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WorksheetsYear 7 History Pretest
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
Historians search for information about a past event by using historical...
Artefacts
Sources
Information
The Great Pyramids of Ancient Egypt are primary sources
True
False
Myths and legends CANNOT be used to truthfully tell us about the past.
True
False
Information contained in a source is always true and useful.
True
False
What is a primary source?
The main source used to investigate the past
The only type of primary source is also sometimes called an artefact
A source that comes from the time of the event or soon after by a person who was there
A source which is made after the time of the event being investigated
________________ is the information historians take from sources to prove that an event happened in the past.
Evidence
Quotes
Interviews
Photographs
A history that is incomplete or written from only one person's point of view is probably biased.
True
False
A system of organising history by arranging events in order from the first event that occurred all the way to the last event that happened is called '________________________ order'
Complete
Chronological
Institutional
Formative
The abbreviation 'AD' comes from the Christian system of dating events. It stands for...
After Death
After Date
Anno Domini
Another Date
As the abbreviation 'BC' identifies dates before the birth of Christ, the higher the number in a BC timeline, the further that date is from today.
True
False
How many years are in a decade?
10
100
1000
1 million
How many years are there in a century?
10
100
1000
1 million
How many years are there in a millenium?
10
100
1000
1 million
