Year 8 History Skills 2020

History is the study of....

• the Past

• the Present

• the Future

• Ancient times

What is it called when you put things in chronological order on paper?

• Time Plan
• Time Tree
• Timeline
• Dave

What is the process of putting things in time order called?

• Cornology
• Cryptology
• Cytology
• Chronology

BC stands for

• Birth of Christ
• Before Common
• Before Christmas
• Before Christ

Which timeline is labeled correctly?

• A
• B
• C

Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?

• Pyramids of Giza built
• Development of hieroglyphic writing

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST? 

• Last use of hieroglyphic writing
• Rosetta Stone is carved
• Settlers in Nile Valley
• Development of hieroglyphic writing

Prehistory is history that took place before the development of

• television 
  
• writing
• type writers
• stone tools

Anything created by a once-living being is a...

• Artefact 
• Fossil

A primary source is one produced

• by word of mouth.
• during the same time as the event it describes.
• after the event by someone who studied the original source.
• before the event by someone who studied the original source