1. What is history?
👉 Study of the past
2. What are historians?
👉 People who study history
3. What is a timeline?
👉 Sequence of events in order
4. Why do we use timelines?
👉 To know when events happened
5. What are sources of history?
👉 Evidence about the past
6. Name the types of historical sources.
👉 Primary and Secondary
7. What is a primary source?
👉 Direct evidence from the past
8. Give examples of primary sources.
👉 Inscriptions, coins, tools, pottery
9. What is a secondary source?
👉 Information based on primary sources
10. Give examples of secondary sources.
👉 Books, biographies, articles
11. What are inscriptions?
👉 Writing on stone or metal
12. Why are coins important for history?
👉 Show rulers, economy, and culture
13. What are monuments?
👉 Structures built in the past
14. How do archaeologists study the past?
👉 Excavations and findings
15. What is oral tradition?
👉 Stories passed by word of mouth
16. Name an example of oral history.
👉 Folk tales and songs
17. How do historians verify sources?
👉 Cross-checking with other evidence
18. What is an artefact?
👉 Object made or used by humans
19. Give examples of artefacts.
👉 Tools, pottery, weapons
20. What is a fossil?
👉 Remains of plants or animals from the past
21. Why are fossils important?
👉 Tell us about past life and environment
22. What is chronology?
👉 Arrangement of events in time order
23. What is BCE?
👉 Before Common Era
24. What is CE?
👉 Common Era
25. How does a timeline help historians?
👉 Shows events in order and their relation
26. What is the importance of sources?
👉 Help reconstruct past accurately
27. What can coins tell us about history?
👉 Trade, rulers, and society
28. Why are monuments studied?
👉 To know art, culture, and architecture
29. Name two types of written sources.
👉 Inscriptions and manuscripts
30. Why is history important?
👉 Understand past and present