The Historian
Who is a historian?
Someone who studies history.
What is excavation?
Digging up the ground to find evidence left by people in the past.
What is chronology?
A study that places historical events from the earliest to the most recent.
Which historical event divides the time in the past into two eras?
Birth of Jesus
Name two primary sources?
Letters, diary, documents
What is history?
The study of the past based on facts.
What is an aerial photography?
A photograph taken from an elevated position that can reveal dig sites.
What is a decade?
10 years
In which century is the year 1642?
17th
Name two secondary sources.
History books, biographies, encyclopedias
What is a primary source?
A source from the time.
What is a digger?
A tool used by an archaeologist to remove topsoil.
What is a century?
100 years
In which century is the year 1939?
20th
What does objective mean?
Account based on facts, without personal opinions and emotion.
What is a secondary source?
A source from after the time.
What is an artefact?
An object from the past made by a human being.
What is a millennium?
1000 years
What does BC stand for?
Before Christ
What is bias?
It is an opinion/account that favours one of the sides.
Name three places where historians can find sources.
Museums, archives, libraries, interviews
What is tree-ring dating (dendrochronology)?
A method of dating artefacts by studying the annual growth rings of trees (rings).
What is prehistory?
A time in the past before writing was invented.
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini
What is propaganda?
Misleading information, spread to promote a particular point of view