Homework: Cultural Heritage 1 & 2, Language & Calligraphy

Which of the following subjects is the study of the past?

• Geography

• Civics

• History

• Biology

(a)   is the people's way of life which includes ideas, customs, and social behaviour in a particular society.

Why studying history is important?

This question requires three answers.

• To help us understand why we live the way in the present.

• To help us locate geographical areas.

• To find parts in our past that should be valued and celebrated.

• To help us decide which modern influences on our culture are positive and which are not.

What are the primary sources of historians?

This question requires three answers.

• Objects

• Creative works

• Literature

• Documents

Why primary sources are important?

• Primary sources provide clues that help historians to picture out what life was like in the past.

• Primary sources help antique collectors to prosper on their business.

• Primary sources help antique buyers to thrive on their business.

Why are there different cultures?

• People exchanged ideas in the past.

• Differences of cultures came about because of the impact of early wars in different places.

• Differences of cultures came about because of the conditions created by the climate in different places to which people moved.

(a)   is concerned particularly with how a culture is expressed in the past.

It refers to a society or group of people or the process of achieving a higher state of social development.

• barbarism

• uncivilisation

• civilisation

• savagery

What are the characteristics of civilisation?

This question requires three answers.

• It has special achievements.

• Advances in knowledge.

• Poor education.

• Advances in learning.

True or False: Civilisation began to develop when early groups of people grew in number and use their strength to control their environment and even overpower the other group and claim its land.

• False

• True