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| Question | Answer |
| SOURCE | Pieces of evidence used by historians to explain how events in history happened |
| PRIMARY SOURCE | Evidence from the time of the event |
| SECONDARY SOURCE | Evidence from time after the event |
| BIAS | A form of prejudice, an unfair preference for or dislike of something |
| PROPAGANDA | Information or rumours created and spread to influence public views about people or events |
| EXAGGERATION | Stating that someone or something is more or less, better or worse than it actually is |
| CHRONOLOGY | Putting events in the order in which they happened (in order of time) |
| ARTEFACT | Objects made by people, such as spears, pots, coins and rings |
| RESCUE/SALVAGE ARCHAEOLOGY | When archaeologists excavate an area because a new building/motorway is about to be built there |
| STRATIGRAPHY | Dating artefacts by what level they are found in, higher-newer deeper-older |
| CARBON DATING | Dating artefacts by measuring the amount of carbon 14 the object has released |
| DENDROCHRONOLOGY | Dating wooden objects by examining tree ring patterns and comparing them with other records |
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