Ancient History

2. The arrangement of events in the order they happened.
3. An object made or used by people in the past.
6. A later source that explains or interprets the past.
7. The reason a source was created.
9. Trying to understand people from the past in the context of their own time.
11. A period of 100 years.
17. Comparing sources to see where they agree or differ.
20. Information used by historians to investigate the past.
22. Something that remains similar over time.
23. Aboriginal systems of cultural knowledge connected to Country, law and history.
24. How well a source helps answer a historical question.
25. The abbreviation for “Before Common Era.”
26. The process of asking questions and investigating evidence.
27. How trustworthy a source is for answering a question.
29. Things passed down from the past that are valued today.

1. What happened as a result of an event.
4. Something that becomes different over time.
5. The reason why an event happened.
6. The study of soil layers and the objects found within them.
8. Clue
10. A visual line showing events and dates in order.
12. A possible explanation that can be tested using evidence.
13. Written or non-written material that provides information about the past.
14. A source created or used during the period being studied.
15. A period of 1,000 years.
16. Spoken evidence about past experiences or cultural knowledge.
18. A strong preference that affects how information is presented.
19. A person’s point of view.
21. The importance of a person, event, place or development in history.
22. The idea that interpretations of the past can be debated.
28. The abbreviation for “Common Era.”