History Week 1

What does a timeline show?

• A list of important people

• Events grouped by topic

• Events in the order they happened

• Daily schedules from ancient times

What is the correct term for showing events in the order they happened?

• History

• Chronology

• Sequence

• Time grouping

What do BCE and CE help historians do?

• Decide what happened first

• Measure distance

• Label years in a way that works for many cultures

• Identify ancient tools

What is a primary source?

• A tool used by archaeologists

• A source written after an event

• A source created during the time being studied

• A textbook

Which of the following is a secondary source?

• Diary

• Newspaper from the event

• Letter from a soldier

• History textbook

What is an artifact?

• A type of fossil

• A story passed down by mouth

• A written document

• An object made or used by people in the past

Who studies artifacts by digging at ancient sites?

• Historians

• Librarians

• Archaeologists

• Paleontologists

What does prehistory refer to?

• Ancient battles

• The time after writing began

• Time before written records

• The time during the Middle Ages

What is oral history?

• A type of fossil

• A textbook written by a historian

• A story recorded on a computer

• Stories passed down by word of mouth

What is the job of a historian?

• To dig up bones

• To build ancient tools

• To study and write about the past

• To create oral stories