HISTORY PERIODS

History is everything that happened in the past.

• True

• False

What are historical sources?

• The main periods of history.

• Anything that gives us information about the past.

• music, songs, sayings and stories.

Main historical sources:

• prehistory sources, written sources, graphic sources, oral and sound sources.

• prehistory sources, ancient history sources, medieval sources, modern and contemporary sources.

• material sources, written sources, graphic sources, oral and sound sources.

Material sources

• are archeological remains and include buildings, coins, clothes, furniture, tools and human and animal bones.

• include letters, novels, newspapers, contracts, invoices and birth certificates.

• include drawings, paintings, mosaics, engravings, photographs and films.

• include music, songs, sayings and stories that have either been handed down orally or recorded.

Graphic sources

• are archeological remains and include buildings, coins, clothes, furniture, tools and human and animal bones.

• include letters, novels, newspapers, contracts, invoices and birth certificates.

• include drawings, paintings, mosaics, engravings, photographs and films.

• include music, songs, sayings and stories that have either been handed down orally or recorded.

Oral and sound sources

• are archeological remains and include buildings, coins, clothes, furniture, tools and human and animal bones.

• include letters, novels, newspapers, contracts, invoices and birth certificates.

• include drawings, paintings, mosaics, engravings, photographs and films.

• include music, songs, sayings and stories that have either been handed down orally or recorded.

Written sources

• are archeological remains and include buildings, coins, clothes, furniture, tools and human and animal bones.

• include letters, novels, newspapers, contracts, invoices and birth certificates.

• include drawings, paintings, mosaics, engravings, photographs and films.

• include music, songs, sayings and stories that have either been handed down orally or recorded.

There were two main periods of prehistory: the Palaeolithic and the Ancient History.

• True

• False

Nomads means:

• that they moved from place to place to look for food and shelter.

• that they stayed in one place for long periods of time.

Sedentary means:

• that they moved from place to place to look for food and shelter.

• that they stayed in one place for long periods of time.