How Historians find out about the past?
favouring one side over the other = ?
Bias
name 3 Tools an archaeologist would use on a excavation
shovel, trowel, brushes, toothbrushes, sieve, gloves etc.
Roman towns were built in _________ Pattern
Grid
A primary source is
sources that come directly from the time being studied.
what is dendrochronology
Each year, trees grow a new ring. It is possible to work out when a tree was growing and when it was cut down by studying these rings.
Chariot racing took place in the ________________
Circus Maximus
a secondary source is?
sources made or created after the time being studied
what is conservation
Conservation is the protection and preservation of ancient objects so that they do not decay.
Patricians main meal was known as the _______________
Cena (John Cena)
sources that are deliberately written or created to persuade people to support a cause or person is know as?
Propaganda
what is Radiocarbon dating
Plants and animals take in carbon-14 when they are alive. When they die, carbon-14 starts to decay.
The age of the plant, person or animal can be worked out by measuring the amount of radiocarbon left in the sample.
What was the capacity of the Colosseum
50,000 - 80,000
putting events in the order in which they occurred, starting with the earliest is know as?
Chronological order
what is stratigraphy
The oldest layers and finds are at the bottom, the youngest or newest layers are at the top.
Jupiter and Venus were the Gods of what?
Jupiter=Father of the Gods
Venus=God of love