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  • What did Perseus do with Medusa's head?
    Perseus used Medusa’s head as a weapon - eyes still turned people to stone.
  • What is the story about the Trojan Horse?
    Greek soldiers hid in a huge wooden horse, was taken into Troy and when everyone was asleep, the soldiers set fire to the city, rescued their queen
  • What is Medusa a symbol for?
    Medusa is a symbol of female power and fear.
  • Name 3 primary sources
    artefacts, journals, pictures, paintings, speeches...
  • What was found at Lake Mungo,
    The remains of Mungo Man and Mungo Woman were found.
  • Historians are like ?????
    Detectives - because they look for clues (evidence) to solve crimes and mysteries of the past.
  • What is ONE thing about eating/drinking in Ancient Rome that most people do not do today?
    Teacher decides - e.g. Eat roast peacock, drink wine like drinking water -all the time, lay down to eat at dinner parties etc.
  • Give one reason why there might be a ‘layer of ash’ between layers in stratigraphy.
    Because of volcanoes erupting or a massive fire.
  • What word means taking steps to make sure that the remains of the past are not damaged or destroyed.
    Conservation
  • What words means 1000 years?
    Millennium
  • Explain at least 2 reasons why it would be important for an archaeologist to dig up that artefacts at this site carefully and slowly.
    To not break or damage artefacts. To keep layers separate to know where artifacts were found - time period.
  • What is an archaeological dig?
    excavation of an area to uncover artifacts, structures, and other evidence of past human activity.
  • What is ONE thing about eating/drinking in Ancient Rome that many people still do today?
    Teacher decides - e.g. eat with hands, use cutlery, drink wine, host dinner parties, etc.
  • Which is more reliable – a primary or a secondary source?
    ✅ Primary sources are generally more reliable because they provide firsthand accounts. However, they may still be biased.
  • Name 3 facts about Gladiators?
    Slaves. Criminals, prisoners of war, few were volunteers, fought in Colosseum, good diet, good medical care, trained daily. Often fought to death.
  • What is a primary source? Give an example.
    ✅ A primary source is an original document or object created at the time under study. Example: a diary, a letter, or an artifact.
  • What does immortal mean?
    Someone who cannot die.
  • How did the Ice Age help modern humans reach Australia?
    The Ice Age lowered sea levels, creating land bridges that allowed early humans to migrate.
  • What is a secondary source? Give an example.
    ✅ A secondary source is information created after the event by someone who did not experience it first-hand. Example: a history textbook or an article analyzing
  • Heracles (Hercules) obtained a lock of Medusa's hair - what could it do?
    When the hair was exposed to air, it would cause a powerful storm to drive off attackers. **Remember, Medusa’s parent were sea gods.
  • Describe the roles of an archaeologist
    An archaeologist studies human history through physical remains and artifacts they have excavated
  • What are TWO things that the stone figure could be used for?
    Teacher decides e.g. doll, to pray to, to go in sarcophagus, etc.
  • Describe the roles of an historian.
    examines written records and other sources to understand the past.
  • Why are secondary sources not as reliable as primary sources?
    Secondary sources could be biased - the information is not firsthand.
  • What words means 10 years?
    Decade
  • Could women be gladiators to?
    Yes - Female gladiators, called Gladiatrices, fought in rare matches.
  • Who was Medusa? State 3 facts.
    Beautiful woman who was cursed into a monster. Gorgon. Eyes turn you to stone. Snake hair. Perseus killed her
  • Name a secondary source
    Text books, teachers, biographies, newspaper articles, movies etc.
  • Why did gladiator games decline?
    Rising costs, Christian influence, political changes and Emperor Honorius banned them in 404AD.
  • List 2 different types of artefacts that might be found during an archaeological dig.
    tools, pottery, bones, and jewelry.
  • The same as ‘AD’. A way of measuring time.
    BCE - Before Common Era
  • What words means 100 years?
    Century
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