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Investigating the Ancient Past + OVERVIEW QUIZ
Select the primary source
during the Stone Age, many humans lived in
Investigating the Ancient Past + OVERVIEW QUIZ
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Year 7 Humanities
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during the Stone Age, many humans lived in
caves
pyramids
burrows
holes
2
Select the primary source
A movie
A podcast
A bone
A textbook
3
the Stone Age was a time in pre-history when...
humans wore clothes made out of plastic
humans were nomads
humans bought food from the supermarket
humans lived in double-story houses
4
the act of farming and herding animals is known as
nomadic behaviour
paleontology
agriculture
hunter-gathering
5
When trying to decide how significant a source is, historians ask...
Can I trust the source?
Who created the source?
How relevant was it to people living at that time?
What type of source is this?
6
Select the historical skill
Forming a hypothesis
Asking how relevant sources are to the contemporary world
Analysing effect and disregarding causes
Determining historical significance
7
When a historian finds a source and begins to analyse it, they often ask
how much can they sell the source for?
what type of source is it?
which museum will buy the source?
who found the source?
8
How many years are there between 2000 BCE and 2023?
1992
4023
2083
2034
9
Humans migrated out of Africa because of
limited food
lack of housing
cold weather
dangerous animals
10
The larger a BC year is, the earlier it is in history
False
True
11
An archeologist can find the oldest evidence in
the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
the deepest part of the earth
Mrs. Mujkanovic's backyard
the beach under the sand
12
A historian
Digs holes in the ground to uncover artefacts
Enquires into the past by examining sources
Tries to destroy primary sources so nobody else can find out about them
Talks badly about past civilisations, cultures and societies
13
The dates for CE & AD are the same.
True
False
14
during the Neolithic Revolution, humans began to
use wood for tools
grow their own food/herd animals
wear possum-skin cloaks
drive cars
15
Instead of using the term AD, we commonly now use the term
CE
BC
BCE
PD
16
select a change that accompanied the rise of agriculture
decline in population
child mortality
growth of towns and cities
weak and corrupt rulers
17
Indigenous Australians arrived to Australia approx. ____ years ago?
65,000
3,000
56,000,000
25,000
18
____ dating technique does not reveal exactly how old something is, just that it is older or younger than another thing
relative
absolute
counting
tree-ring
19
What might lead to primary sources being destroyed?
War
Preservation
Care
Murder
20
people who live by hunting animals and gathering food in the wild are known as...
Ice Agers
hunter-gatherers
historians
paleontologists
21
tree-ring dating techniques can only be used for objects made out of..
fire
metal
stones
wood
22
Indigenous Australians Island WHAT? across the narrow seas in canoes or rafts to get to Australia
hopped
walked
bopped
skipped
23
The time before people used writing is known as...
modern history
21st century
prehistory
past history
24
When a historian forms a hypothesis, this is a
A possible theory explaining what happened
A random prediction about a source
An idea about a historical time
A unique perspective about an event
25
CE stands for
Common Era
Christian Era
Confused Era
Confucius Era
26
A millenium is
A period of 10 years
A period of 100 years
A period of 1000 years
27
In the past, humans smashed ____ to create a jagged edge and used it as a tool.
pottery
animal bones
stones
metals
28
Which one is NOT a dating technique used by archeologists
relative
hunter-gathering
tree ring
absolute
29
Broken pieces of pottery were called
potties
potteries
sherds
shards
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To be biased means to
be open-minded
be one-sided
