History Vocabulary

What is history?

• A graphic that shows the order that events took place.

• What has happened in the past.

• A ten year period of time.

• The reason why something happened.

What is a Historian?

• The reason why something happened.

• The result of what happened.

• A person who studies what happened in the past.

• A recording of an event.

What is a Primary Source?

• A recording of an event by the people who saw or were there when it happened.

• Something written by a person who was not at the event.

• They reason why something happened.

• The result of what happened.

What is a secondary source?

• A recording of an event by the people who saw or were there when it happened.

• Something written by a person who was not at the event.

• The reason why something happened.

• The result of what happened.

What is a timeline?

• A graphic that shows the order that events took place.

• A ten year period of time.

• The reason why something happened.

• The result of what happened.

What is a decade?

• A graphic that shows the order that events took place.

• A ten year period of time.

• The reason why something happened.

• The result of what happened.

What is the cause mean?

• The reason why something happened.

• The effect.

• American Indians

• Artifacts

What is the effect?

• The cause.

• The result of what happened.

• American Indians

• Artifacts

What are artifacts?

• Something left behind from the past that we can study.

• A country on the continent of Europe.

• A fort.

• A pioneer.

What is Britain?

• A group of buildings and land that are surrounded by walls.

• A person who goes to explore.

• A small house made of logs.

• A Country on the continent of Europe.