. At the end of their contract, they were free to either return home or receive a piece of land in the colonies.
Who said "History is a fragment of the past, which the historian takes and pieces together" and in what year did he/she say it.
Jenkins Keith - 1991
True or False Bloch said "To explain the past – why things happen"
False 👎
What is a secondary source? (no examples in description)
A secondary source tells you about an event but it's not at the time of that event.
Describe the Tainos physical appearance.
brown skin, medium height, black straight hair, flat for-head, dark brown eyes.
What was the name for the contract they signed?
"an indenture"
who said " History is the memory of human group experience – countries, religions, classes", and in what year did he/she say it?
Daniel Robert - 1972
Give 3 examples of jobs a person can have if they choose to study history in school.
1. Archivist
2. Secondary school teacher
3. Human resources officer
( Answers may very )
Give 3 examples of primary sources.
1. Newspapers 📝
2. Diary 📔
3. Government documents
( Answers may very )
Name 5 foods the tainos ate.
Cassava, fish 🎣 , maize 🌾 (corn 🌽 ), Iguana 🦎.
when did this system start and end?
It started in the 1640's and ended in the 1680's
Who said " The history of the world is but the biology of great men", and in what year did he/she say it?
Carlyle - 1841
True or False Marwick said "It familiarizes us with customs and standards different from our own" in 1989
True 👍
Give 3 examples of secondary sources.
1. News report (not live)
2. History Textbooks
3. CD's
(Answers may very)
Who did the Tanios worship
The worshiped zemis ( a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit)
state 2 reasons why the system ended.
- Unfamiliar with plantation labour
- Many failed to survive their term of bondage as they died from tropical diseases they were not immune to
Who said "History is written and unwritten accounts of the past", and in what year did he/she say it ?
Trick question the person who said this is unknown!!!!!
ha to the ha ha ha 😊😀😃
What was a reason of why to study history. Who said it. In what year did e or she say it.
( Answers may very )
possible answer: To stimulate national pride or to in still particular political or moral values ,Sturley - 1969
List 5 places historians can find these sources.
1. caves
2. Library
3. Museums
4. Archives
5. Archeological sites
The Tainos believed in many gods what were there names.
1.Thunder
2. Hurricane
3. Drought
4. Lightning
What 3 countries were the indentured servants from?
Scotland, Ireland, England.