The Historian

Question 1

Why do we study history

Answer 1

To learn how people lived before us. To understand the causes and effects of important events. To recognise patterns of change and to avoid mistakes made by our ancestors and appreciate there success and achievements.

Question 2

What does historical consciousness mean

Answer 2

Being able to place ourselves in past human experience, linking the past, the present and the future.

Question 3

What does historical repository mean

Answer 3

A place where evidence of the past can be stored and maintained, e.g. artefacts, photographs, documents. Examples include libraries, archives and museums.

Question 4

What does archive mean

Answer 4

A place that catalogues and stores a collection of written or printed sources, e.g. national archives of Ireland in Dublin.

Question 5

What does cross-checking mean

Answer 5

Is when more than one source is used to make sure information is correct

Question 6

History

Answer 6

The study of the past

Question 7

Historian

Answer 7

Someone who is an expert in, or student of, history,

Question 8

Source

Answer 8

Something that gives us information or evidence about a person,place or thing in the past

Question 9

Prehistory

Answer 9

The period of time because writing was used, we rely on archaeology for evidence from this period of time

Question 10

Archaeology

Answer 10

The study if the remains left by people in the past.

Question 11

Archeologist

Answer 11

Someone who investigates places and objects left by people in the past

Question 12

What is a primary source

Answer 12

A primary source is a source from the time in question, it is first-hand information directly from the past.

Question 13

What is secondary information

Answer 13

A secondary source is a source from a later date, after the time in question