Class 6 Social Science Timeline and Sources of History

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