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Prehistory

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What is history?

It is the study of everything that happened in the past

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What can we use to organise events in the past?

A timeline

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Name 3 non-written sources

Graphic, physical and oral

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What's the difference between primary and secondary sources?

Primary sources were created during the period that is being studied and secondary sources were created later

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Name the 3 stages of prehistory

The Palaeolithic Age, the Neolithic Age and the Metal Ages

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When did history start?

With the invention of writing

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When did the Ancient History end and The Middle Ages begin?

With the fall of the Roman Empire in 476

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When did the Middle Ages end and the Modern Age begin?

With the discovery of America in 1492

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When did the Modern Age end?

With the French Revolution in 1789

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When did the Contemporary Age begin in Spain?

With the Spanish War of Independence in 1808

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How were human beings in the Palaeolithic Age? What does this mean?

They were nomads. They moved around hunting animals and gathering food.

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Where did people in the Palaeolithic Age live?

They lived in caves

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In what stage of Prehistory was fire invented?

In the Palaeolithic Age

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How were human beings in the Neolithic Age?

They were sedentary people. They lived in one place.

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Where did people in the Neolithic Age live?

They lived in small villages on the top of a hill and near water

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What metals were discovered in the Metal Ages?

Copper, broze and iron

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