Historians at work

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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