Types of Sources
What is Source?
It is any material or evidence that provides information about the past.
What is the term for the feeling of being certain that something exists or is true?
Belief
Name the missing word: The tribes living in Kazakhstan during the Bronze Age had their own villages and made rock paintings. The majority of Bronze Age tribes in Kazakhstan were from the Andronovo and ________ tribes.
Botai
The first and largest tribe in Kazakhstan during the Iron Age.
the Saka tribe
When did the Wusuns live in Kazakhstan?
Late Iron Age
What are two types of historical sources?
Primary and Secondary
What was Totemism?
It is the belief in the supernatural connection between a tribal community and an animal.
More than _______ settlements (villages) of the Bronze Age have been found and studied in Kazakhstan
100
the Sakas, who lived next to the Aral sea (Southern KZ)
Paradaraiya
Where did the Wusuns live in Kazakhstan?
South-Eastern Kazakhstan
Something historians use to find out about the past and is taken from that time (event)
Primary source
What was Tengrism?
It is the belief that centres around the worship of Tengri, the sky god, and emphasizes the connection between humans, nature, and the spiritual world. Tengrism also promotes the idea of respecting ancestors and traditions.
When did humans tame (domesticate) cows, sheep, horses?
In the Bronze Age
The Sakas who made a special drink: khaoma (similar to kumys - horse milk). They lived in Southern KZ
Khaomavarga
Who made the Kargaly Diadem? (tribe)
the Wusuns
Something historians use to find out about the past and is NOT taken from that time (event)
Secondary source
What was Animism?
The belief that all natural things, such as plants, animals, rocks, and thunder, have spirits and can influence human events.
In the Stone Age, the tribal community was organised according to the female line. This is called...
Matriarchy
The Sakas who used to wear pointy hats and lived in Zhetysu (South-Eastern KZ)
Tigrakhauda
An ancient ruler of the Saka tribe, who became well-known for her courage, especially for the greatest battle she ever fought - the day Cyrus the Great, the King of Persia (now Iran), died.
Queen Tomiris
Which type of source is this: a textbook on Kazakh history?
Secondary source
Respecting ancestors and following traditions are part of...
Tengrism
Name the missing word: The most ancient Stone Age villages in Kazakhstan are ______________ (West KZ) and Arystandy (South KZ)
Shakpakata
Name the missing word: The warriors wore _______ clothes in the Saka community.
Red
Where was the Kingdom of Tomiris located?
Parts of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, western Uzbekistan, and western and southern Kazakhstan.