History Flashcards
(18 cards)
Primary Source
A source from the time of the event
Secondary source
A source from after the time
Visual source
A source you can see
Written source
Diary entry, Newspaper
Aural Source
A heard source
Oral Source
A spoken source
Tactile source
Source you can touch
What is history?
The study of the past
Prehistory
Time before writing
Bias
Favours one side over another unfairly
Propaganda
Info designed to influence public
Radio Carbon Dating
Anything that is alive has carbon 14, the longer the death the less carbon 14
Pollen Ananlysis
Study of pollen remains
Stratigraphy
Dating objects by how deep they are in the ground
Dendrochronology
tree ring dating
Two ways to find sites
Ruins and remains or Ariel Photography
Historian
Someone who studies the past
Archaeologist
Someone who excavates historical sites