WorksheetsHistory Skills - Overview
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is chronology
A collection of historical writings
Events before 56 AD
The correct order of events over time
Digging up ancient objects
What is the best definition of a historical source?
Documents that are extremely old
Things that have been written down
Ediburgh Castle
Something providing useful evidence about the past
Another word for a primary source is ...what?
Contemporary
Contemplative
Contiguous
Contraty
Objects as evidence are known as what?
Artefacts
Factoids
Factotums
Aristofacts
What term means a source produced after an event?
Consequential
Fake
Secondary
Film
A historian may be said to do what with evidence?
Ignore it
Interpret it
Internalise it
Interrogate it
What is a hypothesis
A source that has been damaged
A possible explanation
A historical error
A historical consumption
Historicans are use what to show events in order?
Calendar line
Lifeline
Timeline
Chronoline
Which of these is not a primary source?
Anne Frank's diary
Bones in a burial chamber
A photo of the World War One trenches
Last week's newpaper article about the slave trade
Roman 3, Viking 5, Tudor 2, Victorian 1, post-WWII 4
Roman 3, Viking 5, Tudor 1, Victorian 2, post-WWII 4
Roman 1, Viking 5, Tudor 2, Victorian 3, post-WWII 4
Roman 1, Viking 5, Tudor 2, Victorian 3, post-WWII 4
Time distance is: earlier date minus later date
For example, The Trieu dynasty ruled in Vietnam from 207 BCE to 111BCE. For how long did the Trieu dynasty rule? Answer: 207 – 111 = 96 years
Therefore 26400 BCE to 1300BCE=
25100
25300
27700
21850
St Paul’s Cathedral London was built between 1675 and 1710 to replace the Cathedral destroyed by the Great Fire of London.
There has been a Cathedral dedicated to St Paul since 604 AD. So … The first Cathedral dedicated to St Paul at this site was built in the ____ Century.
The building of this Cathedral began in the ____ Century and was completed in the ____Century.
(a)
Time distance = later date minus earlier date
For example, Ho Chi Minh fought the French from 1945 to 1954. For how long did Ho Chi Minh fight the French? Answer: 1954 – 1945 = 9 years
Therefore 1998 to 2011 =
14
3
13
27
Time distance = earlier date plus later date
For example, China occupied Vietnam from 111BCE to 939 CE. For how long did China occupy Vietnam? Answer: 111 + 939 = 1050 years.
Therefore 50 BCE to 1250 =
1300
1250
1200
1150
Which factor is the most important to decide ' Historical Significance'?
Affects
Memory
Personal
Location
