Year 7 Investigating the Ancient Past, Overview

Question 1

Who is this person?

Accepted Answer

King Tut

Question 2

What is this a picture of?

Accepted Answer

Sphinx

Question 3

What kind of source is this?

Accepted Answer

Primary source

Question 4

What is the oldest layer?

Accepted Answer

Layer 7

Question 5

What is a primary source?

Accepted Answer

One created during the time period a historian is studying

Question 6

What is a secondary source?

Accepted Answer

One created after the period a historian is studying

Question 7

Which is NOT true about stone age people?

Accepted Answer

They had no impact on their environment

Question 8

What kind of source is this?

Accepted Answer

Primary Source

Question 9

What is the order 'from earliest to latest' called?

Accepted Answer

Chronological order

Question 10

Which of the following did NOT allow early humans to migrate?

Accepted Answer

They were able to travel by aeroplane

Question 11

What word means 'scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings'?

Accepted Answer

Dendrochronology

Question 12

What century were you born in?

Accepted Answer

21st C

Question 13

What year comes after 365 BC?

Accepted Answer

364 BC

Question 14

Evidence suggests that man spread into other areas from Africa ... thousand years ago.

Accepted Answer

60,000

Question 15

What kind of source is this?

Accepted Answer

Secondary source

Question 16

What is the youngest layer?

Accepted Answer

Layer 1

Question 17

Homosapiens emerged in Africa 250,000 years ago, they then migrated to other countries

Accepted Answer

Out of Africa theory

Question 18

The process of dividing an archaeological site into smaller squares is called…

Accepted Answer

Grid excavation

Question 19

What year comes first?

Accepted Answer

526 BC

Question 20

An object, event, person or practice placed outside its correct historical time period is..

Accepted Answer

An anachronism

Question 21

What layer does not show evidence of human activity?

Accepted Answer

Layer 6

Question 22

What does BCE mean?

Accepted Answer

Before Common Era

Question 23

What year comes first?

Accepted Answer

1876

Question 24

People who work with the remains of ancient civilisations are:

Accepted Answer

Archaeologists

Question 25

What is the name given to the period of time before written history?

Accepted Answer

Prehistoric Period

Question 26

A source of evidence that existed or was created during the time period being studied is a:

Accepted Answer

Primary source

Question 27

What year will it be 10 years after 587 BC?

Accepted Answer

577 BC

Question 28

What invention separates history from prehistory?

Accepted Answer

Writing

Question 29

Which is the correct spelling?

Accepted Answer

Archaeologist

Question 30

A Dendrochronologist studies...

Accepted Answer

Tree rings

Question 31

A mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man is a...

Accepted Answer

Sphinx

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