WorksheetsTools of the Historian
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 55mins
Historians divide history into blocks of time known as periods or ___.
time
dates
eras
Ten years is called a ___ and 100 years is called a ___
period, long time
decade, century
century, decade
Prehistory refers to the time before people developed
plumbing
fire
writing
The order of dates in which events in history happened is called
chronology
date order
date ordering
Something that can be proved or observed is called a
fact
opinion
conclusion
a personal belief or conclusion is known as an
outlier
myth
opinion
factoid
Primary Sources are first-hand pieces of evidence from people who saw or experienced the events described. Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?
interviews, speeches
letters, diaries, official records
encyclopedias, biographies, textbooks
photos, paintings, clothes, and tools
People who study and write about the human past
historian
artifacts
weather man
teacher
Scientists who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might have been
anthropologist
zoologist
archaeologist
physician
A person who gets their food by hunting and gathering wild plants is called a ____________________.
archaeologist
hunter-gatherer
anthropologist
historian
What is a Calendar?
Dating system to measure time.
The years before the birth of Jesus. Stands for “Before Christ”
Name for a period of ten years.
Prehistory
What does B.C. mean?
The years before the birth of Jesus. Stands for “Before Christ”
The years after the birth of Jesus. Stands for the phrase Anno Domini which is Latin for
“In the year of the Lord”
Blocks of time that history is divided into.
Means “about”. Used when an exact date is not known.
What does A.D. mean?
Means “about”. Used when an exact date is not known.
Blocks of time that history is divided into.
The Western Calendar begins on the year that Jesus was thought to have been born.
The years after the birth of Jesus. Stands for the phrase Anno Domini which is Latin for “In the year of the Lord”
What does Circa (C.) mean?
Means “about”. Used when an exact date is not known.
Calendar of the Western Nations.
Name for a period of one hundred years.
Prehistory
What is Modern History?
Period of time from A.D. 1500 until present day.
Period of time from A.D. 500 until A.D. 1500.
Period of time from the beginning of writing until A.D. 500.
Time period before writing was developed.
What is Chronology?
Firsthand pieces of evidence from people who saw or experienced an event.
Means to examine something
Dating system to measure time.
The order of date in which events happened.
What is a Time Line?
A diagram that shows the order of events within a period.
Period of time from A.D. 1500 until present day.
Name for a period of ten years.
Means “about”. Used when an exact date is not known.
What are Primary Sources?
The order of date in which events happened.
Firsthand pieces of evidence from people who saw or experienced an event.
Sources created after the events by people who played no part in them.
Truthfulness
What are Secondary Sources?
Sources created after the events by people who played no part in them.
The order of date in which events happened.
Blocks of time that history is divided into.
Means to examine something
History is...
the digging up of objects from the past
the study of the past
a place where artefacts are kept
a place where written documents are kept
The time before written records were kept is called ...
carbon-14 dating
archaeology
prehistory
post-history
Putting events into the sequence in which they happened is called...
plagiarism
accuracy
propaganda
chronology
History helps us learn about the
Past
Present
and helps us with the future
All questions are correct
What era do we live in today?
AD or CE
BC or BCE
what is a person who studies history as a profession called
historien
hstorian
historian
historain
true or false: historians need to be curious
false
true
Culture is...
a way of life shared by a group of people.
a large landmass.
stories, customs, and songs that a culture has told and passed from generation to generation.
the study of the Earth's surface.
Oral history is..
stories, customs, and songs that a culture has told and passed on from generation to generation.
the study of past events.
the conditions of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.
an object made by a human.
Historians select from _______ of the past and interpret their meaning to create historical accounts.
Objects
Fairy Tales
Stories
Events
