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What is History?
What is History?
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Formative assessment of an 'Introduction to History' unit.
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Is this a primary or secondary source?
Secondary Source
Primary source
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Which of these does not study the past?
Archaeologist
Historian
Anthropologist
Astronomer
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A palaeontologist
finds and studies human remains and artefacts.
studies human societies and their behaviours.
examines the fossils of plants and animals.
works out the meaning of coded or ancient writing.
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A cryptographer
works out the meaning of coded or ancient writings.
examines fossils.
finds and studies human remains.
studies human societies and their behaviours.
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What does BCE stand for?
Before Christ Enters
Before Common Era
Best Century Ever
Before Christ Era
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A primary source is...
Resources used in primary schools
A text book of information
Objects created or written at the time being investigated
The first resource you use when studying history
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Is this a primary or secondary source?
Primary source
Secondary source
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People who study human history through the excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts are?
Historians
Archaeologists
Teachers
Scientists
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How many years in a decade?
100
80
20
10
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The name given to the division of time is?
Periods
Weeks
Hours
Months
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A secondary source is...
Accounts of the past made after the time being investigated
Resources for secondary school students
Something you never use when researching
Objects created or written at the time being investigated.
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A timeline should be drawn so
dates are arranged in chronological order
dates are labelled as BC and BCE
the year zero is always at one end
events are arranged in alphabetical order
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The study of history is important because
we find out what happened in the past.
all of the above.
we see the mistakes made and hope to learn from these.
it teaches us to think critically and communicate clearly.
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Which of the following is a primary source?
Retroactive History 7 student book
Tutankhamen's tomb
the Hollywood film "Gladiator"
a documentary on Tutankhamen's tomb
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Is this a primary or secondary source?
Secondary source
Primary source
16
What is the word that means everything is in the correct order of time?
Chronology
Chronological
Chromatography
Chronic
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Perspective is...
An angle.
A point of view.
An understanding that things change.
A period of time.
18
The year 1545 would be in which century?
16th
1st
14th
15th
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Is this a primary or secondary source?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
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Is this a primary or secondary source?
Primary source
Secondary source
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History is....
the study of evidence
the study of past natural disasters
the study of language
the study of important people and events in the past
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Which historical statement is opinion and not fact?
Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BCE
Alexander the Great was the greatest military leader ever
Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
Alexander the Great was from Macedonia
