The written sources which help us to know about the past.

• Excavations

• Manuscripts

• Monasteries

An _______________ is a person who excavates the remains and studies them closely.

The scholars who study the past

• Detectives

• Preachers

• Historians

Writings on hard surfaces such as stone or metal

• Inscriptions

• Excavations

• Manuscripts

Bones of animals, birds and fish comes under which source?

• Archaeological

• Manuscripts

• Inscriptions

Books that were written long time ago are called manuscripts because they were

• printed

• written by hand

Why is it important to study history? Because:

• We can learn about other cultures.

• We can learn from past mistakes.

• We can know what happened in the past.

• All of the above

History is generally divided into ________________ time periods.

• two

• four

• three

• five

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

• A. books

• B. pots

• C. bones

• D. Both B and C

Epigraphy is study of coins

• True

• False