Chapter 1 Revision Lesson 1 What is history :

Chapter 1 Revision Lesson 1 What is history :

by Soumaya Trimech

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​You can all do it

​Remember our class rules :

1. Ask questions.

2. Respect and listen to your classmates.

3. Respect and listen to the teacher.

4. Raise your hand to speak.

What is history?

​History is the study of the people and events of the past.

​Why do we need to study history?

Multiple Choice

Learning about the past can help us understand our place in the human story. Past, present and even prepare for the future.

• True

• False 

Multiple Choice

The historian's job is

• Tell us story about the past

• Keeping records of the events.

• examine the causes (reasons) that something happened, and the effects (results) of those events.

​What are historical periods?

​Historians measure and label time to help them study the past.

• The terms decade, century, millennium, and era describe different periods of time.

• A calendar is a system for arranging days in order; different cultures have developed about 40 different calendars.

• A time line shows the order of events within a period of time and the amount of time between the events.

Multiple Choice

A group of 10 years is a 

• decade 

• century 

• Millennium

Multiple Choice

A group of 100 years is called a

• decade

• century

• Millennium

Multiple Choice

A group of 1000 years is

• decade

• century

• Millennium

​Calendars :

​Through history different types of calendars have existed in different places and different times.

Why are there different types of calendars?

(Different cultures developed different ways of measuring and marking time.)

Muslims use Hijri calendar which is a lunar calendar, whose months begin and end depending on the movements of the moon and it started when prophet Mohamed peace be upon him and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina .

​Julian Vs Gregorian Calendars 

Multiple Choice

Which Calendar we are using today ?

• Julian Calendar 

• Gregorian Calendar 

Multiple Choice

The Gregorian calendar begins counting years with the founding of Rome.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It uses B.C and A.D

• Julian

• Gregorian

Multiple Choice

It was developed by Julius Caesar

• Julian Calendar 

• Gregorian Calendar 

​What's the difference between a time line and calendar ?

​A historian would use a calendar to find out when something happened and a time line to figure out the order in which things happened.

​Different Ages ( Eras) in History

Multiple Choice

The time before writing was invented is known as

• Ancient History

• Prehistory

• Modern Ages

​The Types of Historians

​Historians who study prehistory – the time before writing – study physical evidence to learn about ancient people.

• Archaeology is a way to learn about what life was like in the past by studying objects people used long ago.

• Paleontology uses the study of fossils to learn what the world was like long ago.

• Anthropology is the study of human culture over time.

Multiple Choice

A paleontologist looks for clues to the past by studying __________.

• ancient cultures

• fossils

• ancient ruins

Multiple Choice

An archaeologist studies the past by looking at what people left behind

• True

• False

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