Skills

Question 1

What is history?

Answer 1

Study of the past including events, timelines, people, trends and inventions

Question 2

What is a person who studies history called?

Answer 2

Historian

Question 3

What do historians do?

Answer 3

Gather, sort and order evidence. They also question evidence to see whether it is correct or not.

Question 4

What century is 1066 in?

Answer 4

11th century

Question 5

What does BC stand for? What does a bigger number mean?

Answer 5

Before Christ. The greater the number the older it is.

Question 6

Define a cause and consequence.

Answer 6

Cause = reason why the event happened.
Consequence = what happened after the event

Question 7

Define short term and long term causes

Answer 7

Short term = the cause happens immediately b4 the event
Long term = cause happens long before the event

Question 8

Define short term and long term consequences. Give an example.

Answer 8

Short term = happens directly after the event
Long term = occurs months, years, decades after the event.

Question 9

What is change ?

Answer 9

A) Change involves exploring what happened over time

Question 10

Define continuity

Answer 10

Major events continue to be the same over time.

Question 11

Name the types of evidence and give an example

Answer 11

Oral
Visual
Written
Physical
Primary
Secondary

Question 12

Is Inky cute?

Answer 12

No…. Just kidding

Question 13

Give an example of bias and of being objective

Answer 13

Bias - an unfair subjective opinion e.g. red is the best colour
Objective - aiming to be fair, use of sources to develop knowledge

Question 14

What does anachronism mean?

Answer 14

Historians mix up things from the wrong time period.

Question 15

What is primary evidence?

Answer 15

Something that happens straight after the event.