History Skills

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  1. 1. This civilisation gave the world many inventions including paper and gunpowder.
  2. 4. A good place to look for old artifacts.
  3. 6. The largest Ancient Civilisation.
  4. 9. This civilisation was built on the banks on the River Nile.
  5. 10. India and China are examples of ancient civilisations from which part of the world?
  6. 13. What does AD stand for?
  7. 15. History teaches people about their...
  8. 16. A period of 10 years.
  9. 18. A statement created to be tested.
  10. 22. Otherwise known as Tree Ring Dating.
  11. 23. This body of water gave birth to three different ancient civilisations
  12. 25. What is the Latin word for 'around'?
  13. 26. An expert that may assist a historian that studies human behaviour.
  14. 29. This type of organiser can help you arrange your research.
  15. 30. A visual representation of time.
  16. 31. The year 688BC is in which century?
  17. 32. When looking at a source you must ask yourself if you can trust the source or what _________________ you may have with the source.
  18. 33. The longer a bone is in the earth the more __________________ it absorbs.
  19. 34. The questions a historian asks themselves to direct their research.
  20. 35. A common and important source of evidence.
  21. 36. How many major Ancient Civilisations are there?
  22. 37. A source that is created by someone outside of the time period is called a _______________________ source.
  23. 38. A document to show where you went for research material.
  24. 39. A source that comes from the period you are studying is called a _________________ source.
  25. 40. An example of a secondary source.
  26. 43. Which S&E discipline are we currently studying?
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  1. 2. What do you call someone who studies history?
  2. 3. A period of a 1000 years.
  3. 5. This dating technique allows a person to find the actual age of something.
  4. 7. A collection of records, usually written.
  5. 8. A period of 100 years.
  6. 11. This civilisation gave the world democracy.
  7. 12. The year 1984 is in which century AD?
  8. 13. These experts collect, record and interpret evidence for historians.
  9. 14. This dating method measures the rate in which C14 has decayed.
  10. 17. An expert that may assist a historian that breaks codes and reads ancient languages.
  11. 19. An expert that may assist a historian that studies fossils.
  12. 20. This equipment helps in archaeological digs.
  13. 21. Stratigraphy studies the different ______________ in rocks.
  14. 24. The period from the beginning of civilisation to the fall of the Roman Empire
  15. 27. This dating technique compares two items - which is older and which is younger.
  16. 28. The period before writing was invented.
  17. 34. The year 406 AD is in which century?
  18. 41. Another word for dig.
  19. 42. This civilisation is where Hinduism was born.