What is history

History can be defined as:

• The recording of historical dates

• The study that records and investigates past events

• The study that investigates evidence from the past

• The study of past human behavior

The first Historians were:

• Painters

• people who sang historical songs

• People who recorded history by writing

• Tribal elders

The first type of recording of history was called

• Written History

• Oral history

• Primary history

• Physical History

There are Four Types of Evidence

• True

• False

Evidence can be considered primary and Seconday, generally can a Text Book can be considered a primary source?

• Yes

• No

Oral history can be defined as:

• the recording of history through stories and songs

• history passed on through songs only

• Tails and stories

• Historical recording of how people spoke to each other

People who are Christians prefer to prefer to date as CE meaning common Era Instead of AD

• True

• False

Historians believe that the first people to come to the Americas were:

• The Maya

• Eskimos

• Mongolians

• People from Siberia

The narrow stretch of water that separates Alaska from the coast of Siberia in north-eastern Asia was called the Bering River

• True

• False

Over the course of thousands of years, the Amerindians settled in many areas the Maya settled in:

• Mexico

• Florida Peninsula and Alaska

• Chile, Argentina

• Guatemala, Honduras