Ancient History & China Revision

A primary source...

• provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art
• describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.

Secondary sources...

• provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art.
• describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.

Do primary sources display bias?

• Yes, primary sources always show bias
• No, primary sources never show bias
• Yes, primary sources sometimes show bias

What is bias?

• the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment
• An archaeological tool

Do the primary source eyewitness testimonies in the case Bart Simpson vs Mr Burns show bias?

• Yes, both Bart and Mr Burns' accounts show bias
• No, neither Bart or Mr Burns' accounts show bias
• Yes, but only Bart's testimony shows bias
• Yes, but only Mr Burns' testimony shows bias

Timelines need:

• a title, straight line, consistent scaled sections and chronological order
• a title, pictures and dates

The Middle Kingdom refers to:

• The isolation created by the geographic features of China caused the Chinese to regard their country as the centre of the world or The Middle Kingdom.
• The Tang Dynasty ruling period.

The Mandate of Heaven is: 

• a Chinese expression that means that a ruler had been chosen by the gods to rule over the people.
• means that the gods rule over people.

Merchants were near the bottom of the social scale in China because:

• They were poor.
• People believed that they did not contribute to the good of the whole society but only worked for their own gain.
• All of the above.

Peasant farmers were well respected because:

• They were rich land-owners.
• they produced the food that sustained the society.
• All of the above.