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A cave painting from prehistoric times is a primary or a secondary source?

Primary

Name 3 examples of Secondary sources.

Books of history, School textbooks, Biographies, Magazines, Websites, Journals and academic articles

Name 3 examples of Primary sources.

Newspapers, Diaries, Artefacts, Letters, Photographs, Art, Music

What is the difference between ‘the past’ and ‘history’?

The past is everything that has ever happened to everyone and anytime before now. History is written in the present about selected bits of the past

What is the point of history?

Just as your memory is essential to knowing who you are, so history is essential for knowing who we are.

Most of the past is unknowable. True or False? why?

True, because we have no record of it at all.

Which civilization wanted conquered people to live in towns?

Roman

Define 'civilization'

The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.

Which civilization developed along the Yellow and Yangtze rivers?

Chinese

Which civilization developed along and close to the Nile river?

Egyptian

Name 3 characteristics of civilizations.

Stable food supply, social structure, system of government, religious system, highly developed culture, advances in technology, written language

Civilization comes from the Latin word .....

Civis

There are three general sources of historical information. Which are they?

Texts, Oral and Artefacts

Name two types of sources

Primary, Secondary

These two civilizations thrived in southern Europe

Greek, Roman

Name two American civilizations

Inca, Maya, Olmec, Aztec

Name two Mesopotamian civilizations

Assyrian, Sumerian