Chapter 1 Revision

Student Workbook, Worksheet 1.10

Summing up
1 One reason for studying history is to learn how much we _______ to past

_______________. Another reason is to learn from past ________________ and

______________. A third reason is that we can develop useful skills such as

________________ and ________________evidence.

________________ study many aspects of past societies, including _______, beliefs,

_______, architecture, _____________ and technology. They often need other

specialists to help them, such as __________________and ____________________.

All these specialists look at various sources of information to try to piece together the

puzzle of the past. The different types of evidence are:______________, _______,

___________ and __________________. _______________ sources are those that

existed or were created during the period being studied. Two examples are

____________ and______________. __________________ sources are those that

have been produced after the period being studied. Two examples are

_____________and ___________.

Not all sources are ____________ as none can tell the whole story. We have

some_____________, ___________ and____________, but many are missing. We

have some _______________and ______________ accounts, but each is someone’s

particular point of view and may be _______________.

2 __________________ studies the different strata or layers in the earth.

_______________ dating tests how much fluorine buried bones have absorbed from

soil.

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 _________________ dating measures how much C14 remains in dead plants or

animals.

_____________________ is another word for tree-ring dating.

3 Once historians have closely studied all the evidence available about a particular

person, event or era, they develop an ______________ — that is, a possible

explanation of what happened and why. Despite using the range of sources and

techniques listed above, there are still many gaps in the history narrative, so we must

keep an __________ mind and be prepared to change what we think as new

_____________ emerges.

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