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