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Why is understanding the past important?
It allows us to understand human nature and the world today.
What is a primary source?
Primary sources are sources from the period that is being studied.
What is the IB history boundary?
10 years
What is a secondary source?
Secondary sources are sources from any time after the period being studied.
What is history?
The study of recorded human behavior.
What is the main cause of gaps on history?
Lack of evidence.
Which famous historical figure said this?
“An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind.”
Mahatma Gandhi
What was the name of the youngest Egyptian ruler?
Tutankhamun
Name the three types of history?
Political, economic, and cultural.
What countries won the last 5 world cups?
France (2018), Germany (2014), Spain (2010), Italy (2006) and Brazil (2002).
Who commissioned the Taj Mahal?
Mumtaz Mahal
Name the 3 historical concepts?
Why is the very recent past often excluded from history?
The passing of time enables an event to be understood within a context of historical development.
What name did the Aztec civilization give to the god of the sun?
Tonatiuh
What are the two main jobs that historians do?
What is the orthodox view?
A consensus view about a period of history sustained in broad outline by many historians.
During what year did Picasso paint Guernica?
1937
What are the 13 Chinese dynasties?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic, Mao, Zedong.
What is the revisionist view?
An alternative historical paradigm that presents a radically different explanation of the past from the orthodox view. It seeks to ´revise´ the consensus view. Such views are controversial.
What are the names of the 4 Romanovs sisters?
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia.
Who painted 'Girl With a Pearl Earring'?
Johannes Vermeer
What does the phrase ‘historiographical debate’ refer to?
‘Historiographical debate’ is used to describe the arguments between historians about the past.
Name 3 artists that performed during Woodstock?
Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill, Country Joe McDonald, Santana, John Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, The Incredible String Band, Canned Heat, Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band, Sly & the Family Stone, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker and the Grease Band, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Johnny Winter, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na, Jimi Hendrix
Which famous historical figure said this?
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is historiography?
Historiography refers to the study of historical writing about the past. It looks at how historians have treated the past, and the techniques and approaches used to study it.