History assessment 1 Year 7
Define the following terms:
Key Term | Definition
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Chronology |
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Evidence |
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Contestability |
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Source |
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Artefact |
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Identify the length of time indicated by the following terms:
Century |
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Day |
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Decade |
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Fortnight |
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Hour |
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Millennium |
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Minute |
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Month |
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Second |
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Week |
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Year |
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Fill in the following table:
Old abbreviation | Meaning | Current abbreviation | Meaning |
BC |
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| Before common era |
| Anno domini (Latin for ‘in the year of our Lord’) | CE |
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Complete the following practice by writing the corresponding years or century:
1st century CE = | 1600s CE = |
200s CE = | 300s BCE = |
400s CE = | 4th century CE = |
6th century BCE = | 21st century CE = |
5th century CE = | 19th century CE = |
1200s BCE = | 0s BCE = |
500s BCE = | 25th century BCE = |
16th century CE = | 1600s CE = |
Define primary source
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Define secondary source
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Identify whether the following are primary or secondary sources by placing a P or S:
Diary written by someone who witnessed a historical event |
| History textbook |
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Documentary about WWII |
| Otzi’s body |
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Pottery from Ancient Greece |
| Book written in the 1950s about Ancient Egypt |
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PowerPoint slides about Ancient Rome |
| History essay you write for your school exam |
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Birth certificate |
| Great Pyramid of Giza |
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Define the following job roles in history:
Linguists and cryptographers |
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Palaeontologists |
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Geneticists |
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Geophysical surveyors |
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Forensic pathologists |
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Anthropologist |
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Archaeologist |
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Biologist |
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Define stratigraphy
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Why is stratigraphy useful to historians?
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Which layer is the oldest? Identify two ways you can tell.
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Who was Otzi?
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Identify the following objects found with Otzi.
Identify three theories about how Otzi died and provide supporting evidence.
Theory | Supporting evidence |
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Who were Mungo Man and Mungo Lady?
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Define the following terms and provide an example of each:
Term | Definition | Example |
Conservation |
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Preservation |
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Restoration |
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Ancient Egypt
When did Ancient Egyptian civilisation exist?
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What is the Nile and why is it significant?
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What are the black land and the red land?
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