History assessment 1 Year 7

Chronology

The arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence.

Evidence

Information or data that supports a claim or argument.

Contestability

The quality of being subject to dispute or challenge.

Source

A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.

Artefact

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

Century

A period of 100 years.

Day

A 24-hour period or the time between two midnights.

Decade

A period of 10 years.

Fortnight

A period of two weeks (14 days).

Hour

A period of 60 minutes.

Millennium

A period of 1,000 years.

Minute

A period of 60 seconds.

Month

A period of approximately 30 days.

Second

The base unit of time in the International System of Units, equal to one sixtieth of a minute.

Week

A period of 7 days.

Year

A period of 365 days, or 366 in a leap year.

BC

Stands for 'Before Christ', used to indicate years before the start of the Common Era.

CE

Stands for 'Common Era', used to indicate years in the Common Era.

AD

Anno Domini, Latin for 'in the year of our Lord', used to denote years after the birth of Christ.

P

Indicates a primary source.

S

Indicates a secondary source.

Archaeologist

A scientist who studies human history and prehistory through excavation and analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

Anthropologist

A scientist who studies the development of humans and cultures.

Forensic pathologists

Medical doctors who investigate cause of death by examining corpses.

Geneticists

Scientists who study genes and heredity.

Palaeontologists

Scientists who study fossils to understand historical life forms.

Linguists and cryptographers

Experts who study languages and the art of writing in code.

Geophysical surveyors

Professionals who measure physical properties of the Earth.

Stratigraphy

The branch of geology concerned with the order and relative position of strata and their relationship to the geological time scale.