When, where and How? 1

1. A person who studies the past is a:

• A. Historian

• B. Scientist

• C. Astrologist

• D. Astronomer

History is the study of the past.

• True

• False

Why is it important to study history? Because:

• A. We can learn about other cultures.

• B. We can know what happened in the past.

• C. We can learn from past mistakes.

• D. All of the above

History is generally divided into ________________ time periods.

• two

• four

• three

• five

Physical remains like _________________ and jewellery help archaeologists to know about the past.

• A. books

• B. pots

• C. bones

• D. Both B and C

Dates in history are expressed in two terms:

• BC and AD

• AD and AC

• BC and BD

• DC and AD

The objects that humans made in the past; –pottery, tools and ornaments are called:

• A. monuments

• B. coins

• C. inscriptions

• D. artefacts

By knowing about the past, we can know about:

• A. The houses people lived in

• B. The clothes worn by people of those times

• C. The food that they ate

• D. All of the above

Records of the past are arranged in which order?

• A. Mathematical

• B. Chronological

• C. Geometrical

• D. None of the above

Inscriptions, monuments, artefacts and coins are examples of ________________ sources.

• A. archaeological

• B. literary

• C. oral

• D. recent